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WILD FOWL AND GAME. [ART. 15.

PORTIONS OF THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF A
CERTAIN LINE.

1872, c 54, s 1
Exempted from
the operation of
ss 1 and 3 of
this article.

16. All that part of the Chesapeake bay and its waters lying
northward of the following line, viz.: Beginning at the lighthouse
on Turkey Point, in Cecil county, and drawn westward to a point
half a mile north of the most northerly part of Spesutia Island;
thence continuing said line still westward, within half a mile of and
north of the northern end of said island and the adjacent mainland,
until it reaches the shore in Harford county, at or near Oakington,
is hereby exempt and released from the operation and force of sec-
tions 1 and 3 of this article; and the following sections are in force
and operation northward of the said line, in this section particularly
described.

Id s 2
Season for
shooting north
of said line

17. The season for shooting wild fowl northward of the line
described in the last preceding section, shall begin on the first day of
November in each and every year, and continue until the thirty-first
day of March next succeeding in each and every year hereafter;
and it shall not be lawful for any person to kill or shoot at wild fowl
northward of said line (except from shore), and southward of a
line drawn east from Point Concord lighthouse in Harford county
to Carpenter's Point on the western shore of Cecil county, at any
other time; and any person violating the provisions of this section

Penalty

shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than fifty dollars, and
not more than one hundred dollars for each offence.

Td s 3
Unlawful to
shoot north of
said line in
night-time

18. No person shall shoot or kill, or shoot at any wild fowl, in,
on, or over the waters lying northward of the line described in sec-
tion 1 of this act, in the night-time with gun or guns, of any size
or description whatever; and any person violating the provisions of
this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of

Penalty

not less than one hundred dollars, and not more than five hundred
dollars, for each and every violation thereof.

Id s 4.
Unlawful to
shoot north of
said line, from
boat, within
half a mile of
shore, in Har-
ford or Cecil
county.

19. No person shall at any time, either in the day or night time,
shoot or kill, or shoot at any wild fowl in, on, or over the waters
lying northward of the line described in the first section of this act,
from any vessel, boat, float, canoe, sneak-boat, sink-boat, or any
other craft of any kind or description whatever, within half a mile
of any shore in Harford or Cecil county; and any person violating
this section shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty for

Penalty.

each offence of not less than fifty dollars, and not more than one
hundred dollars.

1878, c 259, s 5
Unlawful to
shoot on waters
of Chesapeake
with swivel gun

20. No person shall kill or shoot at wild water-fowl in, on, or
over the waters of the Chesapeake bay, from any boat, box, or vessel
of any kind or description whatever, with any big or swivel-gun, or
any kind of gun weighing more than fifteen pounds; and any person
violating this section, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not

Penalty.

less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars,
for each offence.