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  capture 
  fish. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  by 
  the 
  General 
  As- 
  

   sembly 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  

   for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  j)ersons 
  to 
  take, 
  capture 
  or 
  

   destroy 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Chester 
  River 
  or 
  

   its 
  tributaries 
  in 
  Kent 
  and 
  Queen 
  Anne 
  coun- 
  

   ties, 
  by 
  seines, 
  drag-nets, 
  set-nets, 
  fish-baskets, 
  

   fish-pots, 
  weirs, 
  pound-nets, 
  fykes 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  

   Unlawful 
  to 
  means 
  or 
  contrivance 
  wliatsoever, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  

   known 
  or 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  capturing 
  or 
  destroying 
  

   tisli, 
  or 
  which 
  may 
  hereafter 
  be 
  invented 
  for 
  

   that 
  purpose, 
  from 
  the 
  tenth 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  

   first 
  day 
  of 
  September, 
  except 
  with 
  hook 
  and 
  

   line 
  ; 
  provided, 
  however, 
  that 
  seines 
  or 
  nets 
  

   may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  taylors 
  and 
  mack- 
  

   erel 
  tish, 
  provided 
  the 
  meshes 
  of 
  such 
  nets 
  or 
  

   seines 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  bar 
  not 
  less 
  tlian 
  one 
  and 
  

   seven-eighth 
  inches, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  mesh 
  less 
  than 
  

   three 
  and 
  three-quarter 
  inches. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  

   be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  who 
  use 
  

   stakes 
  or 
  ]>o]es 
  in 
  setting 
  nets 
  of 
  whatever 
  class 
  

   or 
  description, 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  

   first 
  section 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  to 
  leave 
  such 
  stakes 
  or 
  

   poles 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  used, 
  but 
  

   shall 
  remove, 
  or 
  have 
  removed, 
  such 
  stakes 
  or 
  

   poles 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  used, 
  on 
  

   or 
  before 
  the 
  twentieth 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  in 
  each 
  

   year, 
  nor 
  shall 
  tliey 
  again 
  be 
  put 
  down 
  in 
  said 
  

   waters 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  twentieth 
  day 
  of 
  September 
  

   following. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  H. 
  Aiul 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  for 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  or 
  persons, 
  in 
  said 
  waters, 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  to 
  empty 
  their 
  seines 
  upon 
  the 
  

   beacli 
  or 
  shore 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  whilst 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   iishing, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  smaller 
  iish 
  to 
  perish, 
  

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  to 
  euablc 
  the 
  smaller 
  tish 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  

  

  the 
  waters 
  for 
  growth 
  and 
  maturation, 
  and 
  any 
  

   person 
  or 
  persons 
  using 
  seines, 
  pound-nets, 
  

   fish-baskets, 
  fykes, 
  traps 
  or 
  nets 
  of 
  any 
  class 
  

   or 
  description 
  that 
  catch 
  the 
  fish 
  alive, 
  shall 
  

   immediately 
  cull 
  them 
  and 
  return 
  the 
  small 
  

   fish 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  

   taken. 
  

  

  Unlawful 
  to 
  

   leave 
  stakes 
  in 
  

  

  