The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-15
Public Local Law.
PASSED at JANUARY SESSION 1872.
Published by Authority.i
CHAPTER "a.


AN ACT to exempt all that portion of the
waters ofthe Chesapeake Bay lying north
ward Of q certain line therein described
from the operation and effect of sections
one and three of Article ninety-eight, Of
the Code of Public General Laws, title,
"Wild Fowl, and to enact other sections,
to be in force and operation in, on and
over said waters.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gene
raj Assembly of Maryland, That all that
part of the Chesapeake Bay and its waters
lying northward of the following line, viz ::
Beginning at the lighthouse on Turkey
Point, in Cecil county, and drawn west
ward to a point half mile north of the
most northerly part of Spesutia Island !;
thence continuing said line still westward
within half mile ofand north ofthe north
ern end Of said island, and the adjacent
main land, until breaches the shore in Har-
ford county, at or near Darlington. be and
the same is hereby exempt and released from
the operation and force of sections one and
three, of Article ninety eight, ofthe Code of
Public General Laws, title Wild Fowl"
and the following sections enacted, to be in
force and operation northward of the said
line, in this section particularly described.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the
season for shooting wild fowl northward
of the line described in section one of this
Act, shall begin on the first day of Novem-
ber in each and every year, and continue
until the thirtyfirst day of March, next
succeeding in each and every year hereaf-
ter; and it shall not be lawful for any per-
son to kill or shoot at wild fowl northward
of said line Except from shore) and south
ward of line drawn east from Point Con-
cord lighthouse, in Hartford county to Car
penter's Point on the western shore of Ce-
Gil county, at any other time; and any per-
son violating the provisions of this section
shall, on convection thereof, be fined not
less than fifty dollars and not more than one
hundred dollars for each ofense.
SEC. 1. And be it enacted, That no
person shall shoot or KILL or shoot at any
wild fowl in, on or over the waters lying
northward of the line described in section
one, of this Act, in the night time, with
gun or guns Of any size or description
whatever; and any person violating the
provisions of this section, upon conviction
thereof, shall be subject to fine of not less
than one hundred dollars and not more
than five hundred dollars for each and ev-
cry violation thereof.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That no per
son shall, at any time, either in the day OF
night time, shoot or kill or shoot at any
wild fowl in, on or over the waters lying
northward of the line described in the first
section of this Act, from any vessel, boat
| float, canoe, sneak boat, sink boat or any
other craft ofany kind or description what
ever, within half Il mile of any shore il
Hartford or Cecil county; and any person
violating this section shall, on conviction
thereof, be subject to penalty for each of
Tense, Of not less than fifty dollars and MOI
more than one hundred dollars.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That no per
son shall kill, CT shoot at, wild waterfowl
in, on or over the waters of the Chesapeake
Bay, from any boat, box or vessel of any
kind or description whatever, with any
big or swivel gun, or any kind ofgun which
cannot be conveniently discharged from
the shoulder at arms length and withou
rest; and any person violating this section
on conviction thereof, shall pay fine o
not less than one hundred dollars nor NOR,
than five hundred dollars for each otfense
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That no per
son shall gun for, or after, wild ter-towl
or shoot at or kill the same, northward o
the line named and described in the frs
section of this Act but three days in eacl
week during the season for shooting wilC
fowl, as fixed by the second section of thi
Act, and those days shall be Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday; and each of said day
shall comprehend the time intervening be