1356                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 [Ch. 4

(6)   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.

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

(8)    AN OWNER OF AT LEAST 500 YARDS OF
SHORELINE, HIS LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE, MAY NOT
PLACE A STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE WITHIN 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 500 YARDS
FROM THE NEAREST LICENSED STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND
SITE WHEN MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

(9)    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.

(10)     HOWEVER, UNLESS THE WRITTEN
PERMISSION OF THE RIPARIAN OWNER IS FIRST OBTAINED, NO
PERSON OTHER THAN THE OWNER SHALL LOCATE A BLIND SITE
CLOSER THAN 300 YARDS FROM ANY DWELLING HOUSE.

(11)   ANY OWNER OF 500 YARDS OF CONTIGUOUS
SHORELINE, HIS LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE, SHALL
HAVE THE SOLE RIGHT TO BODY BOOT OR HUNT FROM GUNNING
RIGS OR BOAT OR FLOATING BLINDS ANCHORED OR TIED AT
THE BLIND SITE IN ANY AREA WHICH HE HAS PROTECTED BY
LICENSED STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE. HOWEVER, HE
MAY NOT HUNT CLOSES THAN 500 YARDS OF THE NEAREST
STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE OF ANOTHER LICENSEE
WITHOUT HIS WRITTEN CONSENT.

(12)   ANY OTHER PERSON WHO OBTAINS A BLIND
SITE LICENSE HAS THE SOLE RIGHT TO BODY BOOT OR HUNT
FROM ANY GUNNING BIG OR BOAT OR FLOATING BLIND IF IT
IS TIED OR ANCHORED AT A BLIND SITE.