HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 987

(b) In the tributaries of the Potomac River in Charles
County and on the waters of Baltimore County said blinds
shall not be less than 250 yards apart measured in a straight
line nor exceed a greater distance than 150 yards from the
natural shore from which same may be erected. However, the
250 yards as provided in Section 49 shall not apply to the above
sections.

45. SPECIAL PROVISIONS ON CERTAIN WATERS. Section 43,
relating to distance from shore, shall not apply to the waters
of the Chesapeake Bay opposite the shore line of Anne Arundel
and Calvert Counties on the western side of said Bay, and
to the waters of Brannock's Bay, Trippe's Bay or Todd's Bay
in Dorchester County, nor to the waters of the Chesapeake Bay
adjacent to Poplar Island, in Coaches Neck, nor to the waters
lying north of a straight line drawn from Black Walnut Point
to Benoni's Point in Talbot County, nor to the waters of Pros-
pect Bay in Queen Anne's County.

(a) In said waters mentioned in this section, it shall be
unlawful for any person to erect, set, or maintain a booby,
brush, or stake blind within the waters of the Chesapeake Bay
opposite the shore line in Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties
on the western side of said Bay at a greater distance than 1000
yards from the natural shore line of said Counties. Said blinds
shall not be less than 700 yards apart measured in a straight
line. Said blind shall not be placed in water over eight feet
in depth.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, set, or main-
tain a booby, brush, or stake blind in the waters of Brannock's
Bay or Trippe's Bay in Dorchester County out and beyond a
line drawn from Mills Point in a northeastward direction to
the southeast corner of what is known as the Great Flats and
from thence to what is known as Weir Point or Orchard Marsh.

(e) It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, set, or
maintain a booby, brush, or stake blind within the waters of
Todd's Bay in Dorchester County, out and beyond a line drawn
three hundred yards northeast of Todd's Point, thence run-
ning south-southeast to a point at the month of Chapel Creek
known as Mitchell's Point.

(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, set, or
maintain a booby, brush, or stake blind within the waters of
Chesapeake Bay adjacent to Poplar Island and Coaches Neck,
and all waters lying north of a straight line drawn from Black
Walnut Point to Benoni's Point in Talbot County, and within
the waters of Prospect Bay in Queen Anne's County, at a