ART. 98.] WILD FOWL. 705

3*. No person shall at any time shoot at or shoot any water
fowl flying about their feeding grounds, or elsewhere over the
waters aforesaid, from vessel, boat, float, canoe or craft of any
kind contrary to the provisions of this article; reserving neverthe-
less to any citizens of any counties bordering on the waters afore-
said, and to whomsoever they may extend the privilege, the right
to shoot from boats other than sink boats or sneak boats.

4*. If any person shall violate any of the provisions of the
three preceding sections, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in the
name of the State before a justice of the peace of the county
where the offence is committed, or by indictment in the Circuit
Court of said county.

5*. Any person aiding or abetting another by furnishing a boat
or float of any description, or gun or ammunition to be used in
violation of the first or second section of this article, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be dealt with and
fined as if he had violated them himself.

6*. Any sheriff, constable or commissioned militia officer of the
county wherein the provisions of this article relating to water
fowl may be violated, who shall be satisfied, either upon his own
view, or information received of any other person, whether on
oath or not, that any one has violated the said provisions, such
officer shall be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to
arrest and take into custody «uch person so offending and the
boatmen or other persons found on board the vessel, boat, float,
canoe or craft employed to convey such offender for the purpose
of shooting at or killing wild ducks or wild fowl of any descrip-
tion contrary to the provisions of this article; and he shall seize
and take into his possession the said vessel, boat, float, canoe
or craft, and the gun or guns, ammunition and decoy ducks in
the same, or in the use or possession of the offender or offend-
ers.

7*. The said officers shall carry the person or persons so ar-
rested before a justice of the peace of the county wherein the
offence may be committed, representing to the justice the breach
of the law committed, and the said justice shall inquire fully into
the alleged offence, of which, finding vessels, boats, floats, canoes
or crafts employed as aforesaid or in the possession or use of the
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