JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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and eighty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and

Repealed and

seventy-four, entitled " an act for the protection of

re-enacted.

young fish in the waters of Elk River and North

East River and their tributaries within the limits of

Cecil county," be and the same is hereby repealed

and re-enacted to read as follows :

1. No person or persons shall fish at any time in the

waters of Elk River and North East River and their

Not to fish.

tributaries, lying and being within the limits of Cecil

county, with any hauling seine of any description,

the meshes of which are of a less measure than what

is generally known as inch and a quarter mesh;

provided however, that this section shall not apply

Proviso.

to any established fishing shore on said waters, fish-

ing for herring and shad, from the fifteenth day of

March to the tenth day of June of each year.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1876.

CHAPTER 281.

AN ACT to provide for the regulation of the sale

of Spirituous and Fermented Liquor or Lager

Beer in Cecil county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That no licenses shall be granted to any

Not to sell.

person to sell spirituous or fermented liquors or

lager beer in Cecil county, uutil the person applying

therefor shall file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court

for said county, a petition signed by at least twelve

freeholders residing within the election district of

the proposed place of business of such applicant

praying that such license may be granted, nor until

the person applying for such license shall tile with

the clerk a bond with security, approved by said

clerk, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars for