Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-05-12
GCHAfTER 100.
WILD FOWL.
Approved April 8, 1876.
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1N ACT
| To repeal sections six, eight and iwenty-one,
CT the acts OF January session eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, chapter fifty-iouf
entitled ian Act to exempt all that portion
of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay lying
northward Of certain line therein described
from the operation and effects of sections on
and three of article ninety eight Of the code
Of Public General Laws title "Wild Fowl"
and to enact other sections to he in force and
operation in on and over said waters" and TO
re-enact the same with amendments.
See l. BE it enacted by The General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That sections SIX eight and
twenty-one of the act of January session, egh-
teen hundred and seventy-two, chapter fifty
four entitled can act to exempt all that portion
of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay lying
northward of certain line therein described,
from the operation and effects 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 opera
ton in on and over said waters" be repealed
and re-enact SO as to read as follows:
Sec. G, That no person shall gun for or after
wild water fowl, or shoot at or kill the same,
norlhward of the line named and described in
the first section Of this act but three days in
each week until the first day Of January during
the season for shooting wild fowl as fixed by
the second section of this act and those days
prior to the first day ofJanunry shall be Monday,
Wednesday ard Friday and on and after the
first day Of January shall be Monday, Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday until the end of the
season for shooting wild fowl rs aforesaid, and
each Of said days shall comprehend the time
intervening between one hour before sunrise
A. NJ. and half an hour after sunset p. NJ. of
each day and no MORE and is not to include
any part or period Of 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 s. That the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Hartford county, and the Clerk ofthe Circuit
Court for Cecil county, shall upon the appli-
cation Of any resident OF the State of Maryland
being the owner of any sink box, craft or sneak
boat, such IA ia allowed by this Act to be used
and employed in shooting at wild water fowl
thereirom and giving satisfactory evidence TO
said clerk that the said applicant is u resident
of the State of Maryland, and is the bona fide
owner of the sink box, craft or sneak boat,
grant license under the seal Of his court to
such applicant TO gun after and shoot Mt wild
water fowl from such sink box or sneak boat
northward of the line named and described in
first section of this act from the first day of
November in each and every year, to the thirty
first day OF March next succeeding, thereafter
in each and every year, provided that such
license shall not suhorize any person using
such sink box or sneak boat to gun after or
shoot at wild water fowl therefrom within
less distance Than half mile Of any shore in
Hartford or Cecil county, southwark of the
line particularly, described in the first section
of this Act
Sec q. That 10 person holding license to
gun for or after wild water fowl shall during
the cunning seasbn as fixed by this act be al
owed To anchor n other wise make stntiounrv
any sink box, sneak boat or any other vessel or
craft on the waters wing northward Of the line
named In section one Of this act on any Tues
day, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday prior to
The first day OF January Of said cunning season
and on and after the said first day of January,
on any Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday nor until
the hour of four O'Clock a. NJ on the morning
Of the day next succeeding each of said days
above specified and no person holding
license as above described and engaged in gum
ming for wild water fowl shall go on or over
said waters with SINK box, sneak boat or other
vessel or craft before the hour of three o'clock
A. NJ. on the morning Of the day next succeed
ing each of said days as above specified and
any person violating this section shall be fined
not less than twenty five nor more than fihy
dollars, to be recovered before Justice Of the
Peace as debts Of like amount are recoverable
one-liaIi thereof to be paid to the officer max
ing the arrest aud the other half to those as
sisling in making the arrest.
See. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect. and be in operation from the
date ofits passage.
We hereby certify that The aforegoing is
true and perfect copy Of an Act passed
the General Assembly OF Maryland at the
January session, 1876.