ART. 13.] WILD FOWL. 1387

given against him, he shall be committed to the county jail for a
period of time not less than twenty and not more than forty days,
but the party so committed shall be released on the payment of
the fine, costs and jail expenses.

1873, ch. 54.

299. Justices of the peace for Harford, Cecil and Kent coun-
ties, and the circuit courts for said counties, shall have concur-
rent jurisdiction in all cases that may arise under the provisions,
of said sections; and any person arrested on the waters of the
Chesapeake bay, northward of the line named and described in
section 278, for a violation of any of said sections, may be con-
veyed to either Harford, Cecil or Kent county for trial, and
there tried before the proper tribunal.

1876, ch. 169. 1884, ch. 450.

300. No person holding a license to gun for or after wild
water-fowl shall, during the gunning season as fixed by section
279, be allowed to anchor, or otherwise make stationary, any
sink-box, sneak-boat or any other vessel or craft on the waters
lying northward of the line named in section 278, on any Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday or Sunday prior to the first day of January,
of said gunning season; and on and after the said first day of
January, on any Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday, nor until the
hour of five o'clock, A. M., on the morning of the day next suc-
ceeding each of said days above specified; and no person holding
a license as above described, and engaged in gunning for wild
water-fowl, shall go on or over said waters with sink-box, sneak-
boat or other vessel or craft before the hour of five o'clock, A. M.,
on the morning of the day next succeeding each of said days,
as above specified; and any person violating this section shall
be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace as debts of
like amount are recoverable; one-half of said fine to be paid to
the officer making the arrest, and the other half to those assist-
ing in making the arrest. And in addition to said fine, the
persons violating this section, as well as the craft and the entire
gunning outfit, shall be deprived of the rights granted under said
ducking license for the next three successive gunning days; and