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to produce to him a license secured in accordance with the pro-
visions of the aforegoing section; and any person so pushing,
paddling or conveying any other person not a bona fide resident
of the State of Maryland without having first caused to be pro-
duced to him the license of said non-resident intending to hunt,
kill or trap as aforesaid, obtained in, accordance with the pre-
ceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace of the
State of Maryland, in and for any of the counties bordering on
said river, shall be fined not less than ten dollars or more than
thirty dollars for each offense and the costs of the proceedings;

and upon the failure of the said person so convicted to pay
said fine and costs the boats so used and the fixtures thereof
shall be condemned by the justice of the peace who imposed
said fine and costs, and the same shall be sold for the payment
of said fine and costs, under execution issued by said justice of
the peace to the sheriff of the county wherein said trial shall
have been held; one-half of the money from such fine or con-
demnation and sale shall be paid to the informer, if any, and
the whole or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to the
board of county school commissioners of the county wherein
said person was tried and convicted, for the use of the public
schools thereof, after deducting therefrom all costs incident to
such arrest, trial and conviction.

1904, ch. 609. 1906, ch. 471 1/2, sec. 3.

53. No person shall push, paddle or convey on the waters
of the Patuxent river or its tributaries, or marshes of said river
or tributaries any person or persons for the purpose of shoot-
ing any ortolan, rail or reed bird, duck or goose without first
obtaining a license from the clerk of the court of the county in
which he resides, for which he shall pay the sum of two dollars
and fifty cents, two dollars of which sum shall be paid to the
board of school commissioners for the use of the schools of the
county, and fifty cents to be retained by the clerk of the court
as his fee for issuing such license; such license to expire at
the end of one year from the date of its issue; every person
obtaining such license shall be given a number, which number
shall be painted on the outside of any boat or skiff used for
the purpose of pushing or paddling, in figures not less than
one and one-half inches high, and of such a character and
color that the same may be easily read. No person not a bona