ART. 99] GAME. 921

Elk and Deer.

1912, ch. 397, sec. 1.

69. Any person desiring to engage in the occupation of raising and
selling domesticated American elk, white-tailed deer, red deer, fallow
deer and roebuck, or any of them, or any member of the deer family,
in a wholly enclosed preserve of which he is the owner or lessee, may
do so by making application to the Game Warden of the State of Mary-
land in such form as the said Game Warden may prescribe for a license
so to do. The said Game Warden, when it shall appear that such appli-
cation is made in good faith, shall, upon the payment of a fee of five
dollars to be paid to and retained by him,, issue to such applicant a
breeders' license permitting such applicant to breed and raise domesti-
cated American elk, white tailed deer, red deer, fallow deer and roe-
buck; or any of them, or any member of the deer family in confinement
and to sell the same alive at any time for stocking purposes and to kill
the same at any time and sell the carcass for food; provided that when
such preserves are located in the counties of Washington, Allegany and
Garrett, but not in other counties of the State, white-tailed deer, native
to the State, are killed and sold by the owners or lessees of such pre-
serves, some distinctive brand or mark shall appear on the body thereof
and made to appear that it was placed thereon at least three months
prior to the killing thereof and that in addition thereto a sworn affidavit
shall be made by such person, before a justice of the peace or notary
public, that said white-tailed deer was bred and raised upon his pre-
serve by said owner or lessee thereof. That the killing and sale of such
white-tailed deer, out of the season permitted for such killing by the
Jaws of this State, upon such preserves by the owner or lessee thereof,
without complying with the above requirement shall subject him to the
forfeiture of his license and a fine of fifty dollars for each white-tailed
deer so killed and sold.

1912, ch. 397, sec. 2.

70. The preserve used for the breeding of elk or deer pursuant to
this section shall be surrounded by a good and sufficient fence of wire
or other material and of a pattern to be approved by the said Game
Warden to prevent ingress and egress of such deer or elk as are kept
thereon.

1012, ch. 397, sec. 3.

71. Such deer or elk so kept in an enclosure shall be deemed the
personal property of the owner or owners thereof as fully to all intents
and purposes as other personal property.

1912, ch. 397, sec. 4.

72. All acts of the legislature relating to the killing, shipping, mar-
keting and sale of the game herein referred to and inconsistent here-
with are repealed.