HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 991

bow of the boat or skiff to be used for the purpose of pushing
or paddling in figures not less than two inches high and of
such character and color that the same may be easily read. No
person not a bona fide resident of the State of Maryland shall
be entitled to have a license to push or paddle issued to him by
the Clerk of the Court.

Any person convicted before any Justice of the Peace of this
State for violating any of the provisions of Sections 42 to 52,
unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined
not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25. 00) nor more than Fifty
Dollars ($50. 00) for each and every offense.

SUSQUEHANNA FLATS.

53. For the purpose of this Act all the part of the Chesa-
peake Bay and its waters lying within the following lines
shall be known as the "Susquehanna Flats", more briefly re-
ferred to herein as the Flats.

All that portion of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries lying
south of a line drawn east from Concord Lighthouse in Har-
ford County to Carpenters Point on the western shore of Cecil
County, and north of a line beginning at the lighthouse on
Turkey Point in Cecil County and drawn westerly to a point
half a mile north of the northerly part of Spesutia Island,
then continuing said line still westward but at no time ap-
proaching nearer than a half-mile from the northern end of
said island and the adjacent mainland until it reaches the
Harford County shore at or near Oakington.

54. DEFINITION OF GUNNING BIGS. For the purposes of
this sub-title a "gunning rig" is defined as a craft, boat or
boats, known as a sneak boat, customarily used or intended to
be used in connection with wild water fowl hunting, or a flat
bottom bateau or boat with bush or canvas blinds (commonly
known as a bushwhacking outfit) which shall be without
power, except oars, and may be used in shooting or gunning
over decoys. No boat used as a sneak boat or for bushwhack
shall be of dimensions less than sixteen (16) feet in length
nor less than twenty (20) inches at the lowest point in height.
Hunting from a sneak boat or bushwhack outfit shall be legal
only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of each week on
the Susquehanna Flats in Harford or Cecil Counties during
the legal open season and shall not be used for any purpose
other than the hunting of wild water fowl, and it shall be
unlawful for any gunning rig to be on the Susquehanna Flats
for the purpose of gunning on any other days in the week;
provided, however, that if the Federal Government or any
agency thereof at any time bans gunning on the said Flats on