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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the having in possession any such trap, net or snare, and every

such trap, net or snare shall be forfeited and destroyed.

5. From and after the passage of this Act, that every person

Licenses to be

who shall hunt game as prescribed in Section 2, of this Act

procured to
hunt.

shall procure from the Clerk of the Court of Somerset County

a license as follows : Non-residents shall, before being allowed

to hunt game under the provisions of this Act, pay a license

fee of ten dollars, with fifty cents to clerk for issuing same,

and residents, except they be landholders hunting on their own

premises, shall pay a license fee of one dollar, with a fee of

twenty-five cents to clerk for issuing same. Each offender

for a violation of this Act shall pay a penalty of fifty dollars

or be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than

thirty days, or both in the discretion of the court. All money

derived from operation of this section shall be paid over by the

clerk to the School Commissioners for the benefit of the

public schools.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April i, 1904.

CHAPTER 199.

AN ACT to create the office of Treasurer for Charles County,

and to provide for the collection of taxes therein.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Creating office

land, That" at the general election on the Tuesday after the

of Treasurer
for Charles

first Monday in November, 1905, and every four years there-

County.

after, a County Treasurer shall be elected by the qualified

voters of Charles County, who shall hold office for the term

of four years from the first day of May next following his

election and until his successor shall qualify, who shall be

ineligible for re-election until after an interval of one full

term and until he shall have fully settled up all business con-

nected with his former term.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Treasurer shall be

Treasurer to

the collector of all State taxes and all county taxes for what-

collect State
and county

soever purposes levied or to be levied for within said county

taxes.

during the term of his office or that may be placed in his hands

for collection; and he shall have full power and it shall be

his duty to receive and collect all State and county taxes levied

as aforesaid after this Act shall take effect, and so put in his

hands for collection, and all moneys which may be due said