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any deputy game warden, constable or other person who shall procure the
conviction of any person or persons violating the provisions of Section
20 shall receive one-half of the fine collected, and the remaining one-half
of the fine shall be paid over to the State -Treasurer to be credited to the
account of the State Game Protection Fund. Provided, that any person
who fails to pay any fine so imposed shall be committed to jail for not less
than twenty-five nor more than sixty days.
See notes to sec. 28.

An. Code, sec. 22. 1904, sec. 15. 1888, sec. 15. 1862, ch. 43. 1878, ch. 460. 1898, ch. 206.

23. No person shall shoot or in any manner catch or kill in this State
any wild duck, black head duck, wild goose, wild swan or wild brant
between the tenth day of April and the first day of November in each and
every year, under a penalty of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than
ten ($10) dollars for each of the aforesaid birds so shot, caught or killed;
provided, that in Charles county it shall not be lawful to shoot or in any
manner catch or kill any acorn or genuine duck between the tenth day
of April and the first day of October in each and every year; and provided
further, that this section shall not apply to Worcester county; and provided
further, that nothing contained in this sub-title is intended to interfere with
or in any manner repeal the public local laws of Cecil and Harford counties,
regulating the shooting of wild fowl in those parts "of the waters of the
Susquehanna river, Chesapeake bay, commonly called the Susquehanna
flats.

See notes to sec. 28.

An. Code, sec. 23. 1904, sec. 16. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15B.

24. No person shall shoot or in any manner catch or kill in this State
any doves between the twenty-fourth day of December and the fifteenth day
of August following, under a penalty of not less than one ($1) dollar nor
more than two ($2) dollars for each dove so shot, caught or killed.
See notes to sec. 28.

An. Code, sec. 24. 1904, sec. 17. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15C.

25. No person shall shoot or in any manner catch or kill in this State
any snipe or plover between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of
August in each and every year, under a penalty of not less than one ($1)
dollar nor more than two ($2) dollars for each such bird so shot, caught
or killed; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to Worcester
county.

See notes to sec. 28.

An. Code, sec. 25. 1904, sec. 18. 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15D. 1924, ch. 433.

26. No person shall shoot or in any manner catch or kill in this State
any water-rail or ortolan or reed-bird, rail-bird, or rice-bird between the
first day of November and the first day of September following, under a
penalty of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than two ($2) dollars
for each such bird so shot, caught or killed. It shall be unlawful for any
person, during the month of August, to carry or fire off or discharge a gun