ART. 99] BIRDS AND GAME. 911

dollar nor more than five ($5) dollars for each such bird so shot,
caught, killed, exposed for sale, sold, bought or had in possession; and
no person shall, under like penalty, have in his or her possession, offer
lor sale or wear the skins, plumage, wings or feathers of any of the
birds, the catching or killing of which is prohibited by this Section;
provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed
as to make it unlawful to shoot, catch or kill, or in any manner destroy
at any time any hawk or other birds destructive to domestic poultry,
or any English sparrow, or crow or blackbird; provided that this Sec-
tion shall not apply to St. Mary's County and Calvert County; pro-
vided that it shall be lawful to have mocking-birds or red-birds, or
other song birds in cages or stuffed specimens of any said birds in edu-
cational institutions, or public or private museums.

The act of 1914, chapter 716, repeals this section in so far as the same
prohibits shooting, having in possession, etc., alive or dead, any turkey
buzzard within the limits of the town of Easton.

Game Warden.

46.*+

47.*+

1904, art. 99, sec. 39. 1896, ch. 293, sec. 5. 1904, ch. 346, sec. 5. 1014, ch. 614.

48. The Game Warden for the State and every deputy game war-
den shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and sub-
scribe before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of which
he is a- resident, or if a resident of Baltimore City, before the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the oath or affirmation pre-
scribed by the sixth section of the first article of the constitution of
this State, which oath or affirmation shall be recorded in the clerk's
office of such county or city. The game warden throughout the State,
and also every deputy game warden so appointed, after the recording
of the oath or affirmation to be by said game warden or deputy game
warden taken as aforesaid, shall, in the county, counties, city or cities for
which such deputy game warden may be appointed, possess and exer-
cise all the authority and powers held or exercised by constables at
common law and under the statutes of this State, and also all authori-
ties and powers conferred by law upon policemen in the City of Balti-
more or other cities of the State, as far as arresting and prosecuting
the persons for violating any of the fish and game laws of this State
are concerned; and they are hereby vested with additional powers to
arrest without warrants persons suspected or known to be guilty of vio-
lating any of the provisions of the game and fish laws of this State,

*The act of 1914, chapter 365, repeals this section so far as it relates to Har-
ford County.

+This section was repealed as to Baltimore County by the act of 1912, chap-
ter 781.