JOHN LEE" CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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estrays shall not exceed ten dollars, and in lieu

thereof it is enacted, that a written or printed dis-

cription of such estray shall be posted conspicuously

in at least two places of public resort or on the county

road in the neighborhood where such estrays shall

be taken up.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1876.

CHAPTER 309.

AN ACT for the protection of birds in Prince

George's and Anne Arundel counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That hereafter it shall not be lawful for

any person, not a resident of Prince George's county,

Not be lawful.

or Anne Arundel county, to hunt, shoot, kill, de-

stroy, or in any way trap any birds within the limits

of said counties, at any season of the year, without

the permission of the owner of the land or marsh

upon which said non-resident may hunt.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That hereafter it shall

not be lawful for any person to hunt, shoot, kill or

Not be lawful.

otherwise destroy any ortolan, sora or rail, upon

any of the marshes of the Patuxent River bordering

upon said counties, except between the fifteenth day

of September and the first day of November, in each

and every year.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That hereafter it shall

not be lawful to trap any partridge within the limits

Not be lawful.

of said counties at any time, nor to shoot any

partridge within Prince George's county between

the twentieth day of October and the twentieth day

of December, in each and every year.