172 WILD FOWL. ART. 99.

fide resident of the State of Maryland shall be entitled to have
a license to push or paddle issued to him by the clerk of the
court; any person who violates the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof in the circuit court or before any justice of the peace
of the State of Maryland, in and for any of the counties border-
ing on said river, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than fifty dollars for each offense, and the cost of the
proceedings, one-half of the said fine to go to the informer, if
any, and the half or the whole, as the case may be, to the
board of county school commissioners in the county wherein
said offense was tried, for the benefit of the public schools
thereof, and upon the failure to pay such fine and costs the
offender shall be committed by the court or justice of the peace
who imposed said fine to the county jail, in the county wherein
said offense was tried, for a period not less than ten days nor
more than two months.

1904, ch. 509. 1906, ch. 471 1/2, sec. 4.

54. It shall not be lawful for any person, whether resident
or non-resident of the State of Maryland, to shoot or trap any
wild goose or wild duck on the Patuxent river, its tributaries
or its marshes, between the fifteenth day of April and the first
day of November following, both days inclusive, in each and
every year, or any ortolan, rail or reed bird, between the first
day of January and the first day of September, both days inclu-
sive, in each and every year, or to have in his possession in any
of the counties bordering on said river any of the above named
birds or wild fowl, during the closed season for the same,
respectively, provided by this section; and any person con-
victed in the circuit court or before any justice of the peace
of the State of Maryland, in and for any of the counties bor-
dering on said river, of a violation of this section, shall pay a
fine of five dollars for each and every wild goose, wild duck,
ortolan, rail or reed bird killed by him or found in his posses-
sion, one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer, if any,
and the remainder or the whole, as the case may be, to the
board of county school commissioners of the county in which
the trial is had, for the use of the public schools thereof, after
deducting all cost incident to such trial and conviction; and on
the failure to pay such fine such offender shall be committed