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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 120.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact section one of the

act of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chap-

ter two hundred and ten, entitled " An act for the

protection of partridges, pheasants, rabbits, wood-

cock and rail-bird, and to prevent trespassing

with dog or gun on private property in Cecil and

Harford counties."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That section one of the act of

eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chapter two

hundred and ten, entitled " An act for the protection

Repealed.

of partridges, pheasants, rabbits, woodcock and rail-

bird, and to prevent trespassing with dog or gun

on private property in Cecil and Harford counties,"

be and the same is hereby repealed and re enacted

so as to read as follows:

1. That it shall not be lawful to shoot, trap, kill

or in any manner destroy or expose for sale any part-
ridges or rabbits in Cecil county between the twenty-

sixth day of December and the first day of Novem-

ber; and in Harford county between the twenty-sixth
day of December and the fifteenth day of October;

nor any woodcock between the first day of January

Not lawful to

and the tenth day of June, nor any rail-bird or pheas-

shoot, &c.

ants between the first day of January and the tenth

day of September in each and every year, in either

of said counties; and the possession of any of the

birds or game mentioned in this section, during the

prohibited periods, shall be deemed prima facie evi-

dence against such person of a violation of this act,

except when it may appear that such birds or game

are for breeding purposes.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.