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prosecution of such offenders shall be made and proceedings insti-
tuted by the licensee of said blind or blind site.

[162A

(a)] (b) In [Talbot, Queen Anne's and Anne Arundel] any
of the counties of this State, during the season for taking of migra-
tory waterfowl, it is unlawful for any person to fish by any means
within five hundred (500) yards of any duck, goose or other migra-
tory waterfowl hunting blind or blind site which is occupied and is
then being used for the shooting of or attempting to shoot migratory
waterfowl.

[162A.

(b) Violation of this section is punishable upon conviction by
fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense.]

165.

Any person convicted before any [Justice of the Peace] court of
competent jurisdiction of this State for violating any of the provi-
sions of Sections 154 to 164, unless a specific penalty is otherwise
provided, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
nor more than [fifty] one hundred [($50.00)] ($100.00) for each
and every offense.

[165.] 166.

For the purpose of this subheading all the parts of the Chesapeake
Bay and its waters lying within the following lines shall be known
as the "Susquehanna Flats," more briefly referred 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 Harford 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 approaching 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.

[DEFINITION OF GUNNING RIGS]

[METHODS OF HUNTING]
[Ch. 708, Acts 1943; Ch. 91, Acts 1950;
Ch. 123, Acts 1957; Ch. 457, Acts 1961]
[166.

(Definition of Gunning Rigs.) For the purpose of this subheading
a "gunning rig" is defined as a craft, boat or boats]

167.

Wild waterfowl hunting in the area herein referred to as the
Flats shall be limited to stationary blinds, body booting and gunning