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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tween the first day of November and the fifteenth day

of the following January; quail and partridges, be-

tween the twentieth day of October and the twenty-

fifth day of December; but it shall not be lawful to

use ferrets to hunt or kill rabbits at any time.

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

ful to sell, or attempt to sell, any pheasants, part-

ridges, wild turkeys, deer, squirrels or rabbits, at any

Unlawful to

season of the year, that may have been shot, killed or

sell.

entrapped in Washington county; nor shall it be law-

ful for any one to ship, for the purpose of selling else-

where, any pheasant, partridge, wild turkey, deer,

squirrel or rabbit.

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

any person within the said county, of any woodcock,

What consti-

pheasant, partridge, wild turkey, dove, deer or fawn,

tutes prima fa-

killed out of season, as provided in section one of this

act, or the possession, by any express or transportation

company, of such birds or game out of season, shall

be prima facie evidence to convict under this act.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person offend-

ing against any of the provisious of this act shall be

deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-

tion thereof, before a justice of the peace of said

county, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less

than ten nor more than twenty dollars, and upon fail-

Penalty for vio-

ure to pay the same shall be committed to jail for not

lation.

less than ten nor more than twenty days; one-half of

said fine to go to the informer, and the other half to

the school fund of the county; provided that the party

charged shall be entitled to demand a jury trial before

the case is heard by the justice of the peace, and upon

such demand shall be recognized to appear at the next

term of the circuit court.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all laws or parts of

Inconsistencies

laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act be

repeated.

and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved March 27, 1884.