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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 465.

AN ACT for the better protection of partridges

in Carroll county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for any

person or persons in Carroll county to shoot, kill

or in any manner destroy or trap any partridge or

When unlaw-
ful.

partridges at any time between the date of the

passage of this act and the first day of November,

eighteen hundred and eighty-four; nor shall any

person during such period destroy or molest the

eggs or nests of said birds in said county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person vio-

lating the preceding section or any of its provi-

sions shall pay a fine of ten dollars for each and

every partridge so shot, killed, destroyed or in

any manner caught or trapped, or for any eggs or

nests so molested or destroyed, said fine or fines

to be recovered before a justice of the peace of

said county or by indictment in the circuit court

Penalty for

of said county, and in default of payment of the

violation.

fine or fines imposed hereunder, the offender shall

be committed to jail for not more than thirty days

for each offence, and the non-payment of each

and every fine shall be considered a separate

offence within the meaning hereof; one-half of all

said fines shall go to the informer, and the re-

mainder to the county commissioners of said

county, to be placed to the credit of the school

fund of said county.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the possession,

by any person within said county, of any part-

What consti-
tutes evidence

ridge or partridges mentioned in this act as shot,
killed, destroyed or trapped shall be prima facie

evidence of the commission of such offence as

aforesaid.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.