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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

To subscribe to

an oath.

5. Every deputy game warden so appointed shall, before

entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe before

a justice of the peace of the county or city in which his com-

mission may be received the oath or affirmation prescribed

by the sixth section of the first Article of the Constitutition

of this State, which oath or affirmation shall be recorded in

the clerk's office of such county or city. The game warden

throughout the State, and also every deputy game warden so

appointed, after the recording of the oath or affirmation to

be by said game warden or deputy game wardens taken as

aforesaid, shall, in the county, counties, city or cities for which

such deputy game warden may be appointed, possess and exer-

cise all the authority and powers held or exercised by con-

stables at common law and under the statutes of this State,

Arresting

and also all authorities and powers conferred by law upon

and prosecut-
ing violators.

policemen in the City of Baltimore or other cities of the

State, as far as arresting and prosecuting the persons for vio-

lating any of the fish and game laws of this State are con-

cerned ; and he or they are hereby vested with additional

power to arrest without warrants persons suspected or known

to be guilty of violating any of the provisions of the game and

fish laws of this State, and to forthwith take any and all such

persons before the nearest justice of the peace to be dealt

with in accordance with the provisions of the game and fish

laws of this State. In the event of finding game or fish taken

or had in possesson contrary to the provisions of any of the

game or fish laws of this State, upon the persons so dealt

with, they shall proceed in the manner prescribed in Sections

9, 10, 11 and 12, of the Act of 1896, Chapter 293. The clerk

Recording

shall only charge fifty cents for recording such oath or affirma-

oath.

tion.

6. The game warden and deputy game warden shall, when

acting in his official capacity, except when on detective duty,

wear in plain view a metallic shield with the words "Game

Officers to

Warden" or "Deputy Game Warden," as the case may be,

wear metallic

inscribed thereon. The metallic shield or badge provided for

shield.

in this section is hereby declared to be the property of the

State, and upon the termination of the commission of any

deputy game warden as provided for by Section 7 of this Act,

it shall be the duty of said deputy game warden to forthwith

return to the State game warden the said shield or badge and

also transmit to him for cancellation and return to the execu-

tive department his revoked commission. In case of the fail-

Must return

ure of said deputy game warden to comply with the provisions

same to State

of this section, by returning immediately to the game warden