EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1115

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 there-
of each person convicted shall be fined not less than one hun-
dred dollars nor more than two 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 cost
of the arrests and trials of the persons so convicted, and of
the custody, sale and conveyance of said boats, guns and para-
phernalia, one-half of the fine and proceeds of sale of the con-
fiscated 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 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.

If any such power boats or boats impelled by sail or en-
gines of any description be found in or near the waters where
wild fowl are then and there using or bedding, having on board
guns or other paraphernalia commonly employed in the killing
of wild fowl, or if any shots shall be fired from any such boat at
or in the vicinity of wild fowl where bedded in the waters afore-
said, or if any such boat propelled by engine or sail shall be
proven to have moved in the direction of such wild fowl so
bedded, for the purpose of causing such wild fowl to fly from
the place or waters in which they shall have been then and
there bedded, such fact or facts, or any of them, shall be ac-
cepted as prima facie evidence of an intentional violation of
the provisions of this Section on the part of each person on
board of such boat, and of the ownership of such boat and of
the guns and paraphernalia thereon by the persons so convicted;
provided: First, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed
to prohibit the proper use of duly licensed and authorized sneak
boats for shooting wild fowl, or duly licensed and authorized
push boats, or to prevent the towing of craft by power boats