1886 — Maryland — Hunting

1886 Md. L. chap. 427, p. 730

Summary

Established an area of coastline where hunting was limited to landowners.

Statutory Text

Sub-Section 4 A. Any -person owning land bordering upon the Chesapeake bay, within the limits aforesaid, or his, her or their assigns, may, in the months of October or November, in each year, select and mark any one point on his, her or their shore, as reserved for his, her or their gunning during the season of, or immediately following, said selecting and marking as aforesaid; and thereafter such owner or owners, or their assigns, shall have, during said season, the exclusive right to station crafts, gun or set decoys within the one-quarter of a mile line from the shore, as now allowed; and also, within the additional space between said quarter of a mile line and a line distant one-half a mile from any shore in Harford county, three hundred yards wide on each side of a line drawn at right angle to the shore line, from the point selected as aforesaid, to said half a mile line; and any person violating this section, shall, on conviction thereof, before any Justice of the Peace or Circuit Court of the county where such violation occurs, be subject to a penalty for each offense of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, in the discretion of said Justice or Court.

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Title 1886 — Maryland — Hunting
Conduct Use
Instrument Firearms
Jurisdiction MD
Date 1886