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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 215.

AN ACT to permit the shooting of teal and
other ducks, known as marsh ducks, from
the fifteenth day of August to the first day
of October of each year, on the waters of
the Chesapeake bay within the bounds pre-
scribed by the act of eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, chapter fifty-four, entitled "An
act to exempt all that portion of the waters
of the Chesapeake bay lying northward of
a certain line therein described, from the
operation and effects of sections one and
three of article ninety-eight of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Wild Fowl," and
to enact other sections, to be in force and
operation in, on and over said waters."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That on and after the
passage of this act, it shall be lawful to shoot
teal ducks, mallards, black ducks, bald-pates
and all other ducks, known as marsh ducks, in
any manner other than by swivel, gun or big
gun, from one hour before sunrise until one
hour after sunset every day, from the fifteenth
day of August to the first day of October of
each year, on the waters of the Chesapeake
bay, lying and being within the bounds pre-

Unlawful to
shoot.

scribed by the act of eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, chapter fifty-four, entitled "An
act to exempt all that portion of the waters of
the Chesapeake bay lying northward of a cer-
tain line therein described, from the operation
and effects of sections one and three of article
ninety-eight of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Wild Fowl," and to enact other
sections, to be in force and operation in, on
and over said waters.

Approved April 7, 1886.