WATER FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME 3597

Doves ............................. 20

Rabbit or Hare ..................... 6

Squirrels .......................... 6

Partridge or Quail .................. 6

English and Mongolian Pheasant, and

Ruffed Grouse ..................... 2 not over six per season.

Wild Turkey ....................... 1 not over four per season.

Deer (Male only) .................... Not over one in any one season.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 22. 1937, ch. 524, sec. 22.

23. It shall be unlawful to export or ship out from the limits of the
State of Maryland any game (water fowl and fur-bearing animals ex-
cepted) ; or to export or ship any game out from the limits of one County
to another or to any City of this State, except a licensed hunter, either
resident or non-resident, may take out with him as personal baggage in
the open two days' bag limit as provided by law. It shall be unlawful for
any person to have more than two days' bag limit of any species in pos-
session during any one week; and it shall be unlawful for any express
company or any common carrier, to knowingly accept any such game
(water fowl and fur-bearing animals excepted), for shipment without any
county, city or town of the State. Any person desiring to ship out of this
State any water fowl shall ship same out in the open tied by head or feet
and tagged accordingly, or in a container slatted so the birds are visible.

(a) A licensed hunter who has procured a hunter's license in Maryland
for year in which he desires to take out, and who has hunted in State and
killed game, may take out as personal baggage in the open two days' bag
limit as provided by law, but he must produce his hunting license as herein
provided upon request of any person.

(b) Any person desiring to ship or take out of State any waterfowl
killed by them, shall not ship or take out more than two days' bag limit
in any one calendar week.

(c) Any person convicted before any Justice of the Peace of this State
for violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not less than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) and costs for each and every offense, unless a different penalty
is provided in Act, and in addition to said fine shall be fined Five Dollars
($5.00) for each and every game bird and game animal, caught or killed
illegally, purchased, or offered to purchase, sold, offered for sale, barter
or exchange, or taken or killed in excess of the bag limit, or found in
possession.¹

Song and Insectivorous Birds.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 23.

24. All species of wild resident or migratory birds not defined as game
birds shall be considered non-game birds, and all wild birds on which
there is an open and closed season shall be considered game birds.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 24.

25. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons within the State to
kill, catch or have in his or their possession, living or dead, any resident or

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 524 of acts of 1937 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.