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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

November following, both days inclusive, in each and every

year, or any woodcock between the sixteenth clay of August

and the thirtieth clay of June following, both days inclusive,

in each and every year, or any squirrel between the twenty-

fourth day of December and the thirty-first day of August

following, both days inclusive, in each and every year; or

any plover or snipe between the sixteenth day of August and

the first day of March following, both days inclusive, in

each and every year; or any robin, thrush or oriole at any

time ; and it shall not be lawful for any person to sell, ex-

pose or offer for sale any of the above-mentioned birds at any

time, or any rabbit or squirrel except during the open season

for the same, or to carry out or cause to be carried out of the

limits of the aforesaid county any bird or animal mentioned in

this section, either dead or alive; nor shall it be lawful for

any agent for any express company, railway or steamboat

line to receive the same for shipment.

Sec. 80. Any person violating the aforegoing section shall

Penalty for
violation of

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof

law.

before any Justice of the Peace of Anne Arundel County,

shall pay a fine of one dollar for each and every partridge,

quail, pheasant, woodcock, robin, thrush, oriole, snipe or

plover, shot, caught or taken or sold, offered for sale, ex-

posing for sale or carried out of the limits of said county,

together with costs of proceedings, and shall pay a fine of

one dollar and costs for every rabbit or squirrel shot, killed.

caught or carried out contrary to the aforegoing section. The

possession by any person within the said county of any of

the birds or animals mentioned in the preceding sections at

any time during which said possession is prohibited by said

Prima facie

sections shall be prima facie evidence of the violation thereof,

evidence of
law's viola-

and the presence of an person in the field or on any public

tion.

road accompanied by a dog and with gun in hand during the

closed season of partridges, pheasants, quail and woodcock

as provided above shall be considered as prima facie evidence

of such violation.

81. It shall not be lawful for any person not a bona fide

Unlawful to

resident or land owner of Anne Arundel County to shoot,

kill certain
game at any

kill, catch or in any manner entrap or destroy any partridge,

time.

quail, pheasant, woodcock, rabbit, or any kind of game in said

county at any time, and any person violating this section

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction

thereof before any Justice of the Peace for this county shall

pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty