EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 797

Chapter 156 of the Acts of 1908, eliminating the provision
which permits the shooting of muskrats in the; waters of the
Chester River and its tributaries by the use of lights.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 217B of Article 15 of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Kent County," sub-title "Wild Fowl," as
amended by Chapter 156 of the Acts of 1908, be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

217B. It shall be unlawful to shoot at or shoot wild fowl in
or over the waters of Kent County, except from the shore and
natural islands, except it shall be lawful for the citizens of
Kent County, on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays of every
week during the open season to shoot at or shoot wild fowl
in Comegy's Bight, a tributary of the Chester River, in Kent
County, from a stick blind, not to be erected at a greater dis-
tance than four hundred yards from the shore, and to shoot at
or shoot wild fowl in said Comegy's Bight from a, boat or float
placed in any such stick blind. And it shall be unlawful to
erect any such stick blind within four hundred yards of one
already erected in accordance with the provisions of this Sec-
tion except in such cases where it may be necessary to chase and
shoot any such wild fowl which have been previously shot and
crippled from the shore or island, or stick blinds erected in
Comegy's Bight, and it shall also be unlawful for anyone to
hunt, shoot or shoot at any wild fowl, otters, muskrats or any
other water animal by the use of any light of any character in
any one of the waters of Kent County, and it shall be unlaw-
ful to shoot or shoot at wild fowl over the waters of Chester
River and its tributaries in the jurisdiction of Kent County,
above a line drawn from Cliff City to Spaniard's Point, except
on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays of every week during the
open season; and anyone violating this Section shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and
upon failure to pay said fine shall be imprisoned in the county
jail for thirty days for each offense, one-half of said fine to be
paid to the informer.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.