WATER FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME. 1279

from the State Game Protection Fund, for services rendered during the
legal hunting season for water fowl. The ducking police, so appointed,
shall be compelled to patrol the waters known as the Susquehanna Flats,
and other territories adjoining, when the Game Warden of this State so re-
quests; and enforce all the game and fish laws of this State, and shall be
empowered to make arrests for a violation of this sub-title and the game
and fish laws of this State without a warrant.

1927, ch. 340, sec. 6.

55. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County and the Clerk
of the Circuit¹ for Cecil County, upon the application of any resident
of the State of Maryland, being the owner of any gunning rig such as
allowed by the provisions of this sub-title to be used and employed in
shooting at water fowl therefrom, shall grant a license under the Seal of
his Court, to such applicant to gun after and shoot at water fowl from
such gunning rig in the area herein described as the Flats upon the days
herein designated the legal gunning days.

1927, ch. 340, sec. 7. 1933, ch. 130, sec. 56.

56. Every applicant before obtaining such license, shall pay to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, to which he may apply for the same, the
following rates, namely: For a sink-box, Twenty ($20. 00) Dollars, and
for a sneak-boat Five Dollars ($5. 00), for each and every gunning season
as defined herein; and in addition to the moneys received from licenses
aforesaid, the Clerk of the Court shall collect and retain in lieu of all
other compensation the sum of Seventy-five Cents (75c) for issuing each
license. Said license shall not be transferable and if used on any sink-bos
or sneak-boat other than the one for which it was issued, said license shall
be confiscated and the person to whom it was issued, prosecuted for viola-
tion of this sub-title. Said license shall only be valid from November 1st
to January 31st following the date of issuance, and it shall be the duty
of every person obtaining a license to exhibit the same whenever called
upon by any officer of this State or any other person who shall demand
to see the same.

Each and every applicant for such license shall make oath before the
Clerk of the Court, authorized to issue the same, that he is a bona fide
resident of this State and that he will not employ on "a gunning rig any
person except a bona fide resident of this State and that he will comply
with all the provisions of this Article, regulating the hunting of wild
water fowl in the territory designated as the Flats, and every person to
whom such license may be granted shall be required to paint the name or
number of the sink-box or sneak-boat on some prominent part thereof in
large legible letters or numbers, as the case may be, to correspond with
said name or number of license issued to him.

¹ This is just as it appears in the act.