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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Penalty.

plover, sandpiper, partridge or quail so taken, killed
or had in possession the sum of five dollars, and for
each of the other birds named above, two dollars.

Unlawful.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful
at any time to trap quail or partridge, or to hunt for
and kill or capture them between sunset and sunrise;
any person violating this section, shall be subject
to a fine of twenty dollars.

Not lawful.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful
for any person to offer at any time between the first
day of February and the first day of November, any
of the birds called quail or partridge, snipe, wood-
cocks or plover, for sale; any person who shall vio-
late this section, and every corporation, railroad
company or express company, and every employee
thereof, who shall offer or expose for sale, or shall

Penalty.

have in his or their possession or custody with intent
to sell or transport any of said birds, shall upon con-
viction, suffer a fine of two dollars for each bird so
offered for sale, or for transport, or received for
transportation, together with all costs of prosecution.

May forbid.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any land owner,
may forbid the killing of birds or game on the same
at any season of the year, by public notice in any
newspaper published in the county, or by posting
notices on the land, and any person taking or de-
stroying birds or game on said land in defiance of
said prohibition, shall be subject to the penalty of

Additional
fine.

one dollar for each bird or animal so destroyed, in
addition to the penalties named in sections three,
four and eight.

Wood or sum-
mer duck.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That no person shall kill
any wood or summer duck, between the first day of
January and the tenth day of September in every year,
any person violating this section, shall be subject to
a fine of five dollars for each duck killed.

Evidence to
convict.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the possession of
any of the birds or game mentioned in the preceding
sections, during the time when the taking or killing
of them is prohibited by this act, shall be deemed
"prima facie" evidence against the person of a vio-
lation of the law.