184 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 122

land (1943 Supplement), title "Birds, Game and Inland
Water Fish", sub-title "Hunters' License", Section 20
having been amended by Chapter 586' of the Acts of 1945,
revising and clarifying the provisions of said sections and
eliminating certain unnecessary provisions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 15, 17 and 20 of Article 99 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Birds, Game
and Inland Water Fish", sub-title "Hunters' License", Sec-
tion 20 having been amended by Chapter 586 of the Acts of
1945, be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

15. (How and Where Obtained.) (a) For the purpose
of providing a fund for the payment of the expense of pro-
tecting and propagating certain birds and animals, and pre-
venting unauthorized persons from killing the same, no per-
son or persons shall at any time hunt, pursue, catch, kill,
trap, shoot, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, or
shoot in any manner any game birds or animals without first
having procured a license, except as provided in Section 17,
so to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot, or attempt to
hunt, catch, kill, trap, or shoot, and then only during the
respective periods of the year when it shall be lawful to
hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot, or attempt to hunt,
pursue, catch, kill, trap, or shoot said birds and animals.
The said license shall be procured from the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of any County, or from the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, and in addition thereto
may be procured from such agent as the State Game Warden
may appoint, on forms prepared and supplied by him in the
following manner, to wit:

(b) The applicant shall fill out, sign, and forward to the
Clerk of the Court a blank application to be furnished by
the Game Warden through the Clerks of said Courts, or
Agents, stating the name, age, color, height, color of eyes
and hair, occupation, and place of residence of the applicant;
application for any such license may be made through the
mails. The applicant, if a non-resident of the State of Mary-
land, shall pay to the Clerk of the Court or Agent in which
he files his or her application, the sum of Fifteen Dollars and
Fifty Cents (|15.50) as a license fee. The applicant, if a
non-resident of the State of Maryland, shall pay the Clerk
of the Court or Agent with whom he files his or her appli-
cation the sum of Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($5.50) as
a license fee for a short-term non-resident license valid for
the hunting of wild waterfowl only, which license shall be