1170 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 713]

fowl shall be pursued, or from which wild fowl shall be shot
at, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof each
person convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense, and in
the event of the non-payment of the fine, the person or persons
so convicted shall stand committed to the county jail or the
jail of Baltimore City until such fine and costs are paid, but
such imprisonment shall not exceed sixty days for each offense,
and in addition to such fine or fines all boats used by said
offenders and the guns and paraphernalia found in or on such
boats or in possession of such persons so convicted, or used in
such violation of the provisions of this section, shall be adjudged
confiscated and ordered to be sold and conveyed by the officer
making the arrest or sheriff of the city or county wherein the
conviction shall be had. After deducting the cost of the arrests
and trials of the persons so convicted, and of the custody,
sale and conveyance of the said boats, guns and paraphernalia,,
one-half of the fine and proceeds of sale of the confiscated prop-
erty shall go to the deputy game warden, constable or other
person who shall procure the conviction of any persons for vio-
lating the provisions of this section, and the remaining half
shall be paid over to the State Treasurer to the account of the
State Game Protection Fund, to be used by the State Game
Warden as may be provided by law.

If any such power boat or boats impelled by sail or engines
of any description be found in or near the waters where wild
fowl are then and there using or bedding, having on board
guns or other paraphernalia commonly employed in the killing
of wild fowl, or if any shots shall be fired from any such boat
at or in the vicinity of wild fowl where bedded in the waters
aforesaid, or if any such boat propelled by engine or sail shall
be proven to have moved in the direction of such wild fowl
so bedded, for the purpose of causing such wild fowl to fly from
the place or waters in which they shall have been then and
there bedded, such fact or facts, or any of them, shall be
accepted as prima facie evidence of an intentional violation
of the provisions of this section on the part of each person on
board of such boat, and of the ownership of such boat and of
the guns and paraphernalia thereon by the persons so con-
victed ; provided:

First: That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to pro-
hibit the proper use of duly licensed and authorized sneak boats
for shooting wild fowl on the flats of the Susquehanna, or to
prevent the towing of craft by power boats to and from the