616 ARTICLE 99.

the Game Warden, and any Club or association holding a field trial dur-
ing any closed hunting season, shall not be allowed to shoot, or shoot at any
game of any species, which are protected by law.

Any person or persons owning any bird or rabbit dog or dogs, who desires
to train said dog or dogs during any closed hunting season for the pur-
pose of entering said dog or dogs in any field trial must secure a permit by
applying to the Game Warden to train said clog or dogs during any closed
hunting season.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 35.

36. Dogs brought into this State to participate in such field trials and
which are to be removed from the State within fifteen days after said field
trials are held, shall be exempted from the payment of State, City or
County license tax.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 36.

37. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of Section
35 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction before
any Justice of the Peace of the County or City where the offense was com-
mitted, shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25. 00) nor more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) and costs for each and every offense.
Any person who fails to pay the fine so imposed shall stand committed 1: 0
jail until the fine and costs shall have been paid, but such imprisonment
shall not exceed sixty days for any one offense.

Water Fowl and Migratory Birds. Use of Boats Prohibited. Blinds.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 37. 1929, ch. 366, sec. 37.

38. It shall be unlawful to hunt or take, in any manner, or by any
means whatever, the nest or eggs of any migratory birds, except in the
manner and by the means described by regulations duly adopted by the
Secretary of Agriculture of the United States and approved by the Presi-
dent of the United States by virtue of the authority conferred by the pro-
visions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, approved July 3, 1918; and no
person shall take, collect or possess any nest or egg of migratory birds ex-
cept for scientific purposes and must also obtain a permit from the Game
Warden of this State.

(a) It shall be unlawful to hunt any wild duck, goose, swan or brant
within the limits of the State of Maryland, between the first day of Feb-
ruary and the thirty-first day of October in each and every year, both dates
inclusive, and it shall be further unlawful to have in possession any such
wild duck, goose, swan or brant between the tenth day of February and
the thirty-first day of October in each and every year, and it shall be un-
lawful to hunt any of the game birds herein mentioned on Sunday. Pro-
vided, however, it shall be unlawful to hunt water fowl on the Chester
River and its tributaries within the jurisdiction of Kent County during
the open season, as provided herein on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays during the months of November and December and on Sun-