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demeanor, and on 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 not less than ten dollars
nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and the costs of the pro-
ceedings ; one-half of the said fine to go to the informer, if any, and the
other half or the whole, as the case may be, to the board of county
school commissioners 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.
See section 66.
1914, ch. 315.
62A.* No person shall push, paddle or convey on the waters of the
Patuxent River or its tributaries, or marshes of said river, or its trib-
utaries, any person or persons for the purpose of shooting any ortolan,
rail or reedbird, 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
sum shall be paid to the Board of County 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 figure, which figure shall be
painted on the outside of the boat or skiff used for the purpose of push-
ing or paddling in figures not less than one and one-half inches high,
and of such character and color that the same may be easily 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 him by the Clerk of
the Court. Any person who violates 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 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 the other half, or the whole, as the case
may be, to the Board of County School Commissioners wherein said
offence was tried, for the benefit of the public schools thereof; and
upon the failure to pay such fine and costs the offender shall be com-
mitted by the Court or justice of the peace who imposed the fine to the
*Apparently the act of 1914, chapter 315, was intended as a substitute for sec-
tions 60 to 64 and section 66, but in view of the situation explained in the footnote
to those sections and of the fact that the editor does not attempt to determine
when statutes are linpliedly repealed, that being a question for the courts, both
sections 60 to 64 and section 66 (as they remain after the act of 1914, chapter
314), and the act of 1914, chapter 315, are codified.
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