704 WILD FOWL. [ART. 98.

19. The said fine may be sued for and recovered in the name
of the State before any justice of the peace for said city, in the
same manner as small debts.

20. It shall be the duty of every justice of the peace for said
city to make an annual return to the Treasurer of all fines im-
posed under the provisions of the aforegoing section, and to re-
ceive and pay over the same at the time of making said return.

21. Any person owning real estate in fee simple, or having
therein an estate for years renewable forever, on any of the
navigable waters of this State, may construct wharves thereon,
and extend the same such a distance into the stream as may be
required to admit the safe approach thereto of any vessel navi-
gating said waters; Provided, said wharves be not extended so
as to interfere with the fishing or navigation of said waters.

22. Any person authorized to build a wharf on the west side
of the Susquehanna River, shall build the same in front of the
shore to which such wharf may be attached, and shall not with-
out the consent of the owner of the lands adjoining that to which
Such wharf may be attached, build any part of such wharf out-
side of a line drawn from the land of the owner of such wharf
to the channel of said river at right angles to said channel.

ARTICLE XCVIII.
Wild Fowl.

SEC. 1*. No person shall, at any time, in, on, or over the waters
of the State of Maryland, shoot at or shoot any water-fowl bed-
ded in flocks, either upon the feeding or roosting grounds of said
waterfowl or elsewhere, from any vessel, boat, float, canoe, or
any craft of any kind whatever.

2*. No person shall, at any time, in, on, or over the waters of
the State of Maryland, shoot at or shoot any water-fowl, from
any booby-blind, or artificial point erected at a greater distance
than one hundred yards from the natural shore from which the
same may be extended.