EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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fowl, he shall first require such non-resident to produce to

him a license secured in accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing section; and any person so pushing, paddling or

conveying any other person not a bona fide resident of the

State of Maryland without having first caused to be produced

to him the license of said non-resident intending to hunt, kill

or trap as aforesaid, obtained in accordance with the preced-

ing section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,

upon conviction thereof 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 not less than ten dollars or more than

thirty dollars for each offense, and the cost of the proceedings :

and upon the failure of the said person so convicted to pay

said fine and costs, that boat so used, and the fixtures thereof.

shall be condemned by the justice of the peace who imposed

said fine and costs, and the same shall be sold for the making

of said fine and costs under execution issued by said justice

of the peace to the sheriff of the county wherein said trial was

had; one-half of the money from such fine or condemnation

One-half of
fine for use

and sale shall be paid to the informer, if any, and the whole.

of public

or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to the Board of

schools.

County School Commissioners of the county wherein said per-

son was tried and convicted, for the use of the public schools

thereof, after deducting therefrom all costs incident to such

arrest, trial and conviction.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no person shall push, paddle

or convey on the waters of the Patuxent river or its tributaries.

Boatmen must
secure license

or marshes of said river or tributaries, any person or persons

for the purpose of shooting any ortolan, rail or reedbird.

duck or goose, without first obtaining a license from the Clerk

of the Court of the county in which he resides, for which he

shall pay the sum of two dollars and fifty cents ; two dollars of

which sum shall be paid to the Board of School Commis-

sioners for the use of the schools of the county, and fifty cents

to be retained by the Clerk of the Court as his fee for issuing

such license; such license to expire at the end of one year from

the date of its issue. Every person obtaining such license shall

be given a figure, which figure shall be painted on the outside

of any boat or skiff used for the purpose of pushing or pad-

dling, in figures not less than one and one-half inches high.

and of such a character and color that the same may be easily

read. No person not a bona fide resident of the State of Mary-

land shall be entitled to have a license to push or paddle issued

him by the Clerk of the Court. Any person who violates the

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