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than one nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars for each and every
such offense.

1904, art 99t see. 28. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15 P.

35. No person shall kill or injure by poison any domestic poultry or
any golden English or Mongolian pheasants, or any of the aforesaid
game birds not the property of said person, but upon the premises of
and belonging to some one else, under a penalty of not less than ten
($10) dollars, nor more than three hundred ($300) dollars.

Ibid. sec. 29. 1898. ch. 200, sec. 15 Q.

36. No person shall trap, net or ensnare any partridge or quail,
pheasant or ruffled grouse, wild turkey, woodcock or water-fowl of any
kind, or have in possession any trap, net or snare with the intent or
purpose to capture or kill any such birds, under a penalty of ten ($10)
dollars for every such bird so trapped, killed, netted or ensnared, and
under a further penalty of fifty ($50) dollars for the having in pos-
session any such trap, net or snare, and every such trap, net or snare
shall be forfeited and destroyed.

Ibid. sec. 30. 1898. ch. 206, sec. 15 R.

37. Any person in this State above the age of eighteen years
engaged in the killing of birds or mammals or the collecting of eggs
for purely scientific purposes shall be exempt from the provisions of
this sub-title; provided that said person shall first obtain a certificate
in writing from the state game warden to the effect that such person
is engaged in the scientific study of ornithology or mammalogy; and
to obtain such certificate, such person must first file with the state
game warden an application and an affidavit to the truth and bona
fides thereof made by the person requesting the same and taken before
any officer authorized to administer an oath in this State, which appli-
cation and affidavit shall be retained and kept on file by said state game
warden; but the possession of such birds, or their eggs or mammals
without certificate, during any of the aforesaid dates between which it
is hereinbefore made unlawful to shoot and collect the same shall in
all cases be prima facie evidence against such person.

Ibid. sec. 31. 1898. ch. 206, sec. 15 s.

38. The justices of the peace of this State in and for the city or
county wherein the offense shall be committed shall have jurisdiction
to hear and determine all prosecutions for the purpose of enforcing
fines and penalties, collectible under the provisions of this sub-title,
and all such fines and penalties are expressly made subject to the pro-
visions of section 51 of this article, and in all cases where such prose-
cutions are begun or instituted by any person other than the state
game warden or one of the deputy game wardens of this State, and
shall result in the collection of a fine or fines, then one-half of such