THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   339

such buildings to place them at the disposal of said Boards of Super-
visors on days of registration and elections when application for
their use is made by said Boards of Supervisors. In Allegany County
during the hours of balloting in any primary or general election, the
illumination on the shelf in each voting booth shall be not less than
five-foot candles of light and shall be by electricity where available.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1955.

Approved April 1,1955.

CHAPTER 242
(House Bill 414)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 150 of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1954 Supplement),
title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Water fowl and Migratory
Birds", authorizing the use of sneak boats on the Monocacy River
in Carroll County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 150 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1954 Supplement), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Water
fowl and Migratory Birds", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows:

150.

(a) Methods of hunting. During the open season, wild waterfowl
may be taken only with a shotgun which is not larger than ten
gauge, which is loaded only with shot and which is fired from the
shoulder. Such wild waterfowl may be taken on land or on water and
the aid of a dog or dogs or of decoys may be employed. It shall be
unlawful to hunt, pursue, or kill any wild waterfowl of any species
with or by means of any automatic loading or hand-operated repeat-
ing shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, the magazine
of which has not been cut off or plugged with a one piece metal or
wooden filler incapable of removal through the loading end thereof so
as to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than three shells
at any one time in the magazine and chamber combined, unless
federal regulations provide otherwise. It shall be unlawful to have a
rifle in possession while hunting wild waterfowl. It shall be unlaw-
ful to use more than ten live decoys on any one property at any one
time. No waterfowl, except crippled birds not otherwise retrievable,
shall be shot while resting on water or land. It shall be unlawful to
use any airplane, sink box or sink boat, or floating device towed by a
power boat or a sail boat for the purpose of hunting wild waterfowl

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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.