HERBERT R. O'CONOR,, GOVERNOR. 993

It shall be unlawful for any gunning rig in any one day to
kill or have in possession more than the bag limit prescribed
by law for four hunters.

58. UNLAWFUL TO BE ON FLATS ANY DAY EXCEPT GUNNING
DAYS. It shall be unlawful for any person to be on said
waters designated as the Susquehanna Flats on any day ex-
cept a legal gunning day, on any vessel or craft on which are
connected or in tow any hunting paraphernalia which is ordi-
narily used for the hunting of water fowl; provided, however,
that for the purpose of securing a berth for the legal gunning
days as herein defined, crafts or hunting outfits may on the
evening preceding the legal gunning day use the main channel
between 6 P. M. and 12 o'clock midnight to reach the waters
above a line from Point Concord Lighthouse in Harford
County to Stumps Point in Cecil County, and also use the
main channel to reach the waters below a line from Locust
Point in Harford County to Turkey Point in Cecil County. No
person shall cross these lines until 3: 15 A. M. of a legal
gunning day.

59. SHORE OWNERS EIGHTS. Any person, or his assigns,
who is a bona fide owner of land bordering upon the Chesa-
peake Bay or the Northeast River adjacent to the lines as
herein provided may, in the month of October in each year,
select and mark any point on his shore as reserved for his
gunning during the season of or immediately following said
selection or marking as aforesaid, and thereafter such owner
or his assigns shall have during said season exclusive right to
station a gunning rig or craft, or set decoys, and gun within
one-quarter (y^) mile from shore, which one-quarter of mile
line shall run at right angles to the shore line from the point
so designated or selected by said landowner.

60. RESIDENTS ONLY CAN SECURE RIG LICENSE. The Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Harford County and the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County upon the application of any
resident of the State of Maryland being the owner of any
gunning rig such as allowed by the provisions of this Act to
be used and employed in shooting at wild water fowl there-
from, shall grant a license under the Seal of Court to such
applicant to gun after and shoot at water fowl from such
gunning rig in the area herein described as the Flats upon
the days herein designated the legal gunning days.

61. LICENSE FOR SNEAK BOAT. Every applicant before ob-
taining such license shall pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court