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ART. XCIX] GAME WARDEN. 731
the person or corporation so complained of, directed to any constable
of the said county or city, commanding him to proceed at once and
search for said bird, game or fish and, upon finding the same, to seize
and take possession of the same and keep it until further order by the
justice. The said constable shall read said warrant to the owner or
person in whose possession said bird, game or fish is supposed to be.
Said warrant shall be returnable within not less than twelve hours nor
more than twenty-four hours from the date thereof. Provided that the
game warden, or any deputy game warden, or other police officer may
also without a warrant search any boat, car, box, locker, crate, or pack-
age, and any building, where he has reason to believe any bird, game
or fish held in violation of law is to be found, and may seize any bird,
game or fish so taken or held, and any bird, game or fish so taken or
held shall be disposed of by the game warden as he may deem advisable
for the best interests of the State; provided, however, that this section
shall not authorize entering a dwelling house, or apply to birds, game
or fish which are passing through this State under authority of the
laws of the United States.
3904, art. 99, sec. 47. 1896, ch. 293. sec. 13. 1918, ch. 468. sec. 56.
56. All Sheriffs, Constables and Police Officers and all the officers
appointed by the Conservation Commission shall assist in enforcing the
provisions of this Article, and shall have all the powers of a deputy
game warden. The game warden and the deputy game wardens and
any other officers shall not be liable for any damage or costs sustained
by any person or corporation by reason of the wrongful seizure of
game, wild life or fish under this sub-title; provided, however, that the
enforcement of this sub-title shall in no wise prevent prosecution of per-
sons or corporations for violations of the game, wild life or fish laws of
this State.*
Otters—Raccoons—Muskrats.
58-59.+
1916, ch. 367, sec. 59A.
59A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to trap, catch
or kill any raccoon within Anne Arundel or Prince George's Counties,
between sunrise and sunset, or have the same in his or their possession,
if trapped, caught or killed, between the first day of February and the
first day of October, in each year.
And it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to cut a tree, at
any time, for the piirpose of catching or dislodging a raccoon.
*See foot note to section 44.
+While the title of the act of 1916, chapter 367, states that these sections are
to be repealed and re-enacted so far as said sections relate to Anne Arundel and
Prince George's Counties, no reference to such a repeal and re-enactment is
found either in the enacting clause or in the body of the act.
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