﻿FT8H 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  260, 
  Laws 
  1880, 
  repeals 
  Chapter 
  276, 
  

   LaiDS 
  1878, 
  lohlch 
  repealed 
  Chapter 
  252, 
  Laws 
  

   1876, 
  which 
  repealed 
  Chapter 
  421, 
  Laws 
  1874, 
  

   which 
  repealed 
  Section 
  2, 
  Article 
  41, 
  Public 
  

   General 
  Laws, 
  title 
  Fish 
  and, 
  Fisheries, 
  and, 
  

   re-enactsthe 
  same 
  lolth 
  suhstitides 
  and 
  amend- 
  

   ments, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  No 
  person 
  shall 
  from 
  the 
  tenth 
  

   day 
  of 
  June 
  to 
  tlie 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  in 
  each 
  

   year 
  fish 
  with 
  hauling 
  seine 
  or 
  drag-net 
  of 
  any 
  

   kind 
  within 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  or 
  any 
  of 
  its 
  

   tributaries 
  lying 
  northward 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  

   line, 
  viz 
  : 
  Beginning 
  at 
  Still 
  Pond, 
  in 
  Kent 
  

   County, 
  and 
  drawn 
  westward 
  to 
  Lego's 
  Point, 
  

   in 
  Harford 
  County. 
  

  

  Seine 
  haul- 
  

   ing 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  x\nd 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  

   or 
  persons 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  act, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  before 
  any 
  

   Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  Avhicli 
  

   said 
  act 
  has 
  been 
  violated, 
  shall 
  jiay 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  

   fifty 
  dollars, 
  one-half 
  of 
  which 
  shall 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  

   informer, 
  and 
  any 
  hauling 
  seine 
  or 
  hauling 
  

   seines, 
  drag-net 
  or 
  drag-nets, 
  and 
  the 
  boat 
  or 
  

   boats 
  and 
  material 
  used 
  in 
  fishing 
  the 
  same 
  are 
  

   hereby 
  declared 
  to 
  be 
  forfeited, 
  and 
  the 
  Justice 
  

   or 
  Justices 
  before 
  whom 
  said 
  conviction 
  and 
  

   condemnation 
  shall 
  be 
  had, 
  is 
  authorized 
  and 
  

   directed 
  to 
  have 
  said 
  fishing 
  apparatus 
  sold 
  by 
  

   the 
  sheriff 
  or 
  constal>le 
  making 
  said 
  arrest 
  to 
  

   the 
  highest 
  bidder, 
  and 
  the 
  proceeds, 
  together 
  

   with 
  half 
  the 
  fine, 
  after 
  deducting 
  the 
  cost, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  County 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  

   the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  said 
  offence 
  shall 
  be 
  com- 
  

   mitted, 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  said 
  

   county. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  (or 
  

   violation. 
  

  

  Declared 
  fof- 
  

   feited. 
  

  

  