EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1906.

CHAPTER 465.
AN ACT to regulate the building of Blinds in the Chesa-
peake Bay, opposite the shore line of Anne Arundel
county, on the western side of said bay.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall

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not be lawful for any person to erect any booby blind or
brush blind within the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, oppo-
site the shore line of Anne Anrundel county, on the western
side of said bay, without having obtained from the clerk of
the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county an annual license
for said blind.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any applicant for a license

Unlawful to
build boody
blinds, etc.

to build a blind as set forth in the first section of this Act
shall pay to the clerk of the Circuit Court a license fee of
five dollars.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That after licensing and location

License fee.

of said blind no person shall locate another blind within
seven hundred yards of said blind.

Blinds must
be 700 yards
apart.

SEC 4. And be it enacted, That no blind so located shall at
any time be placed in over eight feet of water or over one
thousand yards from the Anne Arundel county shore line.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any person violating the

Unlawful to
place blinds
in over 8 feet
of water, etc.

provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction before any
justice of the peace of Anne Arundel county, be fined not less
than five or more than twenty-five dollars for each and every
violation of this Act.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1906:

Fine imposed.