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craft of any kind except a gunning rig as defined by law, and then only
after the same has been licensed as provided in this sub-title. Any person
or persons who shall have in his or their possession a boat of less dimen-
sions than provided by law on the Susquehanna Flats between the first
day of November and the first day of February following shall be prima
facie evidence of a violation of this sub-title; provided, however, boats of
smaller dimensions may be used in stationary booby or brush blinds as
provided by law.

It shall be unlawful to shoot a gun on the Flats at night time. The
words "night time" shall be construed to mean the time beginning with
sunset until sunrise the following day. The time stated by calendar as
hour of sunrise and sunset.

It shall be unlawful for a gunning rig, or any craft connected there-
with, whether said rig be anchored or otherwise, to be on the Flats before
3 :15 A. M. on any gunning day. Any gunning rig so found by any officer
empowered with the enforcement of the Game and Fish Laws of this
State, shall be at once seized and removed from the Flats and not allowed
to return until the case is heard and determined, and shall be subjected
to such further penalties as may be prescribed by this sub-title or other
laws of the State of Maryland.

It shall be unlawful to cross the line above referred to for the purpose
of selecting a set for a gunning rig, in any boat other than one carrying
or towing the entire gunning rig and it shall be unlawful for any other
boat or device to cross said line.

It shall be unlawful to have in possession on the Flats, any gun of
larger bore than 10 gauge.

It shall be unlawful to kill water fowl on the Flats in excess of the bag
limit allowed by the laws of Maryland. Any officer charged with the
duty of enforcing the law, shall have free access to all gunning rigs and
any gunning rig that shall have on board more than the prescribed bag
limit, shall be removed at once from the Flats and not allowed to return
during three gunning days, and the gunners shall be subjected to such
additional fines and penalties as are hereinafter set forth, or otherwise
provided by law.

It shall be unlawful for any gunning rig in any one day to kill or have
in possession more than the bag limit prescribed by law for four hunters.

It shall be unlawful for any person to be on said waters designated as
the Susquehanna Flats on any day except the legal gunning day, on any
vessel or craft on which are connected or in tow any hunting paraphernalia
which is ordinarily used for the hunting of water fowl; provided, however,
that for the purpose of securing a berth for the legal gunning days, as
herein defined, crafts or hunting outfits may, on the evening preceding
the legal gunning day, use the main channel, between 6 P. M. and 12
o'clock "Midnight," to reach the waters above a line from Point Concord
Lighthouse in Harford County to Stump's Point in Cecil County, and
also use the main channel to reach the waters below a line from Locust
Point in Harford County to Turkey Point in Cecil County. No person
shall cross these lines until 3 :15 A. M. of the legal gunning days.¹

¹ Sec. 2, ch. 559 of acts of 1935 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of
such inconsistency.