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Chapter 198.
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AN ACT to protect the Gray and Fox Squirrels in
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Frederick county, Maryland.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for any
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person or persons to shoot or trap gray or fox squirrels
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from the twentieth day of December to' the fifteenth
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When unlaw-
ful.
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day of June of each and every year; and if any
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person or persons shall be found guilty of violation of
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said act, by shooting or trapping either gray or fox
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squirrels, between the twentieth day of December and
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the fifteenth of June, shall, upon conviction thereof,
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pay a fine of not less than five dollars for each and
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every squirrel killed, for the first offence, or upon
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failure or refusal of the party to pay said fine, then to
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Fine for viola-
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be committed to the county jail for a period not
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tion.
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exceeding ten days; and for each and every such
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offence, after the first, such party shall be subject to a
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fine of not less than ten dollars for each squirrel
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killed, or upon failure or refusal to pay said fine to be
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committed to the county jail for a period of not less
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than twenty days; the right of appeal, however, shall
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not be denied any person or persons adjudged guilty.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That one half such fine
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so collected shall go to the informer, and the other one
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Fines — how
disposed of.
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half shall be turned over to the general school fund
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for educational purposes.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
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Effective.
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effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 8, 1884.
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