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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAAV8. 
  

  

  Size 
  of 
  

   meshes. 
  

  

  Oyster 
  po- 
  

   lice 
  to 
  su- 
  

   pervise. 
  

  

  length 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  nor- 
  

   in 
  the 
  Wicomico 
  River 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  between 
  

   Maryland 
  Point 
  in 
  Charles 
  county 
  and 
  Chisildine's 
  

   Island 
  in 
  St. 
  Mary's 
  county, 
  except 
  from 
  the 
  fif- 
  

   teenth 
  day 
  of 
  March 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  in- 
  

   clusive. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  no 
  person 
  or 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  shall 
  haul 
  a 
  seine, 
  nor 
  fish 
  a 
  net 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  or 
  

   description, 
  -with 
  a 
  mesh 
  of 
  less 
  size 
  than 
  three 
  inches, 
  

   as 
  provided 
  in 
  section 
  two 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  as 
  amended 
  

   above; 
  and 
  provided, 
  a 
  license 
  of 
  one 
  cent 
  per 
  lineal 
  

   fathom 
  on 
  all 
  traps, 
  seines 
  or 
  nets 
  of 
  any 
  description 
  

   shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  Charles 
  county 
  before 
  

   the 
  same 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  fishing. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  the 
  oyster 
  police 
  boat 
  

   for 
  the 
  sixth 
  district 
  is 
  hereby 
  directed 
  and 
  empow- 
  

   ered 
  to 
  supervise 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  the 
  said 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  Potomac 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  and 
  the 
  Wicomico 
  

   and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  in 
  Charles 
  county, 
  between 
  the 
  

   first 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  day 
  of 
  March 
  in 
  

   each 
  year, 
  and 
  upon 
  information 
  being 
  conveyed 
  to 
  

   the 
  commander 
  of 
  said 
  oyster 
  police 
  boat 
  that 
  any 
  

   person 
  or 
  persons 
  have 
  violated 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  

   act 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  January 
  session 
  eighteen 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  seventy-two, 
  chapter 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   ninety-eight, 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  he 
  shall 
  arrest 
  

   said 
  offender 
  and 
  carry 
  him 
  before 
  some 
  justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  peace 
  within 
  said 
  county, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  

   he 
  shall 
  be 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  fines 
  and 
  penal- 
  

   ties 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  section 
  three 
  of 
  said 
  act 
  passed 
  

   January 
  session 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-two, 
  

   chapter 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-eight. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  

   Unlawful 
  foi' 
  ^^.T 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  fish 
  trap, 
  or 
  

   pound 
  net, 
  or 
  any 
  fishing 
  apparatus 
  of 
  like 
  descrip- 
  

   tion, 
  near 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  

   the 
  said 
  Potomac 
  and 
  Wicomico 
  rivers 
  within 
  

   Charles 
  county, 
  between 
  Maryland 
  Point 
  in 
  said 
  

   county 
  and 
  Chisildine's 
  Island 
  in 
  St. 
  Mary's 
  county, 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  fishing 
  the 
  same 
  or 
  for 
  any 
  other 
  

   purpose, 
  nothing 
  herein 
  contained 
  to 
  be 
  construed 
  

   to 
  prohibit 
  the 
  fishing 
  with 
  said 
  fisli 
  trap 
  or 
  pound 
  

   nets 
  by 
  bona 
  fide 
  citizens 
  of 
  Charles 
  county 
  from 
  the 
  

   shores 
  bordering 
  on 
  said 
  rivers 
  and 
  tributaries 
  within 
  

   said 
  waters, 
  not 
  being 
  near 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  said 
  inlets, 
  

  

  to 
  con- 
  

   struct 
  Hsh 
  

   trap, 
  &c. 
  

  

  