ART. 99] BIRDS AND GAME—OFFENSES. 2111

that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to make
it unlawful to shoot, catch or kill, or in any manner destroy
at any time any hawk or other birds destructive to domestic
poultry, or any English sparrow, or crow or blackbird; pro-
vided that this section shall not apply to St. Mary's county
and Calvert county; provided that it shall be lawful to have
mocking birds or red birds, or other song birds in cages or
stuffed specimens of any said birds in educational institutions,
or public or private museums.

1888, ch. 206, sec. 15 J.

22. No person shall at any time, in this State shoot at or
kill any of the birds or game animals permitted to be shot or
killed under this sub-title, with any other kind of gun than
such as is habitually raised at arm's length from the shoulder,
under a penalty of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than
twenty-five ($25) dollars for every such bird or game animal
so shot at or killed, and under a further penalty of not less
than fifty ($50) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dol-
lars for each offense, and every gun which is not so habitually
fired from the shoulder, as aforesaid, shall be liable to seizure
by any State or county officer authorized to execute warrants
and the forfeiture and destruction by any justice of the peace
before whom such gun shall be produced.

Ibid. sec. 15 K.

23. No person shall in this State at any time shoot at or in
any manner kill or catch, in the night time, any of the birds
mentioned in the preceding sections of this sub-title under a
penalty of not less than one ($1) dollar, nor more than twenty-
five ($25) dollars for each bird so killed or caught; and if at
the trial it shall be proved that the person charged with shoot-
ing at or killing said birds in the night time was at or about
the place where the shot was fired, and that he had a gun in
his possession on the night in question, in the vicinity where
such shooting occurred, either prior to or at the time of or
after the shooting, such fact shall be deemed prima fade
evidence of his having violated the provisions of this section.

Ibid. sec. 15 L.

24. No person shall in this State at any time use or have
in his possession, or sell or dispose of in any manner any big
or swivel gun, with the intent or for the purpose of shooting
at or killing wild ducks, wild geese, wild swan, wild brant or