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Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500. 00) and costs for each and every offense, and in addition to said
fines shall be fined Five Dollars ($5. 00) for each and every game bird, the
eggs of same, or game animal sold or offered for sale in violation of the
law; the license shall be revoked and game on said property confiscated by
order of the Game Warden.

State Game Refuges and Hunting Grounds.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 67.

64. Acquisition. The Game Warden of this State may acquire title
to or control of lands or waters within this State, suitable for protection
and propagation of game and fish or for hunting purposes to be used as
hereinafter provided, by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise, to be known as
State Game Lands. The Game Warden may purchase or erect such build-
ings as may be deemed necessary properly to maintain and protect such
lands or for propagation of game and fish, and may also purchase or lease
lands from which the ownership of minerals, oil or gas and the right to
mine and drill for the same have been excepted.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 68.

65. Title and Control. The title to any land or water acquired by
purchase, gift or otherwise, shall be taken in the name of the State of
Maryland, for use of the Game Division of the Conservation Department
of Maryland. The entire control of such land or water shall be under the
direction of the Game Warden and Conservation Commission of this State.

No land or water shall be purchased at a price to exceed Five Dollars
($5. 00) per acre, except where buildings or cultivated lands deemed neces-
sary to the proper maintenance and administration of game refuges or for
game and fish propagation are included. The Game Warden may expend
for the purchase of lands and waters during any year such amount from
the State Game Protection Fund as in his opinion can be allotted to that
purpose.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 69.

66. Sale and Exchange. Whenever the Game Warden shall deem it
to the best interests of the State, he may, by approval of the Conservation
Commission and with the consent of the Governor, authorize the exchange
of any lands or waters, or any part thereof, to which title has been ac-
quired by purchase, gift or otherwise, together with the buildings, improve-
ments, appurtenances, thereof, for privately owned lands of equal or
greater value, and adapted for State Game Lands for game and fish propa-
gation; or may authorize the sale of any lands or waters to which title
has been acquired as aforesaid, or any part thereof, to the party or parties
offering the highest price therefor, after advertisement once each week, for
two consecutive weeks, in at least one newspayer in the county or counties
in which the land or waters are located.