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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

. CHAPTER 78.

AN ACT to exempt certain portions of the waters of Anne Arundel county from the operation and effect of sections one and three of article ninety-eight of the Code of Public General Laws, title "wildfowl," so far as the same relates to shooting wild water-fowl from sink-boxes, and to enact other sections in lieu thereof.

Exemption.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the waters lying and being within the limits of Anne Arundel county, including the waters of the Chesapeake Bay along and lying within said limits, except creeks, ponds and inlets, and except also Magothy River and Rhode and West Rivers, from the outer point of the mouth of Rhode River to their heads, be and the same are hereby exempt and released from the operation and force of sections one and three of article ninety-eight of the Code of Public General Laws, title " Wild-Fowls, " so far as the same relate to, and prohibit the shooting of wildfowl from sink-boxes, and the following sections enacted in lieu thereof:

Kind of gun.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no person shall kill or shoot at wild-fowl in, on or over the waters of Anne Arundel county, or the waters of Chesapeake Bay, within the limits of said county, from any boat, box or contrivance of any kind, with any kind of gun which cannot be discharged from the shoulder at arms length and without a rest, and any person vio-

Penalty.

lating this section, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars for each offence.

License for sink-box.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no owner, master, hirer, borrower, or employee of any owner or other person, shall use or employ any sink-box for the purpose of shooting at wild-fowl therefrom, in the waters of Anne Arundel county and of Chesapeake Bay, lying and being within the limits of said county, without there having been first obtained a license for the use of said sink-box as is hereinafter provided.