1264 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 768]

allowed by law, and from what are known as booby blinds,
which are hereby allowed by law) ; provided that said booby
blinds shall not be less than one hundred yards from the
natural shore; and the owners of same, before using said blinds,
shall pay the clerk of Queen Anne's county the sum of two
dollars and a half, including his legal fee for issuing same;
said license fee to be paid to the County Commissioners for
the use of the public roads. And provided further, that no
person is allowed to place a booby blind closer to another than
three hundred yards; that the owner of any booby blind shall,
after paying the license fee required by this section, have exclu-
sive right of same, and anyone using the said booby blind
without the permission of the owner thereof shall be fined, upon
conviction before a justice of the peace of Queen Anne's county
not less than ten or more than twenty-five dollars, and upon the
refusal to pay said fine, to be committed to the county jail for
a period of sixty days; and further provided, that it shall be
the duty of the oyster police officers and constables of Queen
Anne's county to see that all persons using sink boxes and
booby blinds have a license for same as required by this section,
and to arrest anyone violating any provisions of this section
and carrying him before a justice of the peace of Queen Anne's
county, to be dealt with according to law; and provided fur-
ther that any person shooting wild fowl from any vessel, boat,
float or canoe or craft of any kind otherwise than is allowed
by this section, shall upon conviction before a justice of the
peace of Queen Anne's county, pay a fine of not less than ten
or more than twenty-five dollars, and in case of failure to pay
said fine with costs, shall be confined in the county jail for
a period of thirty days; the informer to get one-half of all
fines under this act, and the residue of said fines to be paid
by clerks over to the County Commissioners for the use of the
public roads; provided, however, that it shall not be lawful
for any person to shoot at or shoot wild fowl of any kind what-
soever from any vessel, boat, float, canoe or craft of any kind
or from any sink box or from what are known as booby blinds,
in or over the waters of Chester River at its tributaries lying
within Queen Anne's county above Melton Point.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1912.