418 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 92

of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Birds, Game and In-
land Water Fish", sub-title "Susquehanna Flats", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

54. (Definition of Gunning Rigs.) For the purpose 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 bushwacking outfit) which shall be without
power, except oars, and may be used in shooting or gunning
over decoys/ provided that an outboard motor may be used
on a sneak boat to make the run back to "John goose" or
cabin boat after the scull has been made and the shots taken
but no shots shall be fired while the motor is attached. No
motor shall be attached to a sneak boat except while the re-
turn is being made. 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 Plats on any one or all of these days in the week
then this sub-title shall no longer be effective insofar as the
shooting days are concerned.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1950.

Approved March 28, 1950.

CHAPTER 92
(House Bill 92)

AN ACT to amend Section 1287 of Article 16 and Section 1424
of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike-out indicates matter stricken out of bill.