986 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 708

then said stake shall be termed as a blind as hereinafter pro-
vided. The licensee's name and number must appear on all
blinds erected if said blind is on the water or on the shore
bordering the water.

(b) Section 42 shall not apply to any person who has
an established licensed blind or blinds located in the waters
of Anne Arundel County or in the waters of the Chesapeake
Bay opposite the shore line of said county prior to January
1, 1927, and said licensee shall have the right to renew said
license on or before the first day of July of each year there-
after.

43. DISTANCE FROM SHORE AND DISTANCE APART. It shall
be lawful in or over the waters to erect, set, or maintain a
booby, brush, or stake blind and same shall be stationary in
which shall be built a platform for the purpose of shooting
therefrom. It shall be unlawful to erect, set, or maintain any
blind at a greater distance than 300 yards from the natural
shore from which same may be erected. Said blinds shall not
be less than 500 yards apart measured in a straight line
unless otherwise provided.

(a) It shall be unlawful on any of the rivers of this State
for any person to erect, set, or maintain a blind at a farther
distance from the shore than one-half of said river where said
river is less than 600. yards in width, nor shall any person
place any blind on any of the rivers across any channel where
said channel runs near the center of said river.

44. BLINDS IN CERTAIN WATERS PROHIBITED. No booby,
brush, or stake blind shall be licensed or erected in the waters
of Chester River and its tributaries within the jurisdiction of
Kent County except in those waters lying between Durding's
Creek and Deep Point, or between Wickes Beach Point on
Wicliffe Farm and Graveyard Point on Spencer Hall Farm on
Eastern Neck Island and no booby, brush, or stake blind shall
be licensed or erected in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay
within the jurisdiction of Kent County between the north end
of Wilson's Point on Trumpetington Farm and the mouth of
the Chester River, and 110 booby or stake blind shall be licensed
or erected in any creek which is a tributary of the Patuxent
River south of a line drawn from Truman's Point in Prince
George's County due east to a point on the shore of Calvert
County.

(a) No booby, brush, or stake blind shall be licensed or
erected in the waters of Bohemia River and its tributaries
within the jurisdiction of Cecil County.