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1336 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 528
days during the months of November and December and on
Sundays at any time of the year, reserving and adding, how-
ever, Wednesdays in the month of December as lawful days for
shooting water fowl on said river and its tributaries between
Wickes' Beach on Eastern Neck Island and Drum Point, so
that Mondays and Fridays, during the month of November;
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the month of De-
cember; and Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays during the month of January, shall be
lawful days for shooting water fowl on said river and its tribu-
taries between Wickes7 Beach on Eastern Neck Island and
Drum Point, and provided further that on the Chester River
and its tributaries above the Chester River Bridge and from
the mouth of said river to Wickes' Beach at a point thereon
dividing the properties of R. Nelson Stevens and Allan A.
Harris and on the Bogles' Basin property, it shall be lawful to
hunt water fowl every day during the months of November,
December and January except on Sundays. It shall be unlaw-
ful to hunt wild fowl on any of the waters of Queen Anne's
County during the month of November on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
And be it further provided, that it shall be unlawful to hunt
water fowl on any of the waters of the Patuxent River and its
tributaries, and on the waters of the Wicomico River in St.
Mary's County during the open season, as provided herein on
Tuesdays and Thursdays during the months of November and
December.
(b) The migratory game birds specified in this section may
be taken during the open season with a gun only, loaded with shot
only not larger than number ten gauge, fired from the shoulder,
from the land and water, with the aid of a dog or dogs, and the
use of decoys; however, it shall be unlawful to use any air-
plane, sink box or sink boat, sneak boat, floating device, or any
floating device towed by a power boat or a sail boat for the
purpose of hunting water fowl, therefrom; provided, it shall
be lawful to use sink box, sink boat, sneak boat or bushwhack
rig on the Susquehanna Flats. And it shall be lawful to use
sneak boat or bushwhack rig on the waters of the Elk and
Sassafras' Rivers in Cecil County. Any gun which cannot be
habitually raised and fired from the shoulder and any gun
larger than number ten gauge found in the vicinity of the rest-
ing and feeding areas of water fowl may be confiscated by any
officer of this State and delivered to the Game Warden.
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