WATER FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME 3611

tice of the Peace, then said person or persons shall be fined double the
amount so imposed by said Justice of the Peace. All moneys received by
any Justice of the Peace or any Court shall be transmitted to the Game
Warden or State Comptroller on the first day of the month after fine is
received, to be credited to the State Game Protection Fund.¹

1939, ch. 723.

60. The area of water in Harford and Cecil Counties hereinafter de-
scribed is designated as closed area in or on which hunting, taking, captur-
ing, or killing, or attempting to take, capture, or kill migratory birds is
prohibited. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any wise affecting
the right of navigation in and over the waters affected by this Act, the said
area being bounded as follows:

Beginning at a point in the Chesapeake Bay on the west side of Elk
Nock, 440 yards distant from the shore line thereof, at latitude 39° 30' N.;
thence in a southwesterly direction with a line parallel to and 440 yards dis-
tant from the shore on the west side of Elk Nock, to a point off Turkey
Point, the southernmost extremity of Elk Nock from which the navigation
bell on said point bears S. 770° E., 2,400 feet distant (approximate) ;
thence N. 62%° W., (approximate) to a point in Chesapeake Bay, 440
yards distant from the northeast side of Spesutie Island at Locust Point;
thence north and west along the north shore of Spesutie Island and 440
yards therefrom, to a point opposite the center of Spesutie Narrows, and
thence westerly and northerly and 1,000 yards distant from the east side
of the channel lying close to the west shore, to the said latitude 39 degrees,
30 minutes (at a point 1,000 yards east of said channel) ; and thence due
east to the place of beginning.

Otter, Muskrat, Raccoon and Opossum.

1927, ch. 568, sec. 62. 1929, ch. 420. 1931, ch. 543, sec. 59. 1933, ch. 130, sec. 59.

61. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt any Muskrat within the
State of Maryland, or have the meat or pelts in possession if trapped,
caught or killed, between the fifteenth day of March and the first day of
January following in each and every year, both dates exclusive, whether
same are trapped, caught or killed within the State of Maryland, or any
other State, territory or country; provided, however, nothing herein con-
tained shall prohibit the possession of the skins of such animals for busi-
ness purposes, when dried and cured; provided, that any person may have
in possession green skins until the twenty-fifth day of March, following the
close of each season, in order to allow skins caught late in the season to be-
come cured for market. It shall be unlawful to pursue or kill any Otter
in this State at any time.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, or shoot at, or gig, or
in any manner kill or catch, except for trapping, any muskrat, and it shall
be unlawful for any person to dig for any muskrat or dig into or in any
manner molest or destroy any part of a muskrat house or den. And it shall
further be unlawful to have in possession any muskrat hide or skins that
have been shot at or into or killed in any manner except by trapping; and
any muskrat hide perforated with small holes, having the appearance of
shot or bullet holes, shall be prima facie evidence that it was a muskrat so

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 340 of acts of 1927 and sec. 2 of ch. 459 of acts of 1929 repealed all laws
inconsistent therewith to extent of such inconsistency.