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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

between the first day of January and the fifteenth

day of August ; nor any rabbit between the fifteenth

day of January and the fifteenth day of October ;

nor shall any person trap any partridge or destroy
or molest the eggs or nests of the said birds at any

time in said county.

SECTION 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That any person violating the pre-

Penalty for

ceding section shall pay a fine of ten dollars for each

violation.

and every partridge, woodcock, pheasant or rabbit

shot, or in any manner caught, killed, or in their

possession, or for any partridge trapped, or for any

eggs or nests molested or destroyed, contrary to the

preceding section; said fines to be recovered before

a justice of the peace of the said county, or by in-

dictment in the Circuit Court of said county, and in

default of payment of fine or fines imposed here-

under, the offender shall be committed to jail for

not more than thirty days for each offence, and the

non-payment of each and every fine shall be con-

Fines and
penalties.

sidered a separate offence within the meaning hereof,
and in addition to the said fines, the gun or other

shooting apparatus, the net or nets, ammunition and

accoutrements in the possession of the offender at

the time shall be condemned as forfeited, and be

sold by any constable of said county after five days'

notice of said sale ; one-half of all said fines, and of

the proceeds of any such sale, shall go to the in-

former, and the balance to the County Commission-

ers of said county.

Approved April — , 1878.