2214 WILD FOWL——BIRDS AND GAME. [ART. 99

Baltimore Oriole Icterus.

1904, art. 99, sec. 33. 1888, art. 99, sec. 16. 1882, ch. 154.

42. No person in ths State shall shoot or in any manner catch, kill
or have in possession any bird of the species known as the "Baltimore
Oriole Icterus," or molest or destroy the eggs or nests of the said birds
in the said State.

Ibid. sec. 34, 1888, art. 99, sec. 17. 1882, ch. 154.

43. Any person, violating the preceding section shall, on convic-
tion, pay a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty
dollars for each and every bird of the species known as the "Baltimore
Oriole Icterus" shot or in any manner caught, killed or in his posses-
sion, or for any eggs or nests of the said birds molested or destroyed
contrary to the preceding section; said fines to be recovered before a
justice of the peace of the county or Baltimore city where the offense
is committed, or by indictment in the court having criminal jurisdic-
tion in the county or Baltimore city where the offense is committed
and in default of payment of fine or fines imposed hereunder, together
with the costs, the offender shall be committed to jail for not less than
ten nor more than sixty days for each offense, and the non-payment of
each and every fine shall be considered a separate offense within the
meaning hereof; one-half of all fines imposed shall go to the informer.

Game Warden.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1896, ch. 293, sec. 1. 1904, ch. 346, sec. 1.

44. The governor of this State on the tenth day of April, 1896, and
every two years thereafter shall appoint a game warden for the State
whose term of office shall be for two years or until his successor be
appointed. The said game warden shall receive a salary from the
State for his services of twelve hundred dollars per annum, and shall
be entitled to an expense account for actual traveling expenses, and
other expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties, to an amount not
to exceed in any one year the sum of six hundred dollars, and shall
receive a portion of the fines arising from the violation of the game
and fish laws when the offenders shall be prosecuted by said game war-
den, or his deputy game wardens, as hereinafter provided. The said
game warden may be removed by the governor of this State at any
time upon proof satisfactory to him that said game warden is not
vigorously enforcing the game or fish laws of this State, or is not a
fit person for said position. The word "game" shall be taken to
embrace deer, wild turkey, pinnated grouse, ruffled grouse, known as
"pheasants," Mongolian or English pheasants, woodcock, partridges
or quail, rabbits, squirrels, ducks, geese and all other species of wild
fowl.

As to the duties of game wardens relative to terrapins, see art. 92. sec. 7.