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	any artificial light, any "wildfowl" in the waters
	of Talbot county, nor shall any " wild fowl" be cap-
	tured by nets or traps of any kind, in the waters of
	said county, at any time.
	SEC. 4. The violation of section second and third
	of this act is a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
	thereof before a justice of the peace of said county,
	the offender shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
	nor more than one hundred dollars, and the boat,
	gun and other apparatus used shall be confiscated	Penalty for
	and sold at public auction, one-half of said fine to go	violation.
	to the informer, and the officer making the arrest to
	be entitled to a fee of ten dollars upon the sale of
	said gun, boat and apparatus, as aforesaid ; the bal-
	ance of the fine and proceeds of said sale shall go to
	the County Commissioners of Talbot county, for use
	of said county.
	SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall	Effective.
	take effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 178.
	AN ACT to provide for the copying or transcribing
	a docket in the office of the register of wills for
	Montgomery county.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the register of wills for
	Montgomery county be and he is hereby authorized
	and empowered, if, in the opinion of the Orphans'
	Court of said county it is necessary for the preser-	Obtain suita-
	vation of the docket of said court and the require-	ble docket.
	ments of the public interest, to obtain a suitable
	docket, and to copy and transcribe therein the con-
	tents of the docket in the office of said register of
	wills, embracing the appointments of all executors,
	administrators and guardians from the year eighteen