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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and directed to pay over to the said County Commissioners

To pay over

of Worcester County for the purposes aforesaid all moneys

all moneys.

now in his hands heretofore paid to him under the provisions

of Chapter 407 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-

land, passed at its Session of 1898.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 475.

AN ACT to repeal Section 40 of Article 11 of the Code of

Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County,"

sub-title "Birds and Game," as enacted by Chapters 550 and

587 of the Acts of 1900, and Section 43 of said Article n

as enacted by Chapter 303 of the Acts of 1872, and to re-

enact the same with amendments.

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

"Birds and

land, That Section 40 of Article 11 of the Code of Public

Game."

Local Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County," sub-title

"Birds and Game," as enacted by Chapters 550 and 587 of

the Acts of 1900, and Section 43 of Article 11 as enacted by

Chapter 303 of the Act of 1872, be and the same are hereby

repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

40. It shall be lawful to shoot or kill pheasants, partridges

Open and

and rabbits in Frederick County only from the first day of

closed sea-
sons.

November to the twenty-fourth day of December of each year,

save and excepting on election clay in November and the

Sabbath day, on which days it shall not be lawful to shoot

or kill said birds and rabbits; and it shall not be lawful to

shoot or kill in Frederick County pheasants, partridges and

rabbits during any other time or days of the year, anyone

violating any of the provisions of this law shall be prosecuted

in the name of the State of Maryland before any justice of the

peace of Frederick County, and the several justices of the

peace of Frederick County shall have jurisdiction of offences

against this law, and on conviction, such persons shall be

One-half of

fined twenty dollars for each offence, the one-half of said fine

fine to be paid

when collected to be paid to the informer, whether he be an

to informer.

officer or not, and the balance of said fine to the County

Commissioners of Frederick County for the benefit of the

public roads of said county, in the event said fine and State's