The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-22

part or period of IL night; and any person
on conviction of a violation of this section
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ant
not more than one hundred dollars.
SEC. T. And be it enacted, That m
owner master, hirer, borrower, employs
of any owner, or other person, shall use
employ any sink box, or sneak-boat OF an.
description whatever, for the purpose o
shooting at wild waterfowl thercfron
northward of the line named and described
in section one of this Act without first OBJ
tanning license to so use and employ thu
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 thercfrom, 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 north,
ward of the line named and described in
the first section of this hct, from the first
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 oil
sneak boat to gun after or shoot Mt wild
water fowl therefrom within n less distance
than half a mile of any shore in Hartford OF
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
and it shall be the duty of each and every
person obtaining 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 sneak-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 bt
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-boN
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
fdc 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.
scrbed 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 sinkbox 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, in such license; and any per
son who shall use, or employ, sink-boN
or sneak boat without having first obtain
ed license, as required by the preceding
sections of this Act so to do, shall, on con
viction thereof before Justice of the
Peace, be fined not less than fifty dollars
and not more than one hundred dollars, fol-
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 bt
, committed, for school purposes.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That til,
10 Il Al, an
license, in compliance with the require
: ments of this Act, shall be entitled t.
charge and receive seventy-tive cents 70
issuing the same and the Clerks of thu
said Circuit Courts shall each keep reg
lister of the names and residences of tn
!, persons to whom he shall issue licenses
also, the name or number of each sink DO,
and sneak boat for the use of which h
may issue license, and also q correct &c
count of the sum of money paid by eacl
person receiving a license, and the officia
bond of said Clerks shall be liable, respec
lively, for the moneys received by then
for such licenses.
Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That tn
= Board of special Police appointed by til
10th section of this Act are hereby consti
tuted officers CT this State, for the pur
pose of enforcing its provisions, by arrest
> ing AMI taking before any Judge of an
!, Circuit Court, or any Justice Of the Peace
; all persons who may be engaged in viola
ting, or who may have violated, any of TIL
= provisions of this Act, and of seizing an
i sink-boX, sneak boat or vessel, or craft G
: any description, engaged in violating, o
4 which may have been used in violating
. the same, and every person in whose us
or possession q gun may be found on tn
waters aforesaid of u larger size than is al
lowed and described in section five, of thi
:, Act, shall be deemed guilty ola violatio
of this Act, and shall be fined not less tina
!, one hundred dollars, and shall also forfei
: such unlawful gun, or guns, found in hi
- or their possession.
= SEC. A. And be it enacted, That, upo
information being given, under oath, {
any Justice of the Peace of either Harior
Il or Cecil county, Of any violation of any G
II the provisions of this Act, the said ,Justic
y !. of the Peace shall issue his warrant for tn
= arrest of the offender or offenders, and tn
y seizure of all sink-boXes sneak boats, YES
sells, or other crafts used or employed, i
), such violation, together with all tackle ar
parel and other property on board whic
Z warrant shall be directed to the Sheriff, q
} any Constable of the county, or to one O
: more ofthe special police appointed unde
u or by virtue of the provisions OF this Act
u :, and any person resisting an officer, or othe
y person authorized to make arrests an
I, seizures under this Act, shall be guilty {
= IA misdemeanor, and, upon indictment AN
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