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(a) The certificates authorized by this section shall ex-
pire on the 31st day of December of the year issued, and
shall not be transferable.

Section 34. The Game Warden is authorized to grant
permits to bona fide Field Trials Clubs and Associations to
hold field trials with raccoon or opossum, bird or rabbit
dogs in this State any time during the closed season, under
such rules and regulations as may be adopted by said Game
Warden safe-guarding the interest of the wild-life in this
State.

Section 35. It shall be unlawful to hold field trials with
dogs in this State during any closed hunting season, unless
permission to do so is granted by the Game Warden, and
any Club or association holding a field trial during any
closed hunting season, shall not be allowed to shoot, or
shoot at any game of any species, which are protected by
law.

Any person or persons owning any raccoon or opossum,
bird or rabbit dog or dogs, who desires to train said dog
or dogs during any closed hunting season for the purpose
of entering said dog or dogs in any field trial must secure
a permit by applying to the Game Warden to train said dog
or dogs during any closed hunting season.

Section 38 (a) It shall be unlawful to hunt any wild
duck, goose, swan or brant 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 such wild duck, goose, swan or brant be-
tween the tenth day of February and the thirty-first day
of October in each and every year, and it shall be unlawful
to hunt any of the game birds herein mentioned on Sunday.
Provided, however, it shall be unlawful to hunt wild water
fowl on the waters of the Magothy River and its tributaries
in Anne Arundel County on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-
days during the months of November and December.

And be it further provided that 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 Bird Refuge located in Dorches-
ter 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.