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or deputy to give a certificate of the number of cords
contained in each lot.
SEC. 2. And le it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 29, 1878.
CHAPTER 184.
AN ACT to prevent the hunting or in any way tak-
ing, killing or destroying terrapin or terrapin eggs
in Anne Arundel county, or in the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay adjacent thereto, from the tenth
day of May to the fifteenth day of October in any
year.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly
of Maryland, That no person shall hunt, take, kill or destroy in any manner within the limits of Anne Arundel county, or in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay adjacent to said county in this State, any terra- pins or terrapin eggs from the first day of May to	No person shall hunt, &c. terrapins or terrapin eggs.
the fifteenth day of October in any year.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That if any person shall
hunt, take, kill or destroy in any manner terrapins
or terrapin eggs from the first day of May to the fif-
teenth day of October in any year, contrary to the
provisions of this act, such person shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace for said county, shall be	Penalty.
punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty dollars, one-half thereof to the
informer and the other half to the school fund for
Anne Arundel County.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the possession by
any person of any terrapins or terrapin eggs during the time prohibited by this act, shall be prima facia	Evidence to convict.
evidence of the violation of this act by said person.