334 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of this State, or to pursue, kill or shoot at, any wild fowl in
or from any boat of any description within the limits of the
State of Maryland, or to pursue, shoot or gather any wounded
or dead ducks, geese, swan or brant in any boat propelled by
or equipped with sail or engines of any kind within the said
limits.

And it shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any
boat propelled by or equipped with sail or engines of any kind,
or of any share or interest in such boat, to use or to permit the
use of such boat for any of the acts above prohibited or to loan
or hire such boat at any time between the fifteenth day of
October of any year and the first day of April in the then next
ensuing year, to any person or persons without making due
inquiry into the purpose of those applying for the use of such
boat, and becoming satisfied that those applying for the use
of such boat intend to use the same exclusively for other pur-
poses than the violations of the provisions of this Act, and
that such persons are not equipped with and do not place in
such boats any guns or ammunition suitable for shooting wild
fowl.

Each and every person on board of any boat by or from
which wild fowl shall be unnecessarily disturbed, or in which
wild fowl shall be pursued, or from which wild fowl shall be
shot at, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
each person convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than to hundred dollars for each offense, and
in the event of the non-payment of the fine, the person or
persons so convicted shall stand committed to the county jail
or the jail of Baltimore city until such fine and costs are paid,
but such imprisonment shall not exceed sixty days for each
offense, and in addition to such fine or fines, all boats used by
said offenders, and the guns and paraphernalia found in or on
such boats or in possession of such persons so convicted, or
used in such violation of the provisions of this section, shall be
adjudged confiscated and ordered to be sold and conveyed by
the officer making the arrest or sheriff of the city or county
wherein the conviction shall be had. After deducting the costs
of the arrests and trials of the persons so convicted, and of
the custody, sale and conveyance of the said boats, guns and
paraphernalia, one-half of the fine and proceeds of sale of the
confiscated property shall go to the Deputy Game Warden,
constable or other person who shall procure the conviction of
any persons for violating the provisions of this section, and the
remaining half shall be paid over to the State Treasurer to the
account of the State Game Protection Fund, to be used by the
State Game Warden as may be provided by law.