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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Proviso.

assessment and taxation by the laws of this State; pro-
vided that no extra assessment shall be made, and no
extra or special tax shall be levied or collected on
any bridge or bridges over streams, or on any tun-
nel forming any part of the roadway of any railroad
or railroads in this State, it being the meaning and
intent of this act, that any bridge over streams or
any tunnel forming a portion of the roadway of any
of said railroads shall be valued at the same rate that
any other equal portion of said road is valued.

Repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act,
be and the same are hereby repealed.

In force.

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

Approved March 27, 1876.

CHAPTER 160.

AN ACT to encourage the killing of Hawks, Big
Owls, Foxes and Weasels in the Counties of
Charles and Calvert.

Be entitled.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That any person killing any hawk, big
owl, fox or weasel within the limits of Charles and
Calvert counties, shall be entitled to a bounty of
fifty cents for each and every hawk, big owl, fox or
weasel so killed.

Be necessary.

SEC. 2. And be. it enacted. That to obtain said bounty
it shall be necessary for the person killing any hawk,
big owl, fox or weasel, to produce the head of such
hawk or big owl, and the tail of such fox or weasel
before some justice of the peace of the county in
which such person may or shall reside, and at the
same time make oath that. the said hawk, big owl,
fox or weasel was killed within the limits of said