Ch. 849                           MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1739

LOCATION BUT MAY REESTABLISH IT AT ANY TIME DURING THE
CURRENT HUNTING SEASON.

(F) A RESIDENT WHO APPLIES AFTER NOVEMBER 1 SHALL
REMOVE ANY STAKE ERECTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER WILD WATERFOWL SEASON
CLOSES.

[[(G) THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT ISSUE A STATIONARY BLIND
OR BLIND SITE LICENSE IN THE FOLLOWING WATERS OF TALBOT
COUNTY: (I) ANY PORTION OF ANY RIVER OR TRIBUTARY LESS
THAN 1000 YARDS FROM SHORE TO SHORE, (2) IN THE WATERS OF
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY ADJACENT TO COACHE'S NECK, OR (3)
NORTH OF A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN FROM BLACK WALNUT
POINT TO BENONI'S POINT.]]

(G) WHENEVER CONFLICTS OCCUR BETWEEN APPLICANTS
WITHIN THE LINES SPECIFIED. THE APPLICANT FIRST APPLYING
SHALL PREVAIL.

158A.

(A)       NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO
THE WATERS OF TALBOT COUNTY.

(B)    AN OWNER OF AT LEAST [[300]] 500 YARDS OF SHORELINE,
HIS LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE, MAY NOT PLACE A
STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE WITHIN [[150]] 250 YARDS OF
THE DIVIDING LINE OF ANY PROPERTY OWNED BY HIM AND THE
ADJOINING PROPERTY BORDERING ON THE WATERS OF TALBOT
COUNTY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE ADJOINING
LANDOWNER. ANY OTHER PERSON MAY NOT ERECT A
STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE LESS THAN [ [300]] 500 YARDS
FROM THE NEAREST LICENSED STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND
SITE WHEN MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

(C)   A PERSON MAY NOT ERECT A STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND
SITE AT A GREATER DISTANCE FROM SHORE THAN ONE THIRD OF
THE DISTANCE FROM SHORE TO THE OPPOSITE SHORE OR 300
YARDS FROM THE SHORELINE, WHICHEVER IS LESS. THE
SECRETARY SHALL BE SOLE JUDGE OF WHAT CONSTITUTES
"OPPOSITE SHORE" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION.
WHERE CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE AND WITH REGARD FOR THE
RIGHTS OF ADJOINING OWNERS, THE SECRETARY MAY
DESIGNATE THE POINTS WITH RESPECT TO DISTANCES FROM
SHORE.

(D)      HOWEVER, UNLESS THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE
RIPARIAN OWNER IS FIRST OBTAINED, [[A]] NO PERSON OTHER
THAN [[AN]] THE OWNER [[OF 300 YARDS OF CONTIGUOUS
SHORELINE, HIS LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE,]] SHALL
LOCATE A BLIND SITE CLOSER THAN [ [500]] 300 YARDS FROM ANY
DWELLING HOUSE. [[IN THIS CASE A BLIND SITE MAY BE
LOCATED FURTHER THAN 300 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE BUT NO
CLOSER THAN 500 YARDS OF THE DWELLING HOUSE.]]