ART. 19.] BIRDS, GAME AND FOXES. 1735

1876, ch. 128.

16. The justices of the peace for the county shall have juris-
diction over and may take cognizance of all cases of persons
violating the provisions of section 14; and any person convicted
before any justice of the peace of the county, of violating the
provisions of said section, shall be fined by said justice of the
peace in a sum of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-
five dollars for each and every offence, with costs; and on the
failure or refusal of such person to pay said fine, or give security
therefor, the said justice of the peace shall commit him to the
county jail for a period of not less than five nor more than
twenty-five days; provided, the party so convicted before any
justice of the peace shall have the right of appeal to the circuit
court for the county, within sixty days; and on such appeal being
prayed the justice of the peace shall cause the said party to give
bail for his appearance at the next term of said circuit court, in a
sum double the amount of the fine imposed, where the said party
shall be tried de novo, and if convicted shall suffer the same
penalties as those imposed by said justice of the peace, with
costs; and provided further, that whenever said bail is given, the
party shall be set at liberty, and all fines collected under said
section shall be applied to the repair of the roads of the county.

Ibid.

17. Section 14 shall not be construed to interfere with the
right of any citizen in the said county to take the young of the
birds mentioned in said section; provided, he make oath in due
form of law before some justice of the peace of the county in
which he resides, that such young birds taken are intended for
his true and bona fide use, and not for the purpose of sale or
barter; such oath may be made before or at the time of trial, but
shall only be prima facie evidence of innocence.

1882, ch. 33.

18. Any person killing any hen hawk, partridge hawk, large
owl, crow or fox, within the limits of St. Mary's county, shall
be entitled to receive a bounty of twenty-five cents for each and
every hen hawk, partridge hawk and large owl, and five cents
for each and every crow, and fifty cents for each and every fox
so killed.