282 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 197
CHAPTER 196.
(House Bill 44)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
38 of Article 99 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement) , title "Birds, Game and Inland Water
Fish", sub-title "Water Fowl and Migratory Birds", making
it lawful to keep wild water fowl for ninety days after the
close of the season, and correcting an error.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 38 of Article 99 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Birds, Game and
Inland Water Fish," sub-title "Water Fowl and Migratory
Birds," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

38. (Open Season). It shall be unlawful to hunt any
wild waterfowl within the limits of the State of Maryland
between the first day of February and the thirty-first day
of October in each and every year, both dates, inclusive,
and. it shall be further unlawful to have in possession any
dead wild water fowl 90 days after the close of the season to
be used as food, provided such fowl is drawn and plucked, and
it shall be unlawful to hunt any of the game birds herein men-
tioned on Sunday.

It shall be unlawful to hunt wild water fowl at any time
or in any manner on either the land or the waters within the
boundary lines of the Blackwater Migratory Birds Refuge
located in Dorchester County or to hunt wild water fowl
on either land or water from a blind or otherwise within 100
yards of the boundary lines of said refuge.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 29, 1947.

CHAPTER 197.
(House Bill 48)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
37, 40, 41 and 44 of Article 88A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1943 Supplement), title