ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 164.

AN ACT to prevent the landing of Sunday excursion parties from

steamboats or other vessels at Galesville on West river, in Anne

Arundel county, or within two miles thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Maryland,

That it shall he unlawful for the captain, owner or any person

in charge of any steamboat or other vessel to land any excursion

party at Galesville, on West river, in Anne Arundel county, or

within two miles thereof, on the Sabbath day, commonly called

Sunday; and any person so offending shall, upon conviction
thereof in the circuit court, or before any justice of the peace of

said county, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more

than two hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution,

and shall stand committed until such fine and costs be paid; pro-

Unlawful

vided, that any person so convicted before any justice of the peace

as aforesaid, shall in any such case have the right of appeal to

the circuit court at any time within sixty days after such con-

viction; and upon the trial of such appeal the court shall have

the right to amend the warrant or any of the proceedings before

the justice of the peace so as to bring the case to trial on its

merits; provided, that no new offense shall be charged; and in

case such an amendment shall work a surprise to the defendant

he shall have further time to prepare for trial, as the court shall

direct.

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

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 22, 1890.

CHAPTER 165.

AN ACT to repeal sections fifty-five and fifty-seven, of article

sixteen, of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State of

Maryland, title "Montgomery county," sub-title "Birds and

Game," and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That sections fifty-five and fifty-seven, of article sixteen, of the

Repeal.

Code of Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Mont-

gomery county," sub-title "Birds and Game," be and the same

are hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

55. No person shall trap, shoot or in any manner catch, kill

or take any partridge in Montgomery county between the fifteenth

day of December and the first day of November; nor any wood-