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schools thereof, after deducting therefrom all costs incident to such
arrest, trial and conviction.
See sec. 66.

1004, art. 99. sec. 53. 1004, ch. 509, sec. 3. 1906, ch. 471 1/2, sec. 3. 1908, ch. 520.

62. No person shall push, paddle or convey on the waters of the
Patuxent river or its tributaries, or marshes of said river or tributaries,
any person or persons for the purpose of shooting any ortolan, rail or
reed bird, duck or goose without first obtaining a license from the
clerk of the court of the county in which he resides, for which he shall
pay the sum of two dollars and fifty cents, two dollars of which shall
be paid to the board of school commissioners for the use of the schools
of the county, and fifty cents to be retained by the clerk of the court
as his fee for issuing such license, such license to expire at the end of
one year from the date of its issue; every person obtaining such license
shall be given a number, which number shall be painted on the outside
of any boat or skiff used for the purpose of pushing or paddling, in
figures not less than one and one-half inches high, and of such a char-
acter and color that the same may be read. No person not a bona fide
resident of the State of Maryland shall be entitled to have a license to
push or paddle issued to him by the clerk of the court; any person who
violates the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof in the circuit court of the county or
before any justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for
any of the counties bordering on said river, shall be fined not less than
ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and the costs
of the proceedings, one-half of the said fine to go to the informer, if any,
and half or the whole, as the case may be, to the board of county school
commissioners in the county wherein said offense was tried, for the
benefit of the public schools thereof, and upon the failure to pay such
fine and costs, the offender shall be committed by the court or justice
of the peace who imposed said fine to the county jail in the county
wherein said offense was tried, for a period of not less than ten days nor
more than two months; provided, however, that nothing in this section
shall prohibit the bona fide residents of the counties of Anne Arundel.
Charles, Calvert, St. Mary's and Prince George's from pushing one
another on the waters of the Patuxent river and its tributaries and the
marshes of the said river and its tributaries without securing a license
therefor as hereinbefore provided.
See sec. 66.

Ibid. sec. 54. 1004. ch. 509. sec. 4. 1906. ch. 471 1/2, sec. 4. 1908. ch. 520,
1010, ch. 376 (p. 332).

63. It shall not be lawful for any person, whether resident or non-
resident of the State of Maryland, to shoot or trap any wild duck on the
Patuxent river, its tributaries or its marshes, between the fifteenth clay
of April and the first day of August following, and between the first
day of September and the, seventh day thereof, both days inclusive, in