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  fines 
  imposed 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  divided 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  one-half 
  to 
  the 
  officer 
  niakine; 
  the 
  Fines-how 
  

   arrest, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  Connty 
  Com- 
  disposed 
  of. 
  

   missioners 
  of 
  Cecil 
  county, 
  to 
  be 
  api)lied 
  by 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  and 
  benefit 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enactech 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  

   take 
  effect 
  from 
  tlie 
  date 
  of 
  its 
  passage. 
  Effective. 
  

  

  VTicupter 
  197, 
  Livwx 
  1880, 
  repeals 
  Section 
  1, 
  

   Cliapter 
  184, 
  Laws 
  1870, 
  and 
  re-enact 
  the 
  

   same 
  with 
  amendments. 
  

  

  1. 
  On 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  it 
  

   shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  OAvner. 
  or 
  owners, 
  of 
  when 
  lawful 
  

   land 
  bordering 
  upon 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  tlie 
  Elk, 
  

   Sassafras 
  and 
  Boliemia 
  rivers, 
  and 
  their 
  tribu- 
  

   taries, 
  lying 
  and 
  being 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  

   Cecil 
  county, 
  or 
  to 
  whomsoever 
  they 
  may 
  ex- 
  

   tend 
  tlie 
  privilege, 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  fish 
  from 
  

   nets 
  oi- 
  traps 
  known 
  as 
  pound 
  nets, 
  except 
  

   from 
  tlie 
  hrst 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  to 
  the 
  fifteentli 
  day 
  

   of 
  Septembei' 
  of 
  each 
  year 
  ; 
  provided 
  that 
  such 
  

   pound 
  nets 
  shall 
  not 
  extend 
  to 
  or 
  across 
  any 
  

   channel, 
  nor 
  shall 
  they 
  be 
  so 
  placed 
  as 
  to, 
  in 
  

   anywise, 
  obstruct 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  any 
  vessel 
  or 
  

   boat 
  engaged 
  in 
  trading 
  in 
  said 
  waters 
  : 
  nor 
  

   shall 
  any 
  seine 
  or 
  net 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  that 
  portion 
  

   of 
  said 
  pound 
  nets 
  that 
  confines 
  the 
  fish, 
  the 
  

   meshes 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  quar- 
  ^^^'^«o*''"«h- 
  

   ter 
  inches 
  square; 
  nor 
  shall 
  any 
  stake 
  or 
  post 
  

   be 
  used 
  in 
  placing 
  said 
  pound 
  nets 
  of 
  a 
  greater 
  

   diameter 
  than 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  the 
  largest 
  part 
  ; 
  

   nor 
  shall 
  such 
  stnke 
  or 
  post 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  

   remain 
  in 
  said 
  waters 
  for 
  a 
  longer 
  period 
  than 
  

   that 
  presciil)ed 
  in 
  tliis 
  act 
  foi' 
  the 
  placing 
  of 
  

   said 
  pound 
  nets. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  cii 
  acted 
  ^ 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  Effective. 
  

   take 
  effect 
  from 
  its 
  ])assage. 
  

  

  CHESTKR 
  RIVER. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  114, 
  Lairs 
  188(», 
  recfuJates 
  catcJdng 
  fish 
  

   in 
  Chester 
  Bivcr 
  and 
  its 
  tribntaries 
  in 
  Kent 
  

   and 
  Queen 
  Anne 
  Cownties. 
  

  

  