ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 158.

AN ACT to repeal chapter three hundred and ninety-

five of the acts passed at the January session, eigh-

teen hundred and eighty-two, entitled " An act for

the protection of Partridges,Woodcock and Rabbits,

and to prevent trespassing with gun or dog on pri-

vate property in Queen Anne's county," and to re-

enact the same with amendments so far only as said

county is concerned.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That chapter three hundred and ninety-

five of the acts passed at the January session, eighteen

hundred and eighty- two, entitled "An act for the pro-

Repealed and
re-enacted.

tection of partridges, woodcock and rabbits, and to

prevent trespassing with dog and gun on private prop-

erty in Queen Anne's county, be and the same is hereby

repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person or persons in Queen Anne's

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

any partridges or quail in said county, between the

second day of December and the first day of Novem-

When unlawful
to shoot, &c.

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 rabbits between the

twenty-fourth day of December and the first day of

November 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 before any

justice of the peace for said county shall pay a fine

Penalty for
violation.

of five dollars for each and every partridge, woodcock

or rabbit shot or taken, one-half of said fine to be

paid to the informer, and the remainder as hereafter

directed, and on failure to pay said fine shall be lodged

in the county jail for ten days.

SEC. 4. B e it further enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person not a bona fide resident of said

county to shoot or trap any partridges, woodcock, rab-

Must obtain li-
cense to school,

bits or any other wild game in this said county, without

&c.

having first obtained from the clerk of the circuit court