ART. 99] PATUXENT AND TRIBUTARIES. 913

the waters of the Patuxent river, its tributaries, or. marshes of said
river or tributaries, any wild goose, wild duck, snipe or ortolan, reed-
bird or birds 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 circuit court of one of the counties bordering on said river a
license permitting 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 tributaries, or 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 transferrable, under penalty of forfeiture of the
same and a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, and shall expire
one year from the date of its issue. Any person desiring such license
shall apply for, same in person 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 commissioners of said
county in which the 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, sub-
stantially bound, of such blank license, with stub thereto, and when
such license is issued .by him a full memorandum thereof shall be en-
tered on the .stub of such license, which stub shall remain in said book,
and be a public record of said office; and before such license shall be
delivered to. the applicant therefor, such applicant shall write his name
and .address both on said license and on said stub. Any non-resident;
who violates .any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a. misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof 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, shall be fined five dollars for
each wild goose, wild duck, snipe, ortolan or reed-bird, or other birds;
or wild fowls so shot or taken, whether found or not found in his pos-
session, one-half of the said fine to go to the informer, if any, and the
other half or whole, as the case may be, to the board of county school;
commissioners of the county wherein said offense was tried, for the
benefit of the public schools thereof; and upon the failure of the
offender to pay said fine and all costs incident to said trial, said offender
shall be commtited by the court or justice who imposed said fine to
the county jail in the county wherein said offense was tried for the
period of ten days.
See section 66.

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