EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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land adjacent to such waters or marshes; said right or per-

mission to extend to and embrace such portions of said waters

and marshes as lie between the lands of the adjacent proprie-

tor and the middle thread of the main channel of said river,

upon extending the river frontage of such proprietor at right

angles with the course of said main channel to the thread

thereof, under a fine of not less than five dollars or more than

twenty-five dollars for each violation of this Act, and the

cost of any proceeding to enforce the same, which may be re-

covered in the Circuit Court or before a justice of the

peace of the county in which such violation occurred ; one-

half of said fine to be paid to the informer, if any, and the

remainder or whole thereof, as the case may be, to the Board

of County School Commissioners of such county, for the use

of the public schools thereof ; and upon conviction and failure

Justice bf the

to pay the fine imposed and cost of the proceeding, the person

all infrac-
peace to try

so convicted shall be committed by the court or justice

tions of law.

who imposed said fine to the county jail for a period of ten

days.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all bona fide members of any ,

hunting club incorporated and organized on or before the first

Membership
of gunning

day of May, 1904, under the laws of the State of Maryland,

clubs.

and owning or leasing real estate therein within one mile of the

Patuxent river, and improved by a club house, and the mem-

bership of which does not exceed thirty, shall be considered

bona fide residents of the State of Maryland within the mean-

ing and intention of this Act, provided that such member ex-

hibit, when demanded by any authorized officer of the law.

as evidence of his membership, a card bearing his name, the

corporate seal and name of his club, and the signature of the

president and secretary thereof; provided further, that the

secretary of said club file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court

wherein located a certified list of the membership of said on

or before the first day of September of each year.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That it shall be unlawful for any

person to shoot muskrat or wild fowl of any description on the

Unlawful to

Patuxent river or any of its tributaries from two hours after

gun between
sunset and

sunset until one hour before sunrise, under a fine of not less

sunrise.

than five dollars or more than twenty-five dollars and costs

for each violation of this Act, which may be recovered in the

Circuit Court or before a justice of the peace of the county

in which such violation occurred ; one-half of said fine to be

paid to the informer, if any, and the remainder or whole there-

of, as the case may be, to the Board of County School Commis-