JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 221

CHAPTER 142.

AN ACT for the protection of partridges, and to
prevent trespassing with dog or gun on private
property in Caroline county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful to shoot or trap any partridges in Caroline county, between the fifteenth day of February, and the tenth day of Nov- ember in each and every year.	Not lawful.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons violating the provisions of this law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace of that county,	Deemed guilty
shall pay a fine of five dollars for each partridge shot or taken, and on failure to pay said fine, shall be lodged in the county jail for a term often days.	Penalty.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person found trespassing with dog or gun on any private property in said county, shall be liable to be arrested by any constable of the county, and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before any justice of the peace in said county, shall be fined the sum of five dollars, and on failure to pay	Trespassing.
said fine shall be confined in the jail of said county for a term of not less than ten days nor more than twenty days.	Penalty.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the fines which may be collected under the provisions of this act, shall be paid by the justice of the peace to the county commissioners to be by them placed to the credit of the school fund of said county.	Placed to the credit.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts, or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 25, 1876.	Repealed.