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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 17.

AN ACT to repeal sections three hundred and twenty-

three and three hundred and twenty-four, article

eleven of the Code of Public Local Laws of Fred-

erick county, and to re-enact the same with

amendments.

Repealed and
re-enacted

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That sections three hundred twenty-three,

and three hundred and twenty-four, of article eleven

of the Code of Public Local Laws of Frederick county,

be and the same are hereby repealed, and re-enacted

with amendments to read as follows :

Allowance for
killing auimals.

SEC. 323. Every person who is an actual resident

of Frederick county, shall be entitled to an allowance

from the county, of five dollars for every lynx, or

wild cat, three dollars for every fox, one dollar for

every mink, skunk or weasel, and firry cents for every

hawk or owl taken and killed by him within the limits

of Frederick county; provided, that for every lynx or

Proviso

wild cat, fox, mink, skunk or weasel, hawk or

owl not full grown, only one half allowance shall be

made.

How claim is to
be made valid.

SEC. 324. The person killing any of the animals,

or birds of prey mentioned, and included in section

three hundred and twenty-three of this act, shall pro-

duce the head of the same, before some justice for

the said county, and make oath that the said animal

or bird of prey, was taken and killed within the limits

of Frederick county, within six days then preceding;

and the justice shall thereupon give such person or

persons a certificate wherein he shall set forth the

said oath, and shall at the same time cut off the ears

from the heads of the animals, and shall cut off the

beaks from the heads of the birds, so as to prevent

a second allowance.

In force

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, 13th February, 1874.