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ART. 15. ] WILD FOWL AND GAME. 169

20 Unlawful to shoot on waters of Chesapeake
bay with swivel-gun, etc, penalty
21 Time limited for gunning north of said
line, penalty
22 License for owner, etc, of sink-box or
sneak-boat
23 Application for and grant of license, pro-
viso
24 Cost of license, to exhibit license
25 What license to contain
26 Oath, number of license to be painted on
sink-box, etc
27 Clerk's fee for issuing license, register of
persons to whom license granted
28 Arrest, penalty
29 Justice in Harford or Cecil to issue war-
rants, penalty for resisting officer.

30 Boats, etc, seized and condemned to be
sold, notice of sale, bow proceeds dis-
posed of
31 Board of special police, power to appoint
deputies, pay, surplus to be paid to
school commisioners, term of office, va-
cancies
32 Appeal from judgment of justice
33 Persons violating subject to fine, refusing
to pay fine, to be committed.
34 For what time proportionate sum may be
paid for license
35 What justices and courts to have concur-
rent jurisdiction, person arrested may
be tried in either county
36. Time when person licensed not to anchor
vessel north of said line, penalty.

WILD FOWL.

 

1. No person shall, at any time, in, on, or over the waters of the
State of Maryland, shoot at or shoot any water-fowl bedded in flocks,
either upon the feeding or roosting grounds of said water-fowl or
elsewhere, from any vessel, boat, float, canoe, or any craft of any
kind whatever.

Art 98, s 1.
1842, c 61, 1860,
c 109, s 1
Shooting from
vessels, etc,
prohibited.

2. No person shall, at any time, in, on, or over the waters of the
State of Maryland, shoot at or shoot any water-fowl, from any booby-
blind, or artificial point erected at a greater distance than one hun-
dred yards from the natural shore from which the same may be ex-
tended.

Id s 2
1860, c 109, s 2.
Shooting from
blinds, etc,
prohibited.

3. No person shall at any time shoot at or shoot any water-fowl
flying about their feeding grounds, or elsewhere over the waters
aforesaid, from vessel, boat, float, canoe, or craft of any kind con-
trary to the provisions of this article; reserving nevertheless to any
citizens of any counties bordering on the waters aforesaid, and to
whomsoever they may extend the privilege, the right to shoot from
boats other than sink-boats or sneak-boats.

Id s 3
1860, c 109, a 12.
What persons
excepted

4. If any person shall violate any of the provisions of the preced-
ing three sections, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in the name of the State
before a justice of the peace of the county where the offence is com-
mitted, or by indictment in the Circuit Court of said county.

Art 98, s 4
1860, c 109, s 3.
Fine

5. Any person aiding or abetting another by furnishing a boat or
float of any description, or gun or ammunition to be used in viola-
tion of the first or second section of this article, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be dealt with and fined as if he
had violated them himself.

Id s 5
1860, c 109, s 4.
Person aiding
fined.

6. Any sheriff, constable or commissioned militia officer of the
county wherein the provisions of this article relating to water-fowl
may be violated, who shall be satisfied, either upon his own view, or
information received of any other person, whether on oath or not,
that any one has violated the said provisions, such officer shall be
and he is hereby authorized and empowered to arrest and take into

Id s. 6
1860, c 109, s 5
Officer to arrest
offenders.



 

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