THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 5

land (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources," sub-
title "Fish and Fisheries," sub-heading "Nets and
Seines," providing that it shall be unlawful to use a
drifting gill net in CERTAIN PARTS OF the waters
and tributaries of the Patuxent River, and making cer-
tain other changes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 284 of Article 66C of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Natural
Resources," sub-title "Fish and Fisheries," sub-heading
"Nets and Seines," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

284. (Patuxent River.) It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to set, place, construct or use any net of any kind or
description in any part of the Patuxent River from Queen
Anne Bridge to the mouth of said river, nearer than 500
yards in every direction from any other net without the
permission of the owner of the said other net; or to set,
place, construct or use any net more than 175 yards in
length, including the leaders or hedges or wings thereto,
below a straight line from Holland's Cliffs across said river
to a point on the shore directly opposite said Holland's
Cliffs; or to set, place, construct or use any net more than
50 yards in length including the leaders, hedges or wings
thereto, above the said straight line from Holland's Cliffs;
or to set any nets at a greater distance across the waters of
the Patuxent River from low water mark on either side,
or to use nets of greater length than the lengths permitted
in the waters mentioned, provided that the above shall not
apply to floating gill nets or seines.

It shall be unlawful to use or haul any seine or gill net in
any creek, cove or tributary of the Patuxent River at any
time when the mouth of the creek or tributary is less than
200 feet wide.

It shall be unlawful to use or haul any drifting gill net
in the Patuxent River SOUTH OF THE PATUXENT
RIVER BRIDGE or in any creek, cove, or tributary or OF
said River SOUTH OF THE PATUXENT RIVER
BRIDGE at any time.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

This bill was passed at the 1953 session of the General
Assembly and was vetoed by the Governor on May 6, 1953.
Under the provisions of Section 17 of Article 2 of the State