2206 WILD FOWL——BIRDS AND GAME. [ART. 99

1910, ch. 251, sec. 4 (p. 336).

16. It shall be unlawful to fish with nets or in any other manner
on the Susquehanna Flats or in the waters of Romney Creek, in Harford
county, between the fifteenth day of October and the" first day of April.
That part of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries shall be known as
the Susquehanna Flats which is contained within the following metes
and bounds: All that portion of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries
lying south of a line drawn east from Concord Lighthouse, in Harford
county, to Carpenters Point, on the western shore of Cecil county, and
north of a line beginning at the lighthouse on Turkey Point, in Cecil
county, and drawn westerly to a point half a mile north of the north-
erly part of Spesutea Island; thence continuing said line still west
ward, but at no time approaching nearer than a half mile from the
northern end of said island and the adjacent mainland, until it reaches
the Harford county shore at or near Oakington. Any person violating
the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dol-
lars nor more than fifty dollars.

1910, ch. 251, sec. 5 (p. 337).

17. It shall be unlawful to shoot at or kill any wild fowl in the
State of Maryland at night time in any manner, whether from the
shore or otherwise. Any person found violating the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars for each and every offense, and if it shall be proved
that any party charged with shooting at or killing wild fowl at night
was at or about the place at which the shot was fired, and that such
person had a gun in his possession on the night in question in the
vicinity thereof, either reasonably prior to, at the time of or after the
firing, such facts shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the violation
of this section; provided, however, that it shall be lawful for any land
owner or person having the permission of such owner to shoot and kill
geese and swan at night on or from the shore of such owner.

1910, ch. 251. sec. G (p. 337).

18. No person shall at any time in this State shoot at or kill any
duck, wild fowl, birds or game with big or swivel gun, or any gun
other than such as can be easily raised to the shoulder and held hori-
zontally at arm's length, and without a rest, and fired from that posi-
tion by a person of ordinary strength and stature. Any person found
violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be fined not less than oue hundred dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars for each and every offense, and every gun which can
not be habitually shot from the shoulder in the manner above indi-
cated shall be confiscated and destroyed. If any person is found with
such a described gun in his possession in the vicinity of ducks, birds or
game, it shall be print a facie evidence of a violation of this section.