WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 464.

AN ACT to repeal chapter one hundred and forty-

two of the acts passed at the January session,

eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled " An

act for the protection of partridges, and to pre-

vent trespassing with dog or gun on private

property in Caroline county, and to re-enact the

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same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That chapter one hundred and forty-

two of the acts passed at the January session,

eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled " An

Repealed and

act for the protection of partridges, and to pre-

re-enacted.

vent trespassing with dog or gun on private prop-

erty in Caroline county, be and the same is hereby

repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person or persons in Caroline

county to shoot, kill, catch, or in any way entrap,

any partridges or quail in said county, between the

first day of February and the first day of Novem-

ber in each and every year; nor any woodcock

between the first day of February and the fourth

day of July in each and every year; nor any wild

ducks between the first day of April and the

When unlaw-
ful.

tenth day of September in each and every year;

nor any sora or water rail between the first day

of January and the twentieth day of September

in each and every year; nor any rabbits between

the first day of January and the first day of

November in each and every year; nor any musk-

rats between the fifteenth day of March and the

first day of December in each and every year.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That any person or

persons violating any of the provisions of the pre-

ceding section of this act shall be deemed guilty

of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof be-

fore any justice of the peace for said county shall

Penalty for
violation.

pay a fine of five dollars for each and every part-

ridge, quail, woodcock, wild duck, sora or water

rail, rabbit or muskrat so shot or taken; one-half

of said fine to be paid to the informer and the re-