ART. 13.] WILD FOWL. 1381

scribed in section 278, but three days in each week, until the first
day of January, during the season for shooting wild fowl, as fixed
by section 279, and those days prior to the first day of January,
shall be Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and on and after the
first day of January, shall be Monday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, until the end of the season for shooting wild fowl, as
aforesaid; and each of said days shall comprehend the time inter-
vening between one hour before sunrise, and half an hour after
sunset of each day, and no more, and said time shall not include
any part or period of a night; and any person, on conviction of
a violation of this section, shall be fined not less than fifty dol-
lars, and not more than one hundred dollars.

1872, ch. 54.

286. No owner, master, hirer, borrower, employee of any
owner, or other person, shall use or employ any sink box, or
sneak boat of any description whatever, for the purpose of shoot-
ing at wild water-fowl therefrom, northward of the line named
and described in section 278, without first obtaining a license to
so use and employ the same as is hereinafter provided.

1884, ch. 506.

287i The clerk of the circuit court for Harford county and
the clerk of the circuit court for Cecil county, upon the appli-
cation of any resident of the State of Maryland, being the owner
of any sink box or sneak boat, such as is allowed by this sub-title
of this article to be used and employed in shooting at wild water-
fowl therefrom, shall grant a license under the seal of his court,
to such applicant to gun after and shoot at wild water-fowl from
such sink box or sneak boat northward of the line named and
described in section 278, from the first day of November in each
and every year, to the thirty-first day of March next succeeding
thereafter, in each and every year; provided, that such license
shall not authorize any person using such sink box or sneak boat
to gun after or shoot at wild water-fowl therefrom within a less
distance than one-quarter of a mile of any shore in Harford or
Cecil county, or southward of the line particularly described in
section 278.