WATER FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME. 1261

1927, ch. 568, sec. 16.

16. The owner of farm lands, their children or tenants, or children of
such tenants, shall, without procuring such license, have the right to hunt
said enumerated game, during the open season for the same, on the said
farm lands of which he or they are the bona fide owners, children of such
owners or tenants, or children of such tenants.

1927, ch. 568. sec. 17. 1931. ch. 543, sec. 17.

17. The Clerks of the Circuit Courts of the counties and the Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City shall, on the first day of
June, nineteen hundred and eighteen,, and on the first day of each and
every month thereafter, transmit to the Comptroller of this State all
moneys received by them for licenses; the said amounts so received by the
Comptroller shall be placed to the credit of a separate fund to be known
as "The State Game Protection Fund" and shall be disbursed by the State
Comptroller from time to time, on warrants signed by the Conservation
Commission and Game Warden of Maryland. The moneys in said fund
shall be used solely for the salaries and expenses of the Game Warden and
his subordinates, and for the protection and propagation of birds and
game. The Conservation Commission shall require the Game Warden to
file an annual account with him showing the entire receipts and disburse-
ments of himself and all deputies, and exhibit vouchers therefor, and also
shall require said Game Warden to file an approved bond in the penalty of
two thousand dollars ($2, 000. 00) for the faithful performance of his
duties, the cost of said bond to be paid out of said fund.

1927, ch. 588, sec. 18.

18. Any person found guilty of hunting any game protected by law
without having first procured a license, except as herein provided, or for
refusing to show said license when demanded by the Game Warden or any
Deputy Game Warden, Sheriff, Constable or other officer or person, or fail-
ing to display the license number on his back as provided by law, or violat-
ing any of the other provisions of this sub-title, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before any Justice of the Peace
of the County or City where the offense was committed, shall be fined
Twenty Dollars ($20. 00) for each and every offense, and shall stand com-
mitted to the County Jail or the Baltimore City Jail, until such fine and
costs are paid, but such imprisonment shall not exceed twenty days for each
offense. Any person convicted for hunting without proper license and tag
in possession while hunting, or using any other person's license or tag, said
license and tag shall be confiscated, and the person upon whom it was
found, and the licensee shall be disbarred from procuring a hunter's license
for a period of one year, provided, that the minimum fine in the case of a
person to whom a hunter's license has been duly issued, but who, through
inadvertence has not the same on their person at the time of arrest but who
shall present same to the Court before whom they were convicted, within
five days after conviction, and if said Court after making investigation