1014 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 366

waters of the Chesapeake Bay opposite the shore line of said
county prior to January 1st, 1927, and said licensee shall have
the right to renew said license on or before the first day of
July of each year thereafter.

40. It shall be lawful in or over the waters to erect, set or
maintain a booby, brush or stake blind, and same shall be sta-
tionary; in which shall be built a platform for the purpose of
shooting from. It shall be unlawful to erect, set or maintain
any blind at a greater distance than 300 yards from the
natural shore, from which same may be erected. Said blinds
shall not be less than 500 yards apart measured in a straight
line; provided, however, it shall be unlawful in or over the
waters of Baltimore County to erect, set or maintain any blind
at a greater distance than 150 yards from the natural shore.

(a) It shall be unlawful on any of the rivers of this State
for any person to erect, set or maintain a blind at a farther
distance from the shore than one-half of said river where said
river is less than 600 yards in width, nor shall any person
place any blind on any of the rivers across any channel where
said channel runs near the center of said river.

(b) Provided, however, that in the tributaries of the Chesa-
peake Bay and in the tributaries of the Potomac River in
Charles County and on the waters of Baltimore County said
blinds shall not be less than 250 yards apart measured in a
straight line. However, the 250 yards as provided in Para-
graph A of Section 45 of Chapter 568, Acts of 1927, shall not
apply to Baltimore County.

41. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, set or
maintain a booby, brush or stake blind within the waters of
Todd's Bay in Dorchester County, out and beyond a line drawn
three hundred yards northeast of Todd's Point, thence running
south-southeast to a point at the mouth of Chapel Creek known
as Mitchell's Point.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Act,
shall, for any reason be adjudged by a Court of competent
jurisdiction to be unconstitutional and invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but
shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
graph or section thereof so found unconstitutional and invalid.