ART. 99] OTTERS——RACCOONS——MUSKRATS. 2219

Otters—Raccoons—Muskrats.

1904. art. 99, sec. 49. 1900, ch. 371. 1902, chs. 204 and 503.

58. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap, catch or kill any
otter, raccoon or muskrat within this State, or have the same in his
possession, if trapped, caught or killed within this State, between the
first day of April and the first day of January in each year.

Ibid. sec. 50. 1000, ch. 371. 1902, chs. 264 and 503.

59. Any person violating the preceding section shall, on convic-
tion, pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dol-
lars for each and every otter, raccoon or muskrat trapped, caught,
killed or in his possession, contrary to the provision of the preceding
section; 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 thirty days for each offense; one-half of
all fires to go to the informer. The provisions of this section shall not
apply to Baltimore, Harford, Cecil, Charles, Howard, Anne Arundel,
Caroline, Carroll, St. Mary's, Worcester, Garrett, Prince George's,
Calvert, Allegany, Washington, Frederick, Montgomery and Queen
Anne's counties.

Wild Fowl on Patuxent and Tributaries.

Ibid. sec. 51. 1904. ch. 509, sp.c. 1. 1906. ch. 471 1/2. sec. 1.

60. It shall not be lawful for any person not a bona fide resident
of the State of Maryland to hunt, shoot or trap within the State, upon
the waters of the Patuxent river, its tributaries or marshes of said
river or tributaries, any wild geese, wild duck, snipe, ortolan, reed bird
or wild fowl of any description at any season of the year, unless such
non-resident person shall have first obtained from the clerk of the cir-
cuit court of one of the counties bordering en said river a license per-
mitting such person named in said license to hunt, shoot or trap the
said birds and wild fowl upon the waters of the said river, its tribu-
taries, cr the marshes of said river or tributaries; and the said license
so obtained shall be limited, said limitation to be stated in said license
to the open season for shooting the aforesaid birds and wild fowl, shall
not be transferable under penalty of forfeiture of the same and a fine
of not more than twenty-five dollars, shall expire ore year from the
date of its issue; any person desiring such license shall apply for same
either in person or by letter to said clerk of the court, and shall pay
therefor the sum of ten dollars, which amount shall be paid by the
said clerk to the board of county school commissioiers of said county
in which said license was issued, for the use of the public schools
thereof, and, in addition thereto, such persons securing said license
shall pay to the said clerk the sum of one dollar as a fee for issuing
said license; said clerk shall prepare and keep a book substantially
bound of such blank license, with stub thereto, and when such license