PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1305

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That any person or per-
sons violating either of the two preceding sections that on con-
viction thereof be fined a sum not less than two dollars and not
more than ten dollars for each and every offense with the cost
of prosecution; and all prosecutions shall be in the name of the
State before a justice of the peace of said county; provided
that any one applying to the clerk of the Circuit Court of
Baltimore County may obtain a permit good for one year from
the date of issue by paying to the said, clerk the sum of five
dollars, authorizing the holder thereof to catch any birds, col-
lect and take their nests, and eggs for scientific purposes only,
without being subject to the penalty imposed by this section;
but before said clerk shall issue said permit he shall require
the applicant thereof to produce before him satisfactory writ-
ten testimony from at least two scientific men certifying to
the good character of the applicant, and that he is a proper
person to be entrusted with such privilege; and he shall also
demand from said applicant a good and sufficient bond, to be
approved by said clerk, in the sum of one hundred dollar1
conditioned for the strict observance of the privilege so
granted; should the person obtaining such permit catch any
of the birds mentioned in section four or disturb or destroy
the eggs or young as mentioned in section five of this article
for other than scientific purposes, he shall forfeit to the county
the bond herein required to be given, and shall also be subject
for each offense to the penalty in this section for other purposes.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the possession by
any person or persons' within said county, of the birds men-
tioned in section four of this act whether taken in the State of
Maryland or elsewhere, shall be prima facie evidence of the
violation by such person or persons of section four of this act,
and it shall be the duty of any constable, police officer, sheriff,
deputy sheriff, deputy game warden or chief game warden of
said county to arrest any and all persons they may detect in or
who may be charged with the violation of sections four or five
of this act, and take them before a justice of the peace to be
dealt with according to law.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That no person shall
shoot or in any manner catch, kill, trap, pursue, injure, hunt,
take or have in possession in Baltimore county any rabbit, jack-
rabit, cotton-tail, pheasant, ruffed-grouse, ring-necked pheasant,
partridge or quail between December 20th and November 10th,
exclusive, of both dates, or upon any Sunday or election day, or
when the ground is sufficiently covered with snow to track the
rabbits or birds above mentioned; and no person shall shoot or