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preaching nearer than a half-mile from the northern end of
said island and the adjacent mainland, until it reaches the
Harford County shore, at or near Oakington.

The Game Warden may, when he deems advisable, mark
certain points of the lines herein defined by buoys.

SECTION 2. For the purposes of this Act, a "gunning rig"
is defined as a craft, boat or boats or sink box, customarily
used or intended to be used in connection with sink-box
shooting, or a flat bottom bateau or boat with bush or
canvas blinds (commonly known as a sneak-boat or bush-
whacking outfit) which shall be without power, except oars,
and may be engaged in shooting or gunning over decoys. No
boat used as a sneak-boat or for bushwhack shall be of dimen-
sions less than sixteen (16) feet in length, nor less than twenty
(20) inches at the lowest point in height.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful at any time, either in the
day or night, to hunt, pursue, shoot or kill any water fowl
in or over the Flats from any craft of any kind except a
gunning rig as above defined, and then only after the same
has been licensed as provided in this Act.

It shall be unlawful to shoot a gun on the Flats at night
time. The words '' night time'' shall be construed to mean
the time beginning with one-half hour after sunset until one-
half hour before sunrise the following day. The time stated
by calendar as hour of sunrise and sunset. The gunning
days shall be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Novem-
ber and December, and Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays in January.

It shall be unlawful for a gunning rig, or any craft con-
nected therewith, whether said rig be anchored or otherwise,
to be on the Flats before 3. 15 A. M. on any gunning day. Any
gunning rig so found by any officer empowered with the en-
forcement of the Game and Fish Laws of this State, shall be at
once Seized and removed from the Flats and not allowed to
return until the case is heard and determined, and shall be
subjected to such further penalties as may be prescribed by
this Act or other laws of the State of Maryland.

It shall be unlawful to have in possession on the Flats, any
gun of larger bore than 10 gauge.

It shall be unlawful to kill water fowl on the Flats in ex-
cess of the bag limit allowed by the laws of Maryland. Any
officer charged with the duty of enforcing the law, shall have
free access to all gunning rigs and any gunning rig that
shall have on board more than the prescribed bag limit, shall
be removed at once from the Flats and not allowed to re-