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

kill or shoot at any wild fowl in or from any boat of any description
within the limits of the State of Maryland, except as herein provided,
or to pursue, shoot or gather any wounded or dead ducks, geese, swan
or brandt in any boat propelled by or equipped with sail or engines of
any kind within the said limits, except within the waters of Chesapeake
Bay above or north of a line drawn from Howells Point, in Kent
County, to Stony Point, in Harford County, and exceeding the distance
of two miles from the Western Shore of said Chesapeake Bay, or north-
ward of a line drawn east and west from Spesutia Island in Harford
County to Turkey Point in Cecil County.

And it shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any boat pro-
pelled by or equipped with sail or engines of any kind, or of any share
or interest in such boat, to use or permit the use of such boat for any
of the acts above prohibited, or to loan or hire such boat at any time
between the 15th day of October of any year and the 1st day of April
in the then next ensuing year, to any person or persons without mak-
ing due inquiry into the purpose of those applying for the use of such
boat and becoming satisfied that those applying for the use of such boat
intend to use the same exclusively for other purposes than the viola-
tions of the provisions of this section, and that such persons are not
equipped with and do not place in such boats any guns or ammunition
suitable for shooting wild fowl.

Each and every person on board of any boat by or from which, wild
fowl shall be unnecessarily disturbed or in which wild 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 property shall go to the
deputy game warden, constable or other person who shall procure the
conviction of any persons for violating 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.