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fines imposed under this act shall be divided as 

 follows : one-half to the officer making the 

 arrest, and the other half to the County Com- 

 missioners of Cecil county, to be applied by 

 them to the use and benefit of said county. 



Sec. 2. And he it enacted^ That this act shall 

 take effect from the date of its passage. 



Chapter 197, Laws 1880, repeals Section 1, 

 Chapter 134, Laws 1876, and^ re-enact the 

 same with amendments. 



1. On and after the passage of this act it 

 shall be lawful for any owner, or owners, of 

 land bordering upon the waters of the Elk, 

 Sassafras and Bohemia rivers, and their tribu- 

 taries, lying and being within the limits of 

 Cecil county, or to whomsoever they may ex- 

 tend the privilege, to take or catch fish from 

 nets or traps known as j^ound nets, except 

 from the first day of June to the fifteenth day 

 of September of each year ; provided that sucjfi 

 pound nets shall not extend to or across any 

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

 anywise, obstruct the jjassage 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- 

 ter inches square; nor shall any stake or post 

 be used in y)lacing said pound nets of a greater 

 diameter than four inches in the largest part ; 

 nor shall such stake or post be permitted to 

 remain in said waters for a longer period than 

 that prescribed in this act for the placing of 

 said pound nets. 



Sec. 2. And he it enacted^ That this act shall 

 take effect from its X)assage. 



Fines — how 

 disposed of. 



Eflective. 



When lawful 



Size of mesh- 



Effective. 



CHESTER lil\ ER. 



Chapter 114, Laws 1880, regi dates catching fish 

 in ( liester Rroer and its tributaries in Kent 

 and Queen Anne Coy /n ties. 



