230 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 130

And be it further provided, that it shall be unlawful to
hunt wild water fowl on any of the waters of the Patuxent
River and its tributaries, and on the waters of the Wicomico
River in St. Mary's County during the open season, as pro-
vided herein on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the months
of November and December.

Section 40 (b) No booby, brush or stake blind shall be
licensed or erected in the waters of Chester River and its
tributaries within the jurisdiction of Kent County except
in those waters lying between Durding's Creek and Deep
Point; and no booby, brush or stake blind shall be licensed
or erected in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay within the
jurisdiction of Kent County between the north end of Wil-
son's Point on Trumpetington Farm and the mouth of the
Chester River.

Section 56. Every applicant before obtaining such
license, shall pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court, to which
he may apply for the same, the following rates, namely:
For a sink-box, Twenty ($20. 00) Dollars, and for a sneak-
boat Five Dollars ($5. 00), for each and every gunning
season as defined herein; and in addition to the moneys re-
ceived from licenses aforesaid, the Clerk of the Court shall
collect and retain in lieu of all other compensation the sum
of Seventy-five Cents (75c) for issuing each license. Said
license shall not be transferable and if used on any sink-
box or sneak-boat other than the one for which it was
issued, said license shall be confiscated and the person to
whom it was issued, prosecuted for violation of this sub-
title. Said license shall only be valid from November 1st
to January 31st following the date of issuance, and it shall
be the duty of every person obtaining a license to exhibit
the same whenever called upon by any officer of this State
or any other person who shall demand to see the same.

Each and every applicant for such license shall make
oath before the Clerk of the Court, authorized to issue the
same, that he is a bona fide resident of this State and that
he will not employ on a gunning rig any person except a
bona fide resident of this State and that he will comply
with all the provisions of this Article, regulating the hunt-
ing of wild water fowl in the territory designated as the
Flats, and every person to whom such license may be
granted shall be required to paint the name or number of
the sink-box or sneak-boat on some prominent part thereof
in large legible letters or numbers, as the case may be, to