1310 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 781]

that said hawk, owl or weasel was taken and killed within
the limits of Baltimore county within six days then preceding,
and the justice shall thereupon give such person a certificate
wherein he shall set forth the oath and shall at the same time
destroy the head of such hawk, owl or weasel so taken or killed
within the limits of Baltimore county, so as to prevent a second
allowance.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the Chief Game
Warden of Baltimore county is hereby appointed as deputy
game wardens for Baltimore county as provided for in this act,
to prosecute all persons or bodies corporate violating any of the
game or fish laws of this State in force in Baltimore county,
and to obtain information as to all violations of said game and
fish laws. And it shall be the duty of said chief game warden
of Baltimore county to receive and safely keep all moneys paid
over to him by the clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore
County, or by or from any other person or source, by virtue of
and through his said office of chief game warden of Baltimore
county. And he shall file a bond in the office of the clerk of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore County in the penalty of four thou-
sand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his
duties as chief game warden of Baltimore county, which bond
shall be approved by the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County.

SEC. 17B. And be it further enacted, That the chief game
warden of Baltimore county shall after the recording of the oath
or affirmation to be by him so taken in said Baltimore county be
a conservator of the peace, and shall also have and exercise all
the power and authority had, given to and exercised by the
deputy game warden to be appointed as approved for in this
act.

SEC. 17C. And be it further enacted, That any violating
any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, unless such conviction
and fine be otherwise provided for in this act.

SEC. 17D. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts of the General Assembly of Maryland inconsistent here-
with, sections or parts of articles of the Code of Public Local
or Code of Public General Laws of Maryland inconsistent here-
with be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 17E. And be it further enacted, That whenever the
chief game warden of Baltimore county appointed aforesaid
shall consider that it is necessary that he should have deputy