WATER FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME 3591

1927, ch. 568, sec. 11.

12. At the time mentioned in said warrant, 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 he that the same be returned to
the person or corporation from whom the same was taken.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 12.

13. 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.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 13. 1939, ch. 354, sec. 13.

14. Whenever the Game Warden shall require the assistance of the
Division or Department in charge of tidewater fish and fisheries, he shall
so advise that Department, which in turn shall instruct the head of the
said State Tidewater Fisheries Force to forthwith assist the Game Warden
or Deputy Game Warden in the enforcement of the game and fish laws
of this State; and the Game Warden shall likewise have the right to call
upon the State police for such assistance. Whenever the Game Warden
or Deputy Game Warden shall require the advice and assistance of the
State's Attorneys and Sheriffs of the several Counties of this State or of
Baltimore City, it shall be the duty of such officers to render the required
assistance as in other State cases.

Hunter's License.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 14. 1933, ch. 130, sec. 14. 1937, ch. 110.

15. For the purpose of providing a fund for the payment of the ex-
penses of protecting and propagating certain birds and animals, and pre-
venting unauthorized persons from killing the same, no person or persons
shall at any time hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot or attempt to hunt,
pursue, catch, kill, trap or shoot in any manner any game birds or animals
on which there is an open and closed season, without first having procured
a license so to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot, or attempt to hunt,
catch, kill, trap or shoot, and then only during the respective periods of
the year, when it shall be lawful to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot
or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap or shoot said birds and ani-
mals. The said license shall be procured from the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of any county, or from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of Baltimore City, and in addition thereto may be issued by such person
or persons as the State Game Warden may designate on forms prepared
and supplied by the State Game Warden in the following manner, to wit:

The applicant shall fill out, sign and forward to the Clerk of the Court
a blank application to be furnished by the Game Warden through the