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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 294.

AN ACT to encourage the destruction of hawks and

owls and foxes in Saint Mary's county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That any person killing any hen-hawk,

partridge-hawk, owl or fox within the limits of Saint

Bounty,

Mary's county, shall be entitled to receive a bounty

of twenty-five cents for each and every hawk and

owl, and fifty cents for each and every fox so killed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That to obtain said

bounty, it shall be necessary for the person killing

said hen-hawk, partridge-hawk or owl or fox to pro-

duce the head or heads of such hawk or owl, and

the brush of said fox, before some justice of the peace

for Saint Mary's county, and at the same time make

Necessary to

oath that the Bald hawk or owl or fox was killed

produce.

within the limits of the said county, and within

thirty days before the production of said head or

heads, or brush, before the justice, and thereupon the
said justice shall give a certificate of the production

of the said head or heads, or brush, before him, and

the taking of said oath, and it shall be the duty of

the said justice to destroy the said head or heads, or

brush, so as to prevent a second allowance upon the

same.

SEC. 3. And le it enacted, That upon the produc-

tion of the said justice's certificate before the County

Commissioners of Saint Mary's county, the said com-

Authorized
to levy.

missioners are hereby authorized and directed to levy
upon the assessable property of Saint Mary's county
a sum sufficient for the aforesaid bounties, for the

use of the persons producing the same, and the col-

lector of the taxes shall collect and pay the same

accordingly.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.