^222 WILD FOWL——BIRDS AND GAME. [ART. 99

each and every year; or any ortolan, rail or reedbird, between the first
day of January and the twelfth day of September following, both days
inclusive, in each and every year; or to have in his possession in any of
the counties bordering on said river any of the named birds or wild
fowl during the closed season for the same, respectively provided by
this section; or to shoot or trap in any one day seventy-five of either
ortolan, rail or reedbird; shoot or to ship, convey or transport out of
the State in any one day more than seventy-five of either ortolan, rail
or reedbird; and any person convicted in the circuit court or before
any justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for any of the
counties bordering on said river, of a violation of this section shall pay
a fine of five dollars for each and every wild goose, wild duck, ortolan,
rail or reedbird killed by him or found in his possession; one-half of
said fine to be paid to the informer, if any, and the remainder of the
whole, as the case may be, to the board of county school commissioners
of the county in which the trial is had, for the use of the public schools
thereof, after deducting all cost incident to said trial and conviction;
and on failure to pay such fine, such offender shall be committed by the
court or justice of the peace who imposed said fine to the county jail of
the county in which such conviction was held, for not more than ten
days.

1904, art. 99, sec. 55. 1904, ch. 509, sec. 5. 1906, ch. 471 1/2, sec. 5.
64. No person, unless a bona fide resident of the State of Mary-
land, shall shoot or trap upon the waters of the Patuxent river or any
of its tributaries, or any of the marshes of said river or tributaries,
any wild goose, wild duck, snipe, ortolan, reed bird or other birds or
wild fowl without the written permission of the owner of the land
adjacent to such waters or marshes, said right or permission to extend
to and embrace such portion of said waters and marshes as lie between
the lands of the adjacent proprietor and the middle thread of the main
channel of said river, upon extending the river frontage of such proprie-
tor at right angles with the course of said main channel to the thread
thereof, under a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-
five dollars for each violation of this act,* and the cost of any pro-
ceeding to enforce the same, which may be recovered in the circuit
court or before a justice of the peace of the county in which such viola-
tion occurred; one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer, if any,
and the remainder or whole thereof, as the case may be, to the board
of county school commissioners of such county, for the use of the public
schools thereof, and upon conviction and failure to pay the fine imposed
and cost of the proceedings, the person so convicted shall be committed
by the court or justice who imposed said fine to the county jail for a

*There being some doubt as to whether the words "this art" as used in this
section, refer to section 64 only. or to other sections of the sub-title "Wild Fowl
on Patuxent and Tributaries," these words are reproduced from the official acts
without change.