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fastened upon his outer garment at the center of its back and between his
shoulders in such manner that the figures are visible at all times while thus
hunting. The license must be produced for the inspection of the Game
Warden, Deputy Game Wardens, Sheriffs, Constables or other officers or
any landowner or tenant demanding to see it.
1927, ch. 568, sec. 16.
17. 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. 1939, ch. 354, sec. 17.
18. 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 and on the first day of each and every month thereafter, transmit
to the Comptroller of this State all monies received by them for licenses,
and the 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 Comptroller from time to time on warrants signed
by the Game Warden and countersigned by a representative of the Com-
mission. The monies in said Fund shall be used solely for the salaries and
expenses of the State Game and Inland Fish Commission, the State Game
Warden and his subordinates, and for scientific investigation and the
protection and propagation of birds, wild fowl, inland fish and game. The
State Game and Inland Fish Commission shall require the Game Warden
to file an annual account with it 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 annual bond in the penalty of
Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the faithful performance of his
duties, the cost of the bond to be paid out of the State Game Protection
Fund.
1927, ch. 568, sec. 18.
19. 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
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