1114 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 542

County or in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, having
jurisdiction, shall be fined a sum not more than fifty dollars
for each and every such, offense, and shall stand committed
until such fine and costs are paid.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 542.

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 579 of the Acts of 1914 of the
General Assembly of Maryland, entitled "An Act for the
further protection of wild fowl in the State of Maryland, "
and to re-enact same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Chapter 579 of the Acts of 1914 of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted 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, 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 with-
in 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 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 duo
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