The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-29

half an hour after sunset i. NJ, Of cacl
day, and no more; and is not to include any
part or period Of Il night; and any person
on conviction of n violation of this section
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars and
not more than one hundred dollars.
SEC. Z. And be it enacted, That nc
owner, MASTER hirer, borrower, employee
of any owner, or other person, shall use OF
employ any sink-boy, or sneak-boat ofany
description whatever, for the purpose OF
shooting at wild waterfowl theretrom
northwarl of the line named and described
in section one of this Act without first OBJ
tanning license to so use and employ the
same, "a is hereinafter provided,
SEC. 3. 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 a 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
the first section of this Act, from the first
day of November, in each and every year,
to the thirty-frst 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 boat TO gun after or shoot at wild
water fowl therefrom within a less distance
than half 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. 0. 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 u 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 he 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
T. 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.
Am ha n1 10
applicant for o license to use sink-boX
or eak-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, in
large, legible letters, or numbers, as the
case may be, to correspond with said name,
or number, III such license; and any per-
son who shall use, or employ, n sink-boX
or sneak-boa without having first obtain
ed license, as required by tile 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, for
each and every violation thereof; one-half
of said fine to be paid to the informer, and
the other half to the School Commissioners
Of the county in which said offense may be
committed, for school purposes.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the
Clerk of the Circuit Court who shall issue
q license, in compliance with the require
ments of this Act, shall be entitled to
charge and receive seventy-fvc cents for
issuing the same; and the Clerks of the
said Circuit Courts shall each keep a reg
lister of the names and residences of the
persons to whom he shall issue licenses
also, the name or number of each sink box
and sneak boat for the use of which he
may issue license, and also correct ac-
count of the sum of money paid by each
person receiving license, and the official
bond of said Clerks shall be liable, respec-
lively, for the moneys received by them
for such licenses.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the
Board of special Police appointed by the
10th section of this Act are hereby consti-
tuted officers of this State, for the pur-
pose of enforcing its provisions, by arrest
ing and taking before any Judge of any
Circuit Court, or any Justice of the Peace,
all persons who may be engaged in viola
ting, or who may have violated, any of the
provisions of this Act, and of selling any
sink box, sneak-boat or vessel, or craft of
any description, engaged in violating, or
which may have been used in violating
the same, and every person in whose use
or possession gun may be found on the
waters aforesaid of larger size than is al
lowed and described in section five, of this
Act, shall be deemed guilty ofa violation
: of this Act, and shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars, and shall also forfeit
such unlawful gun, or guns, found in his
or their possession.
Sec. IA. And be it enacted, That, upon
information being given, under oath, to
any Justice of the Peace of either Hartford
or Cecil county, of any violation of any of
the provisions of this Act, the said Justice
| of the Peace shall issue his warrant for the
arrest of the offender or offenders, and the
seizure of all sink-boxes, sneak boats, YES
sells, or other crafts used or employed, in
such violation, together with all tackle, APP
parel and other property on board; which
, warrant shall be directed to the Sheriff, or
any Constable of the county, or to one OF
more ofthe special police appointed under,
or by virtue of the provisions of this Act
l and any person resisting an officer, OF other
t person authorized to make arrests and
j, seizures under this Act, shall be guilty OF