PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 977

sembly of Maryland, entitled "An Act for the further protec-
tion of wild fowl in the State of Maryland and to re-enact the
same with amendments," be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall be unlawful to purposely or unnecessarily
disturb in the waters of this State, except as hereinafter pro-
vided, 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, except as herein provided, or to pursue, shoot or
gather any wounded or dead ducks, geese, swan or brandt in
any boat propelled by or equipped with sail or engines of any
kind within the said limits, except within the water of Cheasa-
peake Bay above or north of a line drawn from Howells Point,
in Kent County, to Stony Point, in Harford County, and ex-
ceeding the distance of two miles from the Western Shore of
said Chesapeake Bay, or northward of a line drawn east and
west from Spesutia Island in Harford County to Turkey Point
in Cecil County.

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 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 15th day of October of
any year and the 1st 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 be-
coming satisfied that those applying for the use of such boat
intend to use the same exclusively for other purposes than the
violations of the provisions of this Act, and that such persons

are not equipped with and do not place in sueh 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

hot 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 two hundred dollars for each offense, and
in the event of the non-payment of the fine, the person or per-
sons 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,