WATER FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME 3605

1927, ch. 568 sec. 43. 1931, ch. 528, sec. 44.

45. A bona fide resident of this State or a non-resident owner of land
bordering on the Potomac River or a non-resident assessed at five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or more on the tax books of this State may erect, set or
maintain a booby, brush or stake blind as provided in this sub-title, after
first obtaining a license so to do from the clerk of the Circuit Court of
the county in which said blind is located opposite the shore thereof, in the
same manner as the hunting licenses are issued, and said clerk is author-
ized to issue said license upon payment by the applicant of the sum of
five dollars ($5.00), and in addition to the license fee so received the
clerk issuing game shall collect and retain the sum of fifty cents (50c)
in lieu of all other compensation as the clerk's fee. The clerk of court shall
not issue to any one person license to erect, set or maintain more than
two booby, brush or stake blinds in or over the waters of this State, pro-
vided that license shall be issued for only one such blind in the waters of
Dickinson's Bay and Reed's Creek, in Talbot County; however, the issu-
ance of two blinds shall not apply to co-partnerships, associations or cor-
porations. Such license shall be void on the first day of June of each
year following the date of issuance. Said clerk shall not accept an appli-
cation for license for any blind until after June 1st of each year and shall
issue license in rotation as applications are received. Said applicant for
said license shall certify to said clerk when making application for said
license that he is the owner, lessee or licensee of the legal amount of shore
front as required by law. Such license shall not be transferable, and if used
or presented by any person other than the person to whom it was issued
such license shall be confiscated by the game warden or any deputy game
warden, constable or other officer who shall find such licenses being used
illegally, and the blind for which said license was issued destroyed.

The clerks of the circuit courts of the counties shall, on the first day of
June, 1927, and on the first day of each and every month thereafter, trans-
mit to the State Comptroller all moneys received by them for such licenses.
Said moneys so received by the Comptroller shall be placed to the credit
o£ a separate fund, to be known as "The State Game Protection Fund,"
and shall be disbursed by said Comptroller from time to time on warrants
signed by the Conservation Commission or the game warden.¹

1927, ch. 568, sec. 44.

46. Blank applications shall be furnished to the Clerks of Courts of
this State by the Game Warden, and shall provide for the location of the
blind, name of the owner of said shore property, opposite which said blind
is located. Application for any such license may be made through the
mails, and upon the proper information as provided herein the Clerk of
the Court shall issue same. Said license shall bear the signature of the
Game Warden and shall be countersigned by the Clerk issuing the same,
who shall at the same time fill out on a stub attached to the license blank
the name and address of the licensee and the location of blind, and shall
then detach said stub and mail to the Game Warden. In addition to said
license for said blind, every person hunting from same must have in
possession a Hunter's License, and tag displayed on outer garment, center
of back, as provided by law.
See notes to sec. 41.

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 528 of acts of 1931 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of
such inconsistency.