1300 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [April 2

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.

Amend by repealing sections 3, 6f 7 and 8, of Article 98,.
of Code of Public General Laws, entitled "Wild Fowl," and
to re-enact section 3, to read as follows:

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; reserv-
ing, nevertheless, to the citizens of the State of Maryland,
the right to shoot from sink-boats on Tuesdays and Fridays,
and from batteau, canoe or other similar boat at pleasure, be-
tween the first day of November and the first day of April,
but no sink-boat shall be used for shooting wild fowl, within
one mile of the shore of the Chesapeake bay or any of its tri-
butaries, and no person shall at any time shoot or shoot at
wild fowl, between the hours of 7 P. M. and 5 A. M., during
the season for shooting wild fowl, nor shall any person, un-
der a penalty of one hundred dollars fines and six months
imprisonment, shoot at any wild fowl, with the use of lan-
terns, reflectors or lights of any kind whatsoever, or with the
use of what is commonly called swivel, cannon or such char-
acter of gun, in the killing of ducks.

Be it enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be construed
to authorize any one to shoot at any time from a sink or
sneak-boats in St. Mary's, Charles, Queen Anne's, Calvert,
Baltimore, Worcester and Harford counties, by day or by
night.

The proposed amendments were severally read.

The question recurring upon the adoption of the amend-
ments.

Mr. Hopkips moved to concur in said amendments.
Decided in the Negative.

Mr. Webb moved that the bill be recommitted to the Com-
mittee on Wild Fowl.

The question recurring upon concurring in the motion.
Mr. White moved the previous question.

The question then being, "Shall the previous question be
now put?"

It was decided in the affirmative.

The question then recurring upon concurring in the mo-
tion submitted by Mr. Webb,

It was decided in the affirmative,