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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

every year; nor any partridges (or quail), rabbit (or hare),

between the fifteenth day of January and fifteenth day of

November in each and every year; nor any raccoon between

the thirty-first day of March and the fifteenth day of September

in each and every year; nor any muskrat or otter between the

first day of April and the fifteenth day of December in each and

every year; and it shall be unlawful for any person at any

time to dig into and destroy any muskrat home or den; pro-

vided, however, that nothing herein contained is intended to .

prevent any person at any time from digging out muskrats,

minks or otters making dens in or tunneling into a mill dam

or from killing at any time any of the animals depredating

upon their property.

27A. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to

Unlawful to
use artificial
light.

shoot, trap or kill any otter, muskrat or wild duck in Caroline
County by the aid of any reflector or any artificial light, and

any person or persons violating the provisions of this section

shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less

than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars,

Penalty.

and be confined in the Maryland House of Correction for not

less than three months nor more than six months, in the discre-

tion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts in-

consistent with the provisions of this Act within the same

embodied in the Code of Public Local Laws or in the Code

of Public General Laws be and the same is hereby repealed

so far as they relate to Caroline County.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 17, 1904.

CHAPTER 92.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 23 of the

Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Corpora-

tions," to be known as Section 221A, sub-title "Safe De-

posit Companies," defining and restricting the terms upon

which trustees, executors or administrators, or other fidu-

ciaries, renting boxes or safes in safe deposit vaults in

this State, shall be permitted to have access and entry to the

same in person or by deputy.