JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 443

CHAPTER 294.
AN ACT to encourage the destruction of Hawks in
Harford and Worcester counties.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of	Entitled to
Maryland, That any person killing any hawk within	bounty
the limits of Harford and Worcester counties, shall
be entitled to a bounty of fifty cents for each and
every hawk killed.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That to obtain said
bounty, it shall be necessary for the person killing a	To obtain
hawk or hawks, to produce the head or heads of the	bounty
same before some justice of the peace for said
Harford or Worcester counties, and at the same time
make oath that the said hawk or hawks were killed
within the limits of Harford or Worcester counties,
and within six days before the production of said
head or heads before said justice, and thereupon the
said justice shall give a certificate of the production
of said head or heads before him and the taking of
said oath ; and it shall be the duty of the said justice
to destroy the said head or heads so as to prevent a
second allowance for the same.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That upon the produc-
tion of the said justice's certificate, the Commissioners	Directed to
of Harford or Worcester counties are hereby au-	levy
thorized and directed to levy upon the assessable
property of said counties, a sum sufficient for the
aforesaid bounty, for the use of the person or persons
producing the same; and the collectors of tax shall
collect and pay the same accordingly.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, April 11th, 1874.