PANTHERS, BEARS AND WOLVES.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That in order to the obtention of

Proceedings

said allowance, it shall be necessary for the person so killing or

directed;
oath ; cer-

destroying any panther or wolf, within the limits of Allegany

tificate.

county, to produce the head of the same, before some justice of

the peace for said county, and at the time of producing the head

of the same, to make oath or affirmation: that the said wolf or

panther was taken or wounded, and killed within the limits of

Allegany county, within six days next before the production of

said head before the said justice, and the said justice shall there-

upon give to the person producing it, a certificate that such head

was produced before him ; wherein he shall set forth the above

mentioned oath or affirmation, taken before him at the time of

its production; and if it be a wolf's head, it shall be the duty

of said justice, to determine whether said wolf was at the time

of its destruction, above or under the age of six months; and If

above the age of six months, to also state in his certificate, that

the head produced was the head of an old wolf, or if under the

age of six months, that it was the head of a young wolf; and

it shall also be the duty of said justice at the time of giving

such certificate, to cut off the ears and cut out the tongue from

any such head, so as to prevent any second allowance therefor.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That upon the production of any

Levy and

such certificate, the justices of the levy court of Allegany

payment.

county, shall be, and they are hereby authorized and required

to levy upon the assessable property of said county, together

with, and at the time of making the county levy, the above-

mentioned allowance of fifteen dollars for every old wolf, six

dollars for every young wolf, and five dollars for every panther,

for the use of the person producing the same, together with the

collector's commission for collecting the same; and that it shall

be the duty of the collector of said county, in whose hands the

said levy may be placed, to levy and pay over the same to the

person entitled, in the same manner as other public dues are

collected and paid over; and the party entitled shall have the

same remedy for the recovery of the same, which is given by

law for the recovery of other county allowances.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage

Right to

of this act, it shall and may be lawful for every inhabitant of

trap or hunt
on unen-

Allegany county, to enter upon or pass over, or through,

closed land;

set traps upon any unenclosed or timbered land, or lands not

damage for
injury.

actually in a state of cultivation, within said county, for the

purpose of pursuing, taking, hunting, trapping or destroying

any wolves, panthers, bears or other wild noxious animals in

said county, without the consent of the owner or possessor of

such lands, and that if any person so entering upon or passing

over or through, or setting traps upon any such lands in said

county, for the purpose of taking, hunting, trapping or destroy-

ing such animals, shall do any injury or damage to said lands,