EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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month of November. The possession of any of said birds

mentioned in this section during the prohibited periods shall

be deemed prima facie evidence against the person having such

possession of a violation of this section.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all public general or local

laws conflicting with this Act be and they are hereby repealed.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 29, 1904.

CHAPTER 186.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact Section 763 of Chapter 123 of

the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1898, title

"Police Commissioners," as repealed and re-enacted by

Chapter 421 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-

land of 1900.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section 763 of Chapter 123 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1898, title "City of Baltimore,"

"Police Com-
missioners."

sub-title "Police Commissioners," as repealed and re-enacted

by Chapter 421 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-

land, 1900, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted

so as to read as follows :

763. The said Board of Police Commissioners are author-

ized, empowered and directed to grant leave of absence, with
pay, for a period of thirty days for each consecutive year of

Leave of ab-
sence of po-
licemen.

service to each of the officers of police, policemen and detec-

tives of the regular force employed by the said board ; nor

shall any enforced absence, with leave, on account of sickness

or death be deducted from the pay of any such officer of police,

policeman or detective, or from their thirty days' leave, as

herein provided for.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2, 1904.

CHAPTER 187.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Deer Park by

empowering the Mayor and Common Council thereof to

impose a license tax on any and all kinds of business carried

on within the limits of said town.