The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-15

half an hour after sunset. p. M, of each
day. and no more and is not to include any
part or period of a night and any person
on conviction of violation of this section,
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars and
not more than one hundred dollars.
SEC. T. And be it enacted, That no
owner, master, hirer, borrower, employee
of any owner or other person, shall use or
employ any sink-boX, or sneak-boat Of any
description whatever, for the purpose OF
shooting at wild waterfowl theretrom
northward of the line named and described
in section one of this Act without first OBJ
tanning a license to so use and employ the
same, as is hereinafter provided.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the
/ Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hartford coun-
ty and the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Cecil county shall, upon the application OF
any resident of the State of Maryland be-
ing the owner of any sink-box or sneak
boat, such as is allowed by this Act to be
used and employed in shooting at wild wa
ter fowl therefrom, grant license, under
the seal of his Court, to such applicant
to gun after and shoot at wild water fowl
from such sink-box or sneak boat north
ward of the line named and described in
day of November, in each and every year,
to the thirty-first day of March next sue
ceeding thereafter in each and every year !;
provided, that such license shall not au-
thorize any person using such sink-boX or
sneak TO gun after or shoot at wild
water fowl therefrom within u less distance
than Ealf a mile of any shore in Hartford or
Cecil county, or southwark of the line par
ticularly described in the first section of
this Act.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That every
applicant, before obtaining such license,
shall pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
to which he may apply for the same, the
following rates, viz For sink-boX,
twenty dollars, and for a sneak-boat, five
dollars, for each and every cunning season,
as fixed by the second section of this Act 4;
and it shall be the duty of each and every
person obtaining n license to exhibit the
same whenever called upon by any officer
of the State, or any other person authorized
to demand the same, or who may be en-
powered to enforce the provisions of this
Act; and every sink-boX and sncak-boat
used and employed in cunning after wild
fowl shall be licensed, as required by this
Act, and be subject to all the provisions OF
the several sections thereof.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That each
and every license issued by authority OF
this Act shall state the name and residence
of the person to whom the same may be
granted, the name and number of the sink
box or sneak boat licensed and the county
in which the same may be obtained and
the period at which said license shall eX
pire.
SEC II. And be it enacted, That every
applicant for license to use sink-boX
or sneak boat shall be required to make
oath before the Clerk of the Court author
lied to issue the same, that he is bona
, fide resident of the State and that he will
obey and comply with all the provisions Of
> this Act regulating shooting wild water
fowl northward of the line named and de-
) scribed in the first section of this Act
and every person to whom such license may
be granted shall be required to paint the
name or number of his sink-box or sneak
boat on some prominent part thereof il
large, legible letters, or numbers, as tho
case may be, to correspond with said name
: or number, III such license; and any per
son who shall use, or employ, a sink-boA
or sneak boat without having first obtain
ed license, as required by the preceding
, sections of this Act so to do, shall, on con
victon thereof before Justice Of thu
. Peace, be fined not less than fifty dollars
and not more than one hundred dollars, fo
, each and every violation thereof; one-hal
of said fine to be paid to the informer, ant
the other half to the School Commissioner
!. of the county in which said offense may b.
committed, for school purposes.
SEC. -. And be it enacted, That th
! Clerk of the Circuit Court who shall issu
a license, in compliance with the require
i. ments of this Act, shall be entitled Il
: charge and receive seventytive cents 70
issuing the same; and the Clerks of tn
said Circuit Courts shall each keep reg
lister of the names and residences of tn
Z persons to whom he shall issue licenses
=. also, the name or number of each sink-bo!
: and sneak boat for the use of which h
=, may issue license, and also a correct &C
i count Of the sum of money paid by cacl
: person receiving license, and the officia
bond of said Clerks shall be liable, respec
: lively, for the moneys received by then
: for such licenses.
: Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That tn
Il u Board of special Police appointed by tn
= 10th section of this Act are hereby consti
tuted officers CT this State, for the pun
pose of enforcing its provisions, by arrest
y ing ana taking before any Judge Of an
J Circuit Court, or any Justice of the Peace
: all persons who may be engaged in viola
u !, ting, or who may have violated, any Of tn
u provisions of this Act, and of selling an
Il sink -boX, sneak-boat or vessel, or craft G
Z any description, engaged in violating, O
II which may have been used in violatin
y the same, and every person in whose us
Z or possession a gun may be found on tn
waters aforesaid of a larger size than is al
lowed and described in section five, of thi
Act, shall be deemed guilty ola violatio
u of this Act. and shall be fined not less tina
J one hundred dollars, and shall also fortei
Z such unlawful gun, or guns, found in hi
, or their possession.
l, Sec. IA. And be it enacted, That, upo
} information being given, under oath, t
! any Justice of the Peace of either Hartor
II or Cecil county, of any violation of any @
n the provisions of this Act, the said Justic
u Of the Peace shall issue his warrant for tn
l. arrest of the offender or offenders, and tn
~ seizure of all nk-boXes, sneak boats, YES
sells, or other crafts used or employed, i
J., such violation, together with all tackle, ar
u parel and other property on board; whic
e warrant shall be directed to the Sheriff, G
J any Constable Of the county, or to one o
, more ofthe special police appointed under
II or by virtue of the provisions of this Act
IL and any person resisting an officer, or othe
IL person authorized to make arrests an