Ch. 6 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(g) The clerk shall issue blind site licenses to:

(1) [riparian] RIPARIAN owners having less than the required amount of
shoreline; and

(2) [to any] ANY other State resident in the order in which applications
are received.

(i) (2) Any person desiring to erect a stationary blind or blind site in the
waters of Talbot County first shall obtain a license in accordance with the following
schedule of priorities:

(i) Any owner of at least 500 yards of contiguous shoreline in Talbot
County, [his] OR THE OWNER'S lessee, licensee, or assignee shall receive first
priority to license a stationary blind or blind site in front of [his] THE OWNER'S,
LESSEE'S, LICENSEE'S, OR ASSIGNEE'S riparian property if an application is
made between July 1 and November 1, inclusive. An owner shall certify by written
application that [he] THE OWNER owns the required amount of shoreline. A lessee,
licensee, or assignee of an owner of 500 yards of contiguous yards of shoreline shall
certify by written application that [he] THE LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE
possesses the required amount of shoreline[.];

(ii) A lessee, licensee, or assignee of 500 yards of contiguous
shoreline owned by more than [one] 1 person may obtain a stationary blind or blind site
license if an application is made between July 1 and November 1, inclusive. An
applicant shall present the written consent of the owners of the shoreline[.];

(iii) All owners of riparian rights [, their] OR THE OWNER'S
lessees, [licensees] LICENSEES, or assignees, owning less than 500 contiguous yards of
shoreline shall have priority to obtain a license for blind site between October 11 and 21
inclusive of each year, provided [they comply] THE OWNER OR THE OWNER'S
LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE COMPLIES with the requirements of written
consent[.]; AND

(iv) After November 1, any resident of Talbot County may license a
blind site no closer than 500 yards of the nearest licensed stationary blind or blind site.

(3) After November 1, the clerk shall issue blind site licenses in rotation as
applications are received. The Department shall inspect any licensed blind site to
determine the validity of the certifications in any application upon request of the owner
of the shoreline property. If the Department finds that the certifications of the
application are erroneous, [it] THE DEPARTMENT may revoke the license by written
notice to the applicant.

(5) If any licensee erects a stationary blind or blind site or sets a stake and
[it] THE STATIONARY BLIND, BLIND SITE, OR STAKE is lost or destroyed in any
manner beyond [his] THE LICENSEE'S control, [he shall not] THE LICENSEE MAY
NOT lose [his] THE LICENSEE'S location but may reestablish [it] THE LOCATION
at any time during the current hunting season.

(8) An owner of at least 500 yards of shoreline, [his] OR THE OWNER'S

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