3082 ARTICLE 99.

An. Code, sec. 70. 1912, ch. 397, sec. 2.

93. 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.

An. Code, sec. 71. 1912, ch. 397, sec. 3.

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

An. Code, sec. 72. 1912, ch. 397, sec. 4.

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are repealed.

An. Code, sec. 73. 1916, ch. 399. 1922, ch. 248. 1924, ch. 114.

96. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to shoot, trap, pursue,
catch or kill, or gun or hunt for any Elk or Deer within the State of
Maryland, from June 1st, 1924, until December 1st, 1928, except a male
deer having an antler six or more inches in length without points measuring
from top of the skull as the deer is in life, shall be considered lawful in
Allegany County and within any game preserve in Washington County
inclosed by a fence not less than seven feet high between the dates of
December 1st and December 15th both dates inclusive. It shall be unlawful
to kill in any manner any Elk or Deer except through the use of a gun
propelling one all-lead or lead alloy or soft-nosed or expanding bullet or
ball at a single discharge, or to take an elk or deer in any manner except
through the method known as still hunting. It shall be unlawful for any
person at any time to shoot at or kill, or wound or capture, or attempt
to kill or wound or capture either an Elk or Deer while same is taking
refuge in or swimming through the waters of any stream, pond or lake.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make use of a dog or dogs in hunting
Elk or Deer and every person or persons who takes a dog or dogs into the
woods or who has possession or control of a dog or dogs in the woods and
uses same for chasing, taking or killing an Elk or Deer as the case may be,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to kill more than one buck deer during open season, said open
season applying only to Allegany County and to any game preserve in
Washington County inclosed by a fence not less than seven feet high. Any
person or persons hunting Elk or Deer are required to have the proper
hunting license. It shall be unlawful to shoot, trap, pursue or kill, or gun
or hunt for any Fawn or Female deer at any time within the limits of
this State.

Any person convicted before any Justice of the Peace of this State for
any violation of this section shall be fined Three Hundred Dollars ($300)
for each and every offense, and shall stand committed to the County Jail or
the Baltimore City Jail until such fine and costs are paid. One-half of