HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 727

it shall be lawful to use sink box, sink boat, sneak boat or
bushwhack rig on the Susquehanna Plats. And it shall be
lawful to use sneak boat or bushwhack rig on the waters of
the Elk and Sassafras Rivers in Cecil County; sneak boat or
bushwhack rig on the Susquehanna Flats and on the waters
of the Elk and Sassafras Rivers in Cecil County as provided
herein shall be in conformance with Sections 52, 56 and 57 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition); provided,
however, that it shall be unlawful to use any decoy, sneak boat
or bushwhack rig (or any part thereof) within 500 yards of any
stake blind or shore blind while gunning and further, provided,
however, it shall be unlawful for more than four persons to
hunt wild water fowl from any blind located on land, or from
any sink box or sneak boat or bushwhack rig in any one day.
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 resting and feeding areas of wild water
fowl may be confiscated by any officer of this State and
delivered to the Game Warden.

Provided, however, it shall be lawful to hunt wild water
fowl on the waters of the Potomac River in Frederick County
and Montgomery County, and on the waters of the Monocacy
River in Frederick County, from a skiff or row boat propelled
by oar or oars only. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Fred-
erick County and Montgomery County, upon the application
of any resident of Frederick County or Montgomery County,
respectively, being the owner of any skiff or row boat as herein
allowed to be used in hunting of water fowl on the waters
of the Potomac River in Frederick and Montgomery Counties
shall issue to said applicant a license under the seal of his
court to gun for and shoot at water fowl from such boat, the
cost of which shall be Five ($5. 00) Dollars for each and every
boat, and in addition to the moneys received from licenses
aforesaid, the Clerk of the Court shall collect and retain in
lieu of all compensation, the sum of fifty (50) cents for
issuing said license. Every licensee shall be required to paint
his name and license number on some prominent part of said
skiff or row boat in large, legible letters and numbers, to
correspond with said name and number of license issued to
him. Said license shall only be valid during the open season
provided by law for the hunting of water fowl in this State.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Frederick, Montgomery,
Harford and Cecil Counties shall, on the first day of June, 1941,
and on the first day of each and every month thereafter, trans-
mit to the Comptroller of this State all moneys received by him
for the issuance of the aforesaid licenses; said moneys so
received by the Comptroller shall be placed to the credit of
the State Game Protection Fund; said Clerk shall report to