228 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 130

Any person may and it shall be the duty of any deputy
game warden or other officer of this State to humanely de-
stroy any cat found hunting or killing any bird or animal
protected by law and no action for damages shall be main-
tained for such killing.

(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for
sale, purchase or offer to purchase, barter, exchange or buy
at any time within the State of Maryland, any bob-white
or partridge (quail); English Ring-neck, Mongolian
or Melanistic Mutant pheasant or any other imported
species; native pheasant; ruffed grouse, cotton-tail rab-
bit, wild turkey or wild water fowl either dead or
alive, whether same are caught or killed within the State
of Maryland or in any other State, territory or country,
except live game may be purchased and kept in captivity
for propagation purposes only, upon securing a permit from
the Game Warden.

(h) Provided, however, nothing contained in this sec-
tion shall prohibit the person lawfully killing a rabbit from
selling same to a consumer in the county where said rabbit
was killed for food; however, same shall not be offered for
re-sale, transported or shipped beyond the confines of said
county in which said rabbit was killed, except as provided
in Paragraph A of Section 22 of Article 99. Provided,
however, nothing herein shall prohibit the sale of rabbits
in Baltimore City shipped into said city from points outside
of this State. And be it further provided it shall be lawful
to ship rabbits during open season for killing of same out
of Garrett County to Baltimore City for sale.

Section 29. Certificates may be granted by the Game
Warden to any properly accredited person of the age of
twenty-one years or upwards, permitting the holder thereof
to collect birds, their nests or eggs, also fur-bearing ani-
mals, for strictly scientific purposes only. In order to ob-
tain such certificate the applicant for the same must present
to the Game Warden written testimonials from two well-
known ornithologists, certifying to the good character and
fitness of said applicant to be entrusted with such privilege,
and must pay to said officer One Dollar ($1. 00) to defray
the necessary expenses attending the granting of such cer-
tificate, the balance to be paid to the State Game Protection
Fund. On proof that the holder of such certificate has
captured, or killed any bird or fur-bearing animal, or taken
the nest or eggs of any bird for other than scientific pur-
poses, the certificate shall become void.