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following day; the time stated by the calendar of hour of sunrise and
sunset And if it shall be proven that any person charged with hunting
water fowl between the hours of one-half hour after sunset and one-half
hour before sunrise the following day, and that said person had a gun in
possession on the night in question, in the vicinity thereof, such facts
shall be deemed prima facie evidence of violations of this section.

It shall be unlawful to have in possession any light which is used for
hunting water fowl at night in or near the vicinity of the feeding or
resting grounds, and any such light found in possession shall be prima
facie evidence of intention of a violation of this section, and shall be con-
fiscated and turned over to the Game Warden.

1927. ch. 56, 8. sec. 4S.

49. It shall be unlawful for any person for hire, to push, paddle, or

convey on the waters of this State, for the purpose of hunting, shooting or
killing Rallidae or Kail, Sora or Reed Birds, without first procuring a
license from the Clerk of the Court of the County in which he or they
reside, for which he shall pay the sum of Two Dollars ($2. 00); and in
addition to the license fee so received, the Clerk issuing same shall collect
and retain the sum of Fifty Cents (50c) in lieu of all other compensation;
Two Dollars ($2. 00) of said amount to be forwarded to the Comptroller
of the State, the first of each and every mouth, to be placed to the credit
of The State Game Protection Fund. Each and every license shall expire
December 1st after date of issuance and every person obtaining such
license shall paint the license number on each side of the bow of the boat

or skiff to be used for the purpose of pushing or paddling, in figures not
less than two inches high, and of such a character and color that the same
may be easily read. No person not a bona fide resident of the State of
Maryland shall be entitled to have a license to push or paddle issued to
him by the Clerk of the Court.

Any person convicted before any Justice of the Peace of this State for
violating any of the provisions of this sub-title, for which a specific pen-
alty is not otherwise provided, shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars
($50. 00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) for each and
every offense.

Susquehanna Flats.

1927, ch. 340, sec. 1. 1929, ch. 459, sec. 1.

50. For the purpose of this sub-title, all the part of the Chesapeake
Bay and its waters lying within the following lines shall be known as the
"Susquehanna Flats, " more briefly referred to herein as the Flats.

All that portion of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries lying south of
a line drawn east from Concord Lighthouse, in Harford County, to Car-
penters 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 of a mile north of the northerly part of Spesutia