JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That two additional sections, to be known as Sections
eighteen and nineteen, be and the same are hereby added to
Article 99 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
entitled "Wild Fowl, Birds and Game," so as to read as
follows :

Wild fowl,
birds and game

Sec. 18. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap, catch or
kill any otter, mink, raccoon or muskrat within this State, or
have the same in his possession, if trapped, caught or killed
within this State, between the first day of April and the first
day of January in each year.

Unlawful to
trap, catch or
kill within
certain time.

Sec. 19. Any person violating the preceding section shall,
on conviction, pay a fine of not less than five dollars or more
than twenty dollars for each and every otter, mink, raccoon
or muskrat trapped, caught, killed or in his possession, con-
trary to the provision of the preceding section; and in default
of payment of fine or fines imposed hereunder, together with
the costs, the offender shall be committed to jail for not less
than ten or more than thirty days for each offense; one-half
of all fines to go to the informer. The provisions of this Act
shall not apply to Harford, Cecil, Charles, Anne Arundel,
Carroll, St. Mary's and Baltimore Counties.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 372.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368 and 369 of Article 8 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Cecil
County," sub-title "Wild Fowl."

Penalty
for violation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368 and 369 of
Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Cecil County," sub-title "Wild Fowl," be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

Cecil County.
Wild fowl.

361. It shall be lawful for bona fide citizens of Cecil County
to shoot wild fowl from sink boxes and bushwhack boats in
the waters of the Elk and Bohemia rivers, in said county,
from the 1st day of November in each year until the 31st
day of March next succeeding, on Monday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday of each week, upon obtaining a license
so to do, as provided in the preceding section.

Lawful for
bona fide citi-
zens to shoot
wild fowl
within
specified time.