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	missioners of Baltimore county be and they are au-	Authorized
	thorized and empowered to dispose of the Maryland Defence Loan bonds owned by Baltimore county,	to dispose of lands.
	and reinvest the same, or as much thereof as may
	be required, to purchase a piece of land adjoining
	the Baltimore county almshouse property ; provided
	the said county commissioners consider the same
	necessary, and for the public interest, the balance
	remaining from the sale of said bonds to be passed
	to the credit of the levy of eighteen hundred and
	eighty.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	effect from and after the date of its passage.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 176.
	AN ACT for the better protection of wild fowl
	upon the waters of the Patuxent River and its
	tributaries.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for
	any person or persons to shoot or trap upon the
	waters of the Patuxent River, its tributaries, or the	Unlawful to
	marshes bordering upon the same, any goose, duck,	kill ducks, &c
	snipe, ortolan or any other wild fowl ; provided this
	act shall not apply to the actual residents of Anne
	Arundel, Prince George, St. Mary's, Charles and
	Calvert counties.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or
	persons who may be found violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof before a
	justice of the peace of the county wherein the offence was committed, be fined not less than ten dollars,	Penalty for violation.
	nor more than fifty dollars for the first offence, and
	not less than twenty-five nor more than one hun-
	dred dollars for each and any subsequent offence,
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