3076 ARTICLE 99.

An. Code, sec. 62A. 1914, ch. 315.

79A.1 No person shall push, paddle or convey on the waters of the
Patuxent River or its tributaries, or marshes of said river, or its tributaries,
any person or persons for the purpose of shooting any ortolan, rail or reed-
bird, 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 pushing 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 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 the
fine to the County jail in the County wherein said offence was tried for a
period of not less than ten days nor more than two months.

An. Code, sec. 63. 1904, sec. 54. 1904, ch. 509, sec. 4. 1906, ch. 471 1/2, sec. 4. 1908, ch. 520.

1910, ch. 376 (p. 332).

80.2 It shall not be lawful for any person, whether resident or non-
resident of the State of Maryland, to shoot or trap any wild duck on the
Patuxent river, its tributaries or its marshes, between the fifteenth day of
April and the first day of August following, and between the first day of
September and the seventh day thereof, both days inclusive, in each and
every year; or any ortolan, rail or reedbird, between the first day of Janu-
ary and the twelfth day of September following, both days inclusive, in
each and every year; or to have in his possession in any of the counties
bordering on said river any of the named birds or wild fowl during the
closed season for the same, respectively provided by this section; or to shoot
or trap in any one day seventy-five of either ortolan, rail or reedbird ; shoot
or to ship, convey or transport out of the State in any one day more than
seventy-five of either ortolan, rail or reedbird; and any person convicted
in the circuit court or before any justice of the peace of the State of Mary-
land in and for any of the counties bordering on said river, of a violation

1 See footnote to sec. 77A.
1 See footnote to sec. 77.