PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS. 



Chapter 260, Lwms 1880, repeals Chapter 276, 

 LaiDS 1878, lohich repealed Chapter 252, Laws 

 1876, which repealed Chapter 421, Laws 1874, 

 which repealed Section 2, Article 41, Public 

 General Laios^ title Fish and Fisheries^ and 

 re-enacts the same loith substitutes and amend- 

 ments^ so as to read asfolloios : 



Section 1. No person shall from the tenth 

 day of June to the lirst day of October in each 

 year tish 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 

 Count}^, and drawn westward to Lego's Point, 

 in Harford County. 



Seine haul- 

 l prohibited. 



Sec. 2. And be 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 which 

 said act has been violated, shall pay a tine 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 lishing 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 constable making said arrest to 

 the highest bidder, and the proceeds, together 

 with half the fine, after deducting the cost, 

 shall be paid to the (Jounty Commissioners of 

 the county in which said offence shall be com- 

 mitted, for the use of the school fund of said 

 county. 



Penalty for 

 violation. 



Declared for- 

 feited. 



