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Unlawful to 

 use pound net, 

 &c. 



>«ot to catch, 

 capture, &;c. 



WICOMICO COUNTY. 



Chapter 448, Laws 1880, protects flsli in loaters 

 of Wicoraico County. 



Sectiox 1. Be it enacted hy tltc General As- 

 semhly of JIarylancL That it shall be unlawful 

 for any person or persons to set. stake, or in 

 any manner place any pound net or fyke net 

 made of t^^dne, in the waters of Wicomico 

 county, at any time. 



Sec. 2. And he it enacted. That it shall be 

 unlawful for any person or persons to catch, 

 take, capture, kill or injure any shad, herring, 

 rock, 23erch or any other kind of fish with haul 

 seine, float seine, stake seine, or any other kind 

 of seine, net or hsh trap in the waters of said 

 county, between the twentieth day of May in 

 each and every year, and the first day of Sep- 

 tember in the next succeedins: vear. 



Fine for vio- 

 lation. 



Sec. 3. And he it enacted. That each and 

 every person who may violate any of the pro- 

 visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a 

 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 

 before any Justice of the Peace of Wicomico 

 county, shall be fined by the said Justice of 

 the Peace sittins: in the case a sum not less 

 than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five 

 dollars, for each and every violation aforesaid: 

 and each and every person so convicted and 

 fined shall be committed by the said Justice of 

 the Peace to be confined in the county jail in 

 said county until the said line and all costs of 

 the prosecution are paid: and shall, in addition 

 to the said jDenalties. also forfeit and lose all 

 seines, nets and boats of every kind which may 

 be used bv them in violatino- as aforesaid. 



Sell forfeited 

 propertj'. 



Sec. 4. And he it enacted. That it shall be 

 the duty of the Justice of the Peace to decree 

 the forfeiture mentioned in the preceding sec- 

 tion, and to order and direct the constable or 

 other officer making the arrest, to take and sell 

 any property so forfeited as aforesaid, after 



