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the vicinity of water fowl where bedded in the waters aforesaid,
or if any such boat propelled by engine or sail shall be proven
to have moved in the direction of such water fowl so bedded,
for purpose of causing such water 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 accepted 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 para-
phernalia thereon by the persons so convicted.

(c) Each and every person on board of any boat by or from
which water fowl shall be unnecessarily disturbed or in which
water fowl shall be hunted, or from which water fowl shall be
shot at in violation of the provisions of this Section, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
each person convicted shall be fined not less than One Hundred
Dollars ($100. 00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200. 00) for each offense, and in addition to such fine or
fines all boats used by said offenders and the guns and para-
phernalia found in or on such boats or in possession of such
persons so convicted, or used in such violation of the provi-
sions of this Section, shall be adjudged confiscated, and shall
be disposed of by the Game Warden as he may deem advisable
for the best interests of the State.

39. All owners of riparian rights, their lessees or licensees
on the waters of this State shall, by virtue of said ownership,
be first entitled to make a choice of the "set" or position in
front of the property of which they are the owners of the
riparian rights, lessees or licensees, for the purpose to erect,
set or maintain booby, brush or stake blind or blinds, provided,
that said riparian owners, their lessees or licensees shall avail
themselves of said choice of localities and clearly mark the
same on said waters by erecting a stake, on which shall appear
the license number of each blind and the licensee's name as
hereinafter provided on or before October 10th of each and
every year, and said blind or blinds licensed prior to October
10th must be erected on or before November 10th and said
blind or blinds licensed after November 10th must be erected
on or before twenty days thereafter, except as herein provided.

(a) For the protection of shoreowners, their lessees or li-
censees, desiring to locate a blind or blinds on their shore, the
purchase of a license as herein provided and the establishment