ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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circuit court of Cecil county shall, upon the appli-

cation of any resident of the State of Maryland, being

the owner of any sink-box or sneak-boat, such as is

allowed by this act to be used and employed in shoot-

ing at wild water fowl therefrom, grant a license,

Grant license.

under the seal of this court, to such applicant to gun

after and shoot at wild water fowl from such sink-box

or sneak-boat northward of the line named and de-

scribed in the first section of this act, from the first

day of November, in each and every year, to the

thirty-first day of March next succeeding thereafter,

in each and every year; provided, that such license

shall not authorize any person using such sink-box or

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sneak-boat to gun after or shoot at wild water fowl

therefrom within a less distance than one-quarter of a

mile of any shore in Harford or Cecil county, or

southward of the line particularly described in the

first section of this act.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect and be in operation from the date of its passage.

Effective

Approved April 8, 1884.