ART. 99] BIRDS AND GAME. 2211

1904, art. 99. sec. 23. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15 K.

30. No person shall in this State at any time shoot at or in any
manner kill or catch, in the night time, any of the birds mentioned in
the preceding sections of this sub-title under a penalty of not less than
one ($1) dollar, nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars for each bird
so killed or caught; and if at the trial it shall be proved that the per-
son charged with shooting at or killing said birds in the night time was
at or about the place where the shot was fired, and that he had a gun
in his possession on the night in question, in the vicinity where such
shooting occurred, either prior to or at the time of or after the shoot-
ing, such fact shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his having vio-
lated the provisions of this section.

Ibid. sec. 24. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15 L.

31. No person shall in this State at any time use or have in his
possession, or sell or dispose of in any manner any big or swivel gun,
with the intent or for the purpose of shooting at or killing wild ducks,
wild geese, wild swan, wild brant or other water-fowl, under a penalty of
not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100)
dollars for each offense, and the possession or sale or disposition by any
person of any such big or swivel gun in this State shall be deemed
prima facie evidence that the same is possessed or sold, or disposed of
with the intent, and for the purpose of shooting at or killing such birds
in this State, and every gun shall be deemed a big gun, for the purpose
of this law, which is not habitually raised at arm's length and fired
from the shoulder.

Ibid. sec. 25. 1R98, ch. 206, sec. 15 M.

32. No person shall at any time in this State shoot at or do any act
or thing whatsoever with the intent or purpose of frightening or driv-
ing wild ducks, wild geese, wild swan, wild brant or other water fowl
of any kind from their feeding or roosting grounds, under a penalty of
not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred
($100) dollars for each offense.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15 N.

33. No person shall in this State, at any time, use any ferret or
weasel for the purpose of hunting, capturing or killing any of the
aforesaid game animals, under a penalty of not less than ten ($10)
dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars for each offense, and
under a further penalty of ten ($10) dollars for each such game animal
so captured or killed.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15 O.

34. No person shall in this State, at any time molest or destroy the
nests or eggs of any of the aforesaid birds, except those of hawks or
other birds destructive to domestic poultry and game birds, or those
of English sparrows, crows and blackbirds, under a penalty of not less