702 CARROLL COUNTY. [ART. 7.

be so construed as to prevent any person from killing the birds
mentioned herein when found upon his own premises.

1872, ch 341.

12. The possession by any person within the county of any of
the above named birds, shot, trapped, killed or otherwise destroyed,
shall be prima fade evidence of a violation of the preceding
section.

Ibid.

13. No person shall at any time during the year wilfully
destroy the eggs or nests of any of the above-named birds within
the county, under the penalty of two dollars for each and every
offence.

Ibid

14. The said fines shall go, one-half to the use of the school fund

of the county, and the other half to the use of .the informer; and
if the offender, after being convicted, shall refuse to pay the said
fines, he shall be committed to the jail of the county for every
such offence for the space of ten days; provided, however, that
such conviction shall be made within sixty days after the commis-
sion of the offence.

Ibid.

15. It shall be the duty of the constables and bailiffs of the

several election districts of the county, to arrest all persons whom
they see violating sections 11,12, or 13, and take them before the
nearest justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law.

CIRCUIT COURT.

1865, ch. 2.

16. The terms of the circuit court for Carroll county shall
commence and be held at Westminster on the second Monday in
May and the second Monday in November, respectively, and writs

of process shall be made returnable accordingly.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 7, sec. 8.

17. The judges of the circuit court may, in their discretion,
appoint intermediate terms for the transaction of equity or other
business, not requiring a jury, to which process may also be
returnable.