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(c) Instructions for making reports and handling of personnel
and boats in cases of accidents.

(d) Providing for abandonment, destruction, sale or transfer of
ownership.

(e) Change of address of owner.

(f) Use of boats from other jurisdictions on Maryland waters
[; temporary numbers for use of boats by manufacturers or sales
agencies for demonstration purposes].

(g) Issuance of numbers for boats using Maryland waters for
more than 90 days. Provided, however, that for the purposes of this
sub-section where such a vessel is in Maryland solely for the purposes
of wet or dry storage and/or repairs, the length of time that such
vessel is in Maryland for such purposes shall not be counted for
determining the length of time such vessel is in Maryland.

(h) Issue regulations not inconsistent with federal law governing
safety equipment and operations.

(i) Establish in cooperation with local governments and federal
authority regulations for special events or to meet emergency
situations.

(j) Issuance of [special licenses] Certificates of Number to
owners of fleets of boats for hire or rent, [the license to be issued
on a yearly basis. ] or for use on bouts by manufacturers or sales
agencies for demonstration purposes. Such Certificates of Number
shall be issued for not more than one year and shall expire on De-
cember S 1st of the year in which issued. The annual fee for such a
Certificate of Number shall be $2. 00.

11.

No person shall operate any machinery-propelled vessel for the
purpose of towing a person or persons on water skis or aquaplane or
similar device unless the operator of the boat is at least twelve years
of age and there is in the vessel another person at least twelve (12)
years of age to observe the progress of the person being towed. No
towing shall take place between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
Nothing in this or any other regulation of this article shall apply
to any performer engaged in a professional exhibition, nor to any
person or persons taking part in an authorized regatta, motorboat or
other boat race, a marine parade, tournament, or any kind of
exhibition.

[Any person who violates any provision of this article or of the
regulations established under this article shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred
dollars ($200. 00). ]

12A.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TIDEWATER FISHERIES SHALL
HAVE THE POWER TO DESIGNATE AND MARK CHANNELS
IN THOSE TIDAL WATERS OF MARYLAND NOT UNDER
THE CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY
OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES, AND THE DEPART-
MENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISH SHALL HAVE THE