1156 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 459

it shall be unlawful for any other boat or device to cross said
line.

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
excess 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
return during three gunning days, and the gunners shall be
subjected to such additional fines and penalties as are herein-
after set forth, or otherwise provided by law.

It shall be unlawful for any gunning rig to kill or have in
possession more than the bag limit prescribed by law for
four hunters.

It shall be unlawful for any person to be on said waters
designated as the Susquehanna Flats on any day except the
legal gunning day, on any vessel or craft on which are con-
nected or in tow any hunting paraphernalia which is ordi-
narily used for the hunting of water fowl; provided, how-
ever, that for the purpose of securing a berth for the legal
gunning days, as herein defined, crafts or hunting outfits may,
on the evening preceding the legal gunning day, use the
main channel, between 6 P. M. and 12 o'clock midnight,
to reach the waters above a line from Point Concord Light-
house in Harford County to Stump's Point in Cecil County,
and also use the main channel to reach the waters below a
line from Locust Point in Harford County to Turkey Point
in Cecil County. No person shall cross these lines until
3. 15 A. M. of the legal gunning day.

5. The Governor of this State shall every two years with
the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint two ducking
police for Cecil County and one ducking police for the Elk
and Bohemia Rivers and two ducking police for Harford
County, who shall also be appointed by the Game Warden,
as Deputy Wardens, and shall be compelled to report to the
Game Warden and to enforce the conservation laws of this
State under the supervision of the Game Warden. Such
ducking police and deputy wardens so appointed by the Gov-
ernor, shall not receive a salary from the State or Counties,
but shall be paid the sum of Four Hundred ($400) Dollars
each, from the State Game Protection Fund, for services