WILD FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME. 3057

raised by other means than by shooting during the open season, or same
may be sold alive for propagating and restocking.

Provided, however, it shall be lawful to hunt Game during open season
in Garrett, Allegany and Washington Counties when the ground is covered
with snow.

Any person convicted before any Justice of the Peace of this State for
violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars($100.00)
in the discretion of the Justice of the Peace and costs for each and every
offense for hunting during closed season, and in addition to said fine shall
be fined $5.00 for each and every Game Bird or Game Animal so caught
or killed, purchased or offered to purchase, sold, offered for sale, barter, or
exchange, or found in possession, any officer empowered with the enforce-
ment of the game Laws of this State shall confiscate any game found
illegally held and the State Game Warden may dispose of same as he may
deem advisable to the best interest of the State, and any Deputy Game
Warden, Constable, or other persons who shall procure conviction of any
person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Act shall receive
one-half of the fine collected, and the remaining one-half of fine shall be
paid to the State Game Department or State Comptroller to be credited to
the State Game Protection Fund. Provided that any person who fails to
pay the fine so imposed shall stand committed to j ail until the fine and costs
shall have been paid, but such imprisonment shall not exceed ninety days
for any one offense.1

As a general rule an indictment is sufficient if it describes an offence created by
statute in words of the statute. The act of 1894, ch. 404, held not to apply to game
killed in another state but in possession in this state. State v. Jenkins, 124 Md. 379.

The act of 1898, ch. 206, is a valid exercise of police power. It is not unconstitu-
tional as embracing more than one subject, nor because it is made applicable only
in certain portions of state. Stevens v. State, 89 Md. 672; Mt. Vernon Co. v.
Frankfort Co., 111 Md. 568.

See notes to sec. 28.

As to game preserves, trespassing, etc., see art. 27, sec. 240, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 20A. 1916, ch. 595.

21. Nothing in Section 20 of this Article shall prevent the propagation,
raising or killing of domesticated, English or Ring-necked pheasants where
the said pheasants are hatched out and raised on the place where they are
killed; provided that said pheasants shall not be killed on grounds other
than those owned by the breeders thereof, and nothing in this Section shall
permit the following of said pheasants beyond the boundaries thereof. Any
person violating the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the same
penalty provided for violating Section 20.

An. Code, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 14. 1858, ch. 263, sec. 4. 1898, ch. 206.
1900, ch. 303. 1902, ch. 70. 1914, ch. 472.

22. Any person convicted, before any Justice of the Peace of this State,
for violating Section 20 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars and costs for each and every offense. And

1 Sec. 2 of ch. 301 of acts of 1922 repeals all laws inconsistent with said act.

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