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under the size of six inches upon the bottom shell, to be col-
lected as is provided for the collection of the other fines and
penalties imposed by said sub-title "Fish" of this article.

WILD FOWL.

1880, Ch. 176.

187. It shall not be lawful for any person not actual residents
of Charles, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's and St.
Mary's counties, to shoot or trap upon the waters of the Patuxent
river, its tributaries, or the marshes bordering upon the same, any
goose, duck, snipe, ortolan or other wild fowl.

Ibid.

188. Any person who may be found violating the provisions
of the preceding section, shall, upon conviction thereof before a
justice of the peace of the county wherein the offence was com-
mitted, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, for the first offence, and not less than twenty-five nor
more than one hundred dollars for each and any subsequent
offence; and the boat, gun, ammunition, and all other property
found in the possession or use of such person at the time of the
arrest, shall be held until such fine is paid, one-half of said fine to
go to the informer, the other half to the school fund of the county
in which the offence shall be committed.

1888. ch. 362

189. It shall not be lawful for any person not a bona fide
resident of said county or corporation, to shoot or kill any wild
water-fowl in or on any river, stream, creek, or any of the tribu-
taries of the Potomac river within the limits of Charles county,
without having first obtained a license from the clerk of the cir-
cuit court for said county permitting the person named therein to
shoot or Mil said wild water-fowl for a period of twelve months
from the date of the issuing of such license; and the person
named therein shall pay to the said clerk for said license the sum,
of twenty-five dollars, which amount shall be turned over to the
board of school .commissioners by the said clerk for the use of
the public schools of said county, and fifty cents to the clerk for
his fee for issuing the said license.
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