766 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [ CH. 251

1912, increasing the license fee for booby blinds, and to
add a new section to said Article, said new section to be
known as Section 283B and to follow immediately after
Section 283A of said Article, giving the riparian owners
certain prior rights in regard to the choice of the "set" for a
duck blind.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 283A of Article IS of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Queen Anne's County, " sub-
title "Wild Fowl, " as said section was amended by Chapter 768
of the Acts of 1912, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

283A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
shoot at or shoot wild fowl of any kind whatsoever in or over
the waters of Queen Anne's County, except from the shore or
natural island, but not from any vessel, boat, float, canoe or
craft of any kind (except from licensed sink boxes now allowed
by law, and from what are known as booby blinds, which are
hereby allowed by law); provided that said booby blinds shall
not be less than one hundred yards from the natural shore;
and the owners of same, before using said blinds, shall pay the
clerk of Queen Anne's County the sum of five ($5) dollars,
including his legal fee for issuing same; said license fee to be
paid to the County Commissioners) for the use of the public
roads. And provided further, that no person is allowed to
place a booby blind closer to another than three hundred yards;
that the owner of any booby blind shall, after paying the license
fee required by this section, have exclusive right of same, and
anyone using the said booby blind without the permission of the
owner thereof shall be fined, upon conviction before a justice of
the peace of Queen Anne's County not less than ten nor more
than twenty-five dollars, and upon the refusal to pay said fine,
to be committed to the county jail for a period of sixty days;
and further provided, that it shall be the duty of the oyster
police officers and constables of Queen Anne's County to see
that all persons using sink boxes and booby blinds have a
license for same as required by this section, and to arrest any-
one violating any provisions of this section and carrying him
before a justice of the peace of Queen Anne's County, to be
dealt with according to law; and provided further that any
person shooting wild fowl from any vessel, boat, float or canoe
or craft of any kind otherwise than is allowed by this section,
shall upon conviction before a justice of the peace of Queen