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Chapter 273.
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AN ACT to protect a class of small birds known as
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Song or insectivorous birds in Worcester county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That it shall be unlawful here-
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after for any person at any time to trap or capture,
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shoot or otherwise kill, or injure, or pursue with such
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intent any of the following named birds within the
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limits of Worcester county, viz: Blue-bird, thrush,
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Not to kill or
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martin, mocking-bird, swallow, oriole, red-bird, cat-
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injure.
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bird, sparrow, whipporwill, wren, pewit, goldfinch,
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sapsucker, ground-robin, hanging-bird, or wood-
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pecker, or any song or insectivorous birds; provided
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that nothing contained in this act shall be so con-
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strued as to prevent the killing or capture of crows,
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blackbirds or birds of prey.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be un-
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Not to destroy
eggs.
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lawful for any person knowingly and unnecessarily
to destroy or disturb the eggs of any of the birds
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protected by the provisions of this act.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That any person viola-
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ting any of the provisions of this act shall, on con-
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viction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than
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two dollars and not more than ten dollars for each
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offence, with costs of prosecution; and all prosecu-
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tions under this act shall be in the name of the State
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Fine for vio-
lation.
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before a justice of the peace of the election district
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in which such violation may occur; and all fines,
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when collected under this act, one half thereof shall
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be paid to the informer and the other half to the
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county commissioners of said county, to be applied
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by them to the support of the public schools of said
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county.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the possession by
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any person within said county of any of the birds
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