612 WILD FOWL, BIRDS AND GAME. [ART. 99

1898, ch. 206.

15 P. Any person in this State above the age of eighteen
years, engaged in the killing of birds or mammals, "or the collect-
ing of eggs for purely scientific purposes, shall be exempt from
the provisions of this sub title, provided that said person shall
first obtain a certificate in writing from the State game warden
to the effect that such person is engaged in the scientific study of
ornithology or mammalogy; and to obtain such certificate, such
person must first file with the State game warden an application
and an affidavit to the truth and bona -fides thereof, made by the
person requesting the same, and taken before any officer author-
ized to administer an oath in this State, which application and
affidavit shall be retained and kept on file by said State game
warden; but the possession of such birds, or their eggs or mam-
mals without certificate, during any of the aforesaid dates,
between which, it is hereinbefore made unlawful to shoot and
collect the same, shall in all cases \>Q prima facie evidence against
such person.

Ibid.

15 Q. The justices of the peace of this State, in and for the
city or county wherein the offense shall be committed shall have
jurisdiction to hear and determine all prosecutions for the pur-
pose of enforcing fines and penalties, collectible under the pro-
visions of this sub-title, and all such fines and penalties are hereby
expressly made subject to the provisions of section 25 of this
article, and in all cases where such prosecutions are begun or
instituted by any person other than the State game warden or
one of the deputy game wardens of this State, and shall result
in the collection of a fine or fines, then one-half of such fine or
fines, after the proper court costs or magistrate's costs in the trial
and decision of the case shall have been paid, shall be paid to
the informer, and the other half to the school fund of the city
or county in which said prosecution is conducted.

Ibid.

15 B. All acts or parts of acts and all sections and parts of
sections of the code, both of general and local laws, now in
force in the State of Maryland, inconsistent with the provisions
of this sub-title are hereby repealed; provided, nothing in this