1162 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 568

And, any person to whom such license may be granted, shall
be required to paint the number or name of his sink box,
sink boat or sneak boat on some prominent part thereof to
correspond with the number or name in the said license.
Provided, however, it shall be unlawful for any person in
or over all waters herein defined where sink box or sink
boat is legalized (except on the Susquehanna Flats and the
Elk River) to place same within five hundred yards of any
shore or within five hundred yards of any licensed booby,
brush or stake blind without the owner, licensee or lessee of
said shore or said blinds permission.

(j) Any person violating any of the provisions of this
Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction before any Justice of the Peace of this State,
shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50. 00) nor more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) for each and every
offense and each wild duck, goose, swan or brant so shot at,
killed or had in possession shall constitute a separate offense
under this Section.

38. It shall be unlawful, purposely or unnecessarily, to
disturb in the waters of this State, or to hunt any water fowl
in or from any boat of any description within the limits of the
State of Maryland, or to hunt 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 within the said limits.

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner 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 to any person without making due 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 purposes than the violation of
the provisions of this Section, and that such persons are not
3quipped with and do not place in such boats any guns or am-
munition suitable for shooting water fowl.

(b) If any such power boat impelled by sail or engines of
any description be found in or near the waters where water fowl
are then and there using or bedding, having on board guns or
other paraphernalia commonly employed in the hunting of water
fowl, or if any shots shall be fired from any such boat at or in