HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 985

sail shall be proven to have moved in the direction of such
water fowl so bedded for purpose of causing such water fowl
to fly from the place or waters in which they shall have been
then and there bedded, such fact or facts or any of them, shall
be accepted as prima facie evidence of an intentional violation
of the provisions of this section on the part of each person on
board of such boat and of the ownership of such boat and of
the guns and paraphernalia thereon by the persons so con-
victed.

(e) Each and every person on board of any boat by or from
which water fowl shall be unnecessarily disturbed or in which
water fowl shall be hunted or from which water fowl shall
be shot at in violation of the provisions of this Section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction there-
of each person convicted shall be fined not less than Fifty
Dollars (f50. 00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00) for each offense, and in addition to such fine or fines
all boats used by said offenders and! the guns and parapher-
nalia found in or on such boats or in possession of such persons
so convicted or used in such violation of the provisions of
this Section shall be adjudged confiscated and shall be disposed
of by the Game Warden as he may deem advisable for the best
interests of the State.

42. DUCK BLINDS—RIPARIAN OWNERS. All owners of
riparian rights, their lessees or licensees on the waters of this
State shall by virtue of said ownership be first entitled to
make a choice of the "set" or position in front of the property
of which they are the owners of the riparian rights, lessees or
licensees, for the purpose to erect, set, or maintain booby,
brush, or stake blind or blinds provided that said riparian
owners, their lessees or licensees shall avail themselves of
said choice of localities and clearly mark the same on said
waters by erecting a stake on which shall appear the license
number of each blind and the licensee's name as hereinafter
provided on or before October 10 of each and every year and
said blind or blinds licensed prior to October 10 must be
erected on or before November 10 and said blind or blinds
licensed after October 10 must be erected on or before thirty
days thereafter, except as herein provided.

(a) For the protection of shore-owners, their lessees, or
licensees desiring to locate a blind or blinds on their shore the
purchase of a license as herein provided and the establish-
ment of a stake on which shall be painted the license number
and the name of the licensee, such stake not to exceed the
lawful distance from shore and be established in the water
when said stake shall be established on or before October 10,