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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

permitting such person named in said license to hunt, shoot

or trap the said birds and wild fowl upon the waters of the said

river, its tributaries, or marshes of said river or tributaries;

and the said license so obtained shall be limited, said limita-

tion to be stated in said license to the open season for shooting

the aforesaid birds and wild fowl, shall not be transferrable,

under penalty of forfeiture of the same and a fine of not more

than twenty-five dollars, and shall expire one year from the

Application for

date of its issue. Any person desiring such license shall apply

license.

for same in person to said Clerk of the Court, and shall pay

therefor the sum of ten dollars, which amount shall be paid

by the said Clerk to the Board of County School Commission-

ers of said county in which the said license was issued, for the

use of the public schools thereof, and, in addition thereto,

Clerk's fee

such persons securing said license shall pay to the said Clerk

for issuing
license.

the sum of one dollar as a fee for issuing said license; said

Clerk shall prepare and keep a book, substantially bound, of

such blank license, with stub thereto, and when such license

is issued by him a full memorandum thereof shall be entered

on the stub of such license, which stub shall remain in said

hook, and be a public record of said office ; and before such

license shall be delivered to the applicant therefor, such ap-

plicant shall write his name and address both on said license

Non-residents.

and on said stub. Any non-resident who violates any of the

provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde-

meanor, and, upon conviction thereof in the Circuit Court or

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

and for any of the counties bordering on said river, shall be

fined five dollars for each wild goose, wild duck, snipe, ortolan

or reedbird, or other birds or wild fowls so shot or taken,

whether found or not found in his possession, one-half of the

said fine to go to the informer, if any, and the other half or

whole, as the case may be, to the Board of County School Com-

missioners of the county wherein said offense was tried, for the

benefit of the public schools thereof; and upon the failure of

Fine and

the offender to pay said fine and all costs incident, to said trial,

costs.

said offender shall be committed by the court or justice

who imposed said fine to the county jail in the county wherein

said offense was tried for the period of ten days.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That before any person shall

Misdemeanor

push, paddle or convey by boat any other person not a bona

to assist vio-
late.

fide resident of the State of Maryland over said river, its

tributaries, or the marshes of said river or tributaries, for

the purpose of hunting, trapping or killing said birds or wild