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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the Code of Public Local Laws of said county, to be

entitled, sales of spirituous or fermented liquors, and

the said act shall take effect on and after the first day

of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

Duty of the

SEC. 177. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

Judges

duty of the Judges of the Circuit Court for said

county, to give this act in charge to the Grand Jury

at their respective terms, in the years eighteen hun-

dred and seventy-four and eighteen hundred and

seventy-five.

SEC. 178. And be it enacted. That all laws incon-

Repealed

sistent with the provisions of this act, when approved

of by a majority of the voters of Worcester county,

be, and the same are hereby repealed.

In force.

SEC. 179. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, March 27th, 1874.

CHAPTER 164.

AN ACT to protect wild fowl in Worcester county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Prohibition

Maryland, That no person shall, -during the hours

intervening between twilight at evening and twilight

of the following morning, shoot or kill, or shoot at,

capture with nets, by fire-light, any wild fowl with-

in the limits of Worcester county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no person shall, at

Prohibition.

at any time, kill or shoot at any wild fowl within the

limits of Worcester county, with any swivel or pivot

gun, or any kind of gun which cannot be convenient-

ly discharged from the shoulder at arms length and

without a rest.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person who

Violation

shall violate any of the provisions of the proceeding

sections, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,