1282 ARTICLE 99.

State for violating any provisions of this sub-title, shall be fined not less
than Twenty-five ($25. 00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred ($100. 00)
Dollars for each and every offense, and in addition to said fine so imposed
shall be fined Five Dollars ($5. 00) for each and every such skin had in
possession in violation of this sub-title. All such skins, pelts or meats or
illegal devices found in possession in violation of this sub-title shall be
confiscated by the officers making the arrest and turned over to the Game
Warden who may dispose of same as he may deem advisable to the best
interest of this State.

Any person who shall fail to pay the fine so imposed, shall stand com-
mitted to jail until the fine and costs shall have been paid; however, said
sentence shall not exceed one day for each dollar so imposed. Any person
other than the State Game Warden, Deputy Game Warden, or officer
receiving compensation from the Conservation Department of Maryland
who shall procure the conviction of any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this Section shall receive one-half of the fine recovered, the re-
maining one-half shall be paid to the State Game Warden or to the State
Comptroller to be placed to the credit of the State Game Protection Fund
to be used as provided by law.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this sub-title shall for any
reason be adjudged by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitu-
tional and invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, or section thereof, so found unconstitutional and
invalid. ¹

As to abolition of informer's fees, see art. 38, sec. A.

Raising Game in Captivity.

1927, ch. 568, sec. G3. 1929, ch. 416, sec. 63.

60. Any person desiring to raise and sell game birds, or game animals
of any species, on land or water of which he is the bona fide owner or
lessee, may make application in writing to the Game Warden of this State
for a license so to do. The Game Warden, upon receipt of a license fee of
Five ($5) Dollars may issue to the applicant a Breeders License per-
mitting such applicant to breed and protect the game raised on the land
or water owned or leased by said licensee. Said license shall expire on
the thirty-first day of December after date of issuance. No license shall
be issued to any person owning or leasing land or water which is not
enclosed with a fence, said fence must be of such character as to prohibit
egress and ingress or² water satisfactory to the Game Warden. If the land
is an entire island or if it is partially surrounded by water and enclosed
with a fence where it adjoins other land, the same shall be acceptable
under the terms of this section.

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 420 of acts of 1929 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.

² Evidently a typographical error in act.