ART. 23.] BIRDS AND GAME. 2045
1880, ch. 472.
5. The several justices of the peace in and for said county are
given full and sufficient authority and jurisdiction to hear, try
and determine all cases which may arise under the provisions of
the four preceding sections; and the said justices of the peace
shall impose the fines provided for in said sections, together with
all the costs of the prosecution, upon all persons who, after a fair
trial, shall be adjudged guilty of a violation of any of the provi-
sions of said sections; and if any person so convicted shall fail or
refuse to pay any tines or costs so imposed, the said justice of the
peace shall immediately commit him to the county jail, to be there
confined until said fines and costs are paid in full.
Ibid.
6. It shall be the duty of all the bailiffs and constables in the
several towns and election districts in said county, to arrest forth-
with all persons whom they may see or hear of violating any of
the provisions of any of the preceding sections and to take them
before the nearest justice of the peace in said county, to be dealt
with according to law.
1886, ch. 76. 1888, ch. 149
7. No person, corporation or company shall at any time kill,
or expose for sale, transport or have in possession, any partridge
or quail, after the same has been killed, for any purpose except
for consumption as food, within Wicomico or Worcester counties,
nor kill, expose for sale, or have in possession, any of the above
named game with the intention of sending or transporting, or
having the same sent or transported, beyond the limits of said
counties; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent
the barter or sale of such game for home consumption only by
residents of said counties within the limits of said counties.
1888, ch. 149.
8. Any person violating any of the provisions of the preceding
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof before any justice of the peace of Wicomico or
Worcester counties, as the case may be, or before the circuit court
for either of said counties, having jurisdiction, shall be fined not
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