HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 147

"Water Fowl and Migratory Birds. Use of Boats Prohi-
bited. Blinds", to permit the hunting of wild water fowl on
the Monocacy River in Frederick County from certain skiffs
or row boats.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 38 of Article 99 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Water Fowl—Birds and
Game", subtitle "Water Fowl and Migratory Birds. Use of
Boats Prohibited. Blinds. ", be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

38. It shall be unlawful to hunt or take, in any manner, or
by any means whatever, the nest or eggs of any migratory
birds, except in the manner and by the means described by
regulations duly adopted by the Secretary of Agriculture of
the United States and approved by the President of the United
States by virtue of the authority conferred by the provisions
of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, approved July 3, 1918; and
no person shall take, collect or possess any nest or egg of
migratory birds except for scientific purposes and must also
obtain a permit from the Game Warden of this State.

(a) It shall be unlawful to hunt any wild waterfowl within
the limits of the State of Maryland, between the first day of
February and the thirty-first day of October, in each and every
year, both dates inclusive; and it shall be further unlawful
to have in possession any dead wild waterfowl between the
tenth day of February and the thirty-first day of October in
each and every year, and it shall be unlawful to hunt any of
the game birds herein mentioned on Sunday.

It shall be unlawful to hunt wild waterfowl at any time or
in any manner on either the land or the waters within the
boundary lines of the Blackwater Migratory Bird Refuge lo-
cated in Dorchester County, or to hunt wild waterfowl on
either land or water from a blind, or otherwise, within 100
yards of the boundary lines of said refuge.

(b) The migratory game birds specified in this section may
be taken during the open season with a gun only, not carry-
ing more than three loads at any one time, loaded with shot
only not larger than number ten gauge, fired from the shoul-
der, from the land and water, with the aid of a dog or dogs,
and the use of decoys; provided, however, it shall be unlaw-
ful to use more than twenty-five live decoys on any one prop-
erty at any one time. No water fowl, except crippled birds
not otherwise retrievable, shall be shot while resting on water
or land, provided, however, it shall be unlawful to use any
airplane, sink box or sink boat, sneak boat, floating device, or