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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Annual meet-
ing.

on or before the second Wednesday in the month
May next, for the purpose of accepting or rejecting
this Act and for other purposes, and a majority of
the stockholders at said meeting shall have power

Notice given.

to act; provided, however, that at least ten days
notice of said meeting shall be published in one or
more of the newspapers printed in Hagerstown.

In force.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870.

CHAPTER 271.

AN ACT for the protection of rabbits in Prince
George's County.

Time when
prohibited.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That no person shall trap, shoot or
in any manner catch or kill any rabbits in Prince
George's County, except between the fifteenth day
of October and the first day of February in each
year.

Penalty.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or
persons so violating this law, upon, proof and con-
viction before a justice of the peace of said county,
shall pay a fine of five dollars, to bo collected by
the usual process known to the Justices of the
Peace of the State, which fine, when collected,

To whom paid

shall be paid by the said justices to the County
Commissioners for Prince George's County.

In force.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870.