ART. 13.] WILD FOWL. 1383

1878, ch. 64.

290. Each and every license so issued shall state the name
and residence of the person to whom the same may be granted,
the name or number of the sink-box or sneak-boat licensed, and
the county in which the same may be obtained, and the period at
which said license shall expire.

Ibid.

291. Every applicant for a license to use a sink-box or sneak-
boat shall be required to make oath before the clerk of the court
authorized to issue the same, that he is a bona fide resident of
the State, and that he will obey and comply with all the pro-
visions of this sub-title of this article, regulating shooting of wild
water-fowl northward of the line named and described in section
278; and every person to whom such license may be granted,
shall be required to paint the name or number of his sink-box or
sneak-boat, on some prominent part thereof, in large legible let-
ters or numbers, as the case may be, to correspond with said
name or number in such license; and any person who shall use-
or employ a sink-box or sneak-boat, without having first obtained
a license, as required by section 287, shall, on conviction thereof
before a justice of the peace, be fined not less than fifty dollars
and not more than one hundred dollars, for each and every vio-
lation thereof; one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer,
and the other half to the school commissioners of the county in
which said offence may be committed, for school purposes.

Ibid.

292. The clerk of the circuit court who shall issue a license,
in compliance with the requirements of section 287, shall be enti-
tled to charge and receive seventy-five cents for issuing the same;
and each of the clerks of the said circuit courts shall keep a register
of the name and residences of the persons to whom he shall issue
licenses, also the name and number of each sink-box and sneak-
boat, for the use of which he may issue a license, and also a cor-
rect account of the sum of money paid by each person receiving
a license; and the official bond of said clerks shall be liable,
respectively, for the monies received by them for such licenses