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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 459.

AN ACT to repeal section twenty-one of the acts

passed at the January session eighteen hundred and

seventy-eight, chapter two hundred and fifty-nine,

relating to " wild fowl," and to enact the following

in lieu thereof, and in lieu of section twenty-one of

the original act :

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That section twenty-one of chapter two

hundred and fifty-nine, of the acts passed at the Jan-

Repealed and

uary session eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, re-

re-enacted in
lieu.

lating to " wild fowl," be and the same is hereby

repealed, and the following is enacted in lien thereof,

and in lieu of section twenty-one of the original act,

so as to read as follows:

SEC. 21. That no person holding a license to gun

for or after wild water fowl shall, during the gunning

season as fixed by this act, be allowed to anchor or

otherwise make stationery any sink-box, sneak-boat or

any other vessel or craft on the waters lying north-

ward of the line named in section one of this act, on

any Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday prior to

Days for gun-

the first day of January, of said gunning season, and

ning.

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

succeeding each of said days above specified, and no

person holding a license as above described, and en-

gaged 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

Penalty for vio-
lation.

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 tine to be paid to

the officer making the arrest, and the other half to

those assisting in making the arrest. And in addition

to said fine, the person or persons violating this law,

Deprived of

as well as the craft and the entire gunning outfit, shall

rights.

be deprived of the rights granted under said ducking