1534 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction of having vio-
lated this section, shall pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars
nor more than two hundred dollars for each and every offense;
and if it shall be proved that the party charged with shooting
at or killing any wild duck or other water fowl in the night
time, was at or about the place at which a shot was fired, and
that he had a gun in his possession on the night in question,
in the vicinity thereof, either prior to, at the time of, or after
such firing, such facts shall be deemed prima facie evidence
of his having violated the provisions of this Section.

525. If any person shall, in, on or over the waters afore-
said, erect or cause to be erected, any booby blind or artificial
point at a greater distance than one hundred yards from the
natural shore from which the same may be extended, every
such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction of having violated this Section, shall pay a fine of
not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars
for each and every offense, and shall be subject to the same
penalty once in every week so long as the same is allowed to
remain.

526. Any person upon whom any of the fines provided for
by the four preceding sections shall be imposed, shall, in every
case, in default of payment of the same, be committed to jail
for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or
until said fine and all costs be paid; and all and every sink
boat, sneak boat, float, decoy, duck gun of any kind, ammuni-
tion and apparatus of every kind whatsoever for use in shooting
at or killing wild ducks or other water fowl found to have been
in the possession of such person at the time of violating any
of the provisions of said sections, or in his possession at the
time of his arrest, shall be forfeited, condemned and sold as
hereinafter provided.

527. Any sheriff, constable or commissioned militia officer
who shall be satisfied, either upon his own view or from in-
formation received from, any other person, whether on oath
or not, that any person has violated any of the provisions of
said sections, shall be authorized and empowered to arrest
and take into custody such person so offending, and to seize and
take into his custody any of and all the articles hereinbefore
enumerated found to have been or to be in the possession of
such person.

528. Any person resisting an officer so authorized to make
arrests and seizures, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,