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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 76.

AN act to repeal section two hundred and two of

article three of the Code of Public Local Laws, en-

titled " Baltimore county," sub-title "Wild Fowls,"

and to repeal and re-enact section one hundred

and ninety-eight of article three of the Code of

Public Local Laws, entitled " Baltimore county,"

sub-title "Wild Fowls."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That section two hundred and two of

article three of the Code of Public Local Laws, en-

titled "Baltimore county," sub-title "Wild Fowl," be

Repealed and
re-enacted.

and the same is hereby repealed, and that section
one hundred and ninety-eight of the said article

three, entitled "Baltimore county," sub-title "Wild

Fowl," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-

enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 198. If any person shall use any sink-boats,

sneak-boats or floats, in any of the waters of Bal-

more county, save and except the waters commonly

Shooting or

called Spring Gardens, for the purpose of and while

killing wild

engaged in shooting at or killing wild ducks, or

ducks

other wild fowl, each person engaged therein, di-

rectly or indirectly, shall be subject to a penalty or

Penalty.

fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one

hundred dollars, and for shooting at or killing wild

ducks or other wild fowl in any manner in the night

time, each person engaged therein, either directly or

Penalty.

indirectly, shall be subject to a penalty or fine of

fifty dollars for the first offence, and not more than

one hundred for every offence after the first, and

any person or persons upon whom any of the said

fines are imposed, in default of paying the same

Committed

shall be committed to jail for not more than thirty

to jail

days, or until discharged by due course of law for

each offence ; and all things hereinafter enumerated

found in the possession of any person or persons at the
time of violating this section, shall be forfeited, that

is to say, that all sink-boats, sneak-boats, crafts,

floats and boats, the gun or guns, and all other prop-

erty found in the possession of such person or per-