1258 ARTICLE 99.

said officer shall read said warrant to the owner or person in whose posses-
sion said game, fish or unlawful device is supposed to be. Said warrant
shall be returnable within not less than forty-eight hours from the date
thereof.

(a) Provided, however, that if the Game Warden or one of his salaried
Deputies has reason to believe that game, fish or unlawful device are in
possession in violation of the game or fish laws of this State, and, in his
opinion, it is not possible or practical to secure a search warrant in time
to seize said game, fish or unlawful devices so in possession, then he may
without a warrant examine any boat, railway car, box, crate, package or
game bag, and may seize any game, fish or unlawful device so found in
possession; and any game, fish or unlawful device so taken shall be dis-
posed of by the Game Warden as he may deem advisable for the best inter-
est of the State.

(b) Provided, however, that this section shall not authorize entering a
dwelling house without first procuring a search warrant.

(c) Any Game Warden of the State of Maryland, or Deputy Game War-
den, or employee of the State Game Warden, engaged in the enforcement
of this Article, or any other law of the State of Maryland, who shall search
any dwelling house without a warrant directing such search, or who, while
so engaged shall maliciously and without reasonable cause, search any other
building or property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for the first
offense, shall be fined not more than $500 and for each subsequent offense,
not more than $500, or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both
said fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 11.

11. At the time mentioned in said wan-ant, said Justice shall proceed
to hear and determine whether said game, fish or unlawful device was in
the possession of the person or corporation contrary to law; and if the said
Justice shall find that said game, fish or unlawful device was in the posses-
sion of the defendant contrary to law, then said Justice shall enter judg-
ment against the defendant and order said game, fish or unlawful device
to be turned over to the Game Warden, who shall dispose of same as he may
deem advisable for the best interest of the State; but if the said Justice
shall find that the possession of such game, fish or unlawful device was not
contrary to law, then the judgment shall be that the same be returned to the
person or corporation from whom the same was taken.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 12.

12. All Sheriffs, Constables and Police Officers and all the Officers
appointed by the Conservation Department of Maryland, shall assist in
enforcing all of the game and fish laws of this State, and shall have all the
powers of a Deputy Game Warden.