98 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 42]

CHAPTER 42.

AN ACT to regulate hunting with dog or gun on all land in
Frederick county, Maryland (excepting timber land not
inclosed), and to require any and all persosn hunting with
dog or gun on any land in Frederick county (excepting tim-
ber land not inclosed), to first obtain a written permit from
the owner or owners of the land, and requiring the person or
persons hunting with dog or gun to carry with them such
written permit while so hunting.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That no person or persons shall have the right to hunt
with dog or gun on all lands in Frederick county, Maryland
(excepting timber land not inclosed) without first having
obtained from the owner or owners of the said land a written
permit to hunt on the same, and every person or persons so
hunting shall be required to carry the said written permit with
him or them while so hunting.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall not include
any uninclosed timber land.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person or persons hunt-
ing with dog or gun upon any land in Frederick county, except-
ing the timber land described in section 2 of this act, without
a written permit as required by section 1 of this act, in his or
their possession shall upon conviction thereof before a justice of
the peace of the county aforesaid be fined not less than fifty nor
more than one hundred dollars, and in default of the payment
of fine and cost stand committed to the county jail until all
fines and costs are paid. One-half of all such fines to be paid
to the informer if other than an officer of the State, and the
other one-half to be paid over to the County Commissioners of
Frederick County in improving the public roads of said county.
All person or persons hunting with dog or gun under the pro-
visions of this act shall be required to exhibit their permit for
so doing at the request of any land owner or owners upon
whose land or lands he or they may be hunting, or by any con-
stable, game warden, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any officer hav-
ing police powers in said county.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 14, 1912.