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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 dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

An. Code, sec. 17. 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.

An. Code, sec. 18. 1910, ch. 251, sec. 6 (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 horizontally at arm's
length, and without a rest, and fired from that position 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 one 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 indicated 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 prima facie evidence of a viola-
tion of this section.

An. Code, sec. 19. 1910, ch. 251, secs. 7 and 8 (p. 337.)

19. Justices of the peace of Harford, Cecil, Kent and Baltimore coun-
ties and Baltimore city shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all vio-
lations of the provisions of sections 13 to 19 arising on the Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries north of a line drawn from the North Point Light
to Tolchester Beach.

Any person convicted under section 14, 15, 16, 17 or 18 failing to pay
his fine, the person so convicted shall stand committed to the county jail
or the jail of Baltimore city until the fine and costs are paid, but such
imprisonment shall not exceed sixty days for each offense. Any deputy
game warden, constable or other person who shall procure the conviction
of any person or persons violating the provisions of sections 14, 15, 16,
17 or 18 shall receive one-half of the fine collected after the payment of