ART. 99] WILD FOWL—SHOOTING ON FEEDING GROUNDS. 2105
1888, art. 99, sec. 3. 1860, art. 98, sec. 3. 1860, ch. 109, sec. 12
1890, ch. 239.
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 vessels, boat, float, canoe or craft of any
kind, contrary to the provisions of this article.
Ibid. sec. 4. 1860, art. 98, sec. 4. 1860, ch. 109, sec. 3
4. If any person shall violate any of the provisions of the
three preceding sections, he shall be' deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor 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 offense is committed, or by indictment in the
circuit court for said county.
Ibid. sec. 5 1860, art. 98, sec. 4. 1860, ch. 109, sec. 4.
5. Any person aiding or abetting another by furnishing a
boat or float of any description, or gun or ammuntion, to be
used in violation of sections 1, 2 or 3 of this article, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be dealt with and
fined as if he had violated them himself.
Ibid. sec. 6. 1860, art. 98, sec. 6. 1860, ch. 109, sec. 5. 1890, ch 351.
6. Any officer of the State fishery force, sheriff, constable
or commissioned militia officer of the county wherein the pro-
visions of this article relating to water-fowl may be violated,
who shall be satisfied eithar upon his own view or information
received of any other person, whether on oath or not, that any
one has violated the said provisions, is authorized and
empowered to arrest and take into custody such person so
offending, and the boatmen or other persons found on board of
the vessel, boat, float, canoe or craft employed to convey such
offender for the purpose of shooting at or killing wild ducks
or wild fowl of any description contrary to the provisions of
this article, and shall seize and take into his possession the
said vessel, boat, float, canoe or craft, and the gun or guns,
ammunition and decoy ducks in the same or in the use or pos-
session of the offender or offenders.
Ibid. sec. 7. 1860, art. 98, sec. 7. 1860, ch. 109, sec. 6.
7. The said officers shall carry the person or persons so
arrested before a justice of the peace of the county wherein the
offense may be committed, representing to the justice the
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