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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Punishments," and that said chapter twenty-four of

the acts passed at January session, eighteen hundred

and eighty, entitled "An act to amend section forty-

two, sub-title 'Drunkards,' of article thirty of the Code

of Public General Laws of this state, title ' Crimes

and Punishments,' " and to re-enact the same as

How far re-
pealed.

amended under the sub-title of " Drunkenness," be

and the same is hereby repealed, so far as it applies to

Frederick county and said section forty-two, sub-title

" Drunkards," of article thirty of the Code of Public

General Laws of this state, title " Crimes and Punish-

ments," be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as

it applies to Frederick county.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 313.

AN ACT for the further protection of Wild Game

and Wild Fowl in Worcester county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That no person, corporation or com-

pany, shall at any time kill, or expose for sale, trans-

port or have in possession, any quail or partridge,

woodcock, Wilson or English snipe, English or French

mocking bird, rabbit, wild duck, wild goose, brant or

Neither kill

swan, after the same has been killed, for any purpose,

nor expose for

except for consumption as food within Worcester

sale, partridges
&c.

county; nor kill, expose for sale or have in possession,

any of the above named game, with the intention of

sending or transporting, or having the same sent or

transported beyond the limits of said county; pro-

vided that nothing herein shall prevent the barter or

sale of such game and wild fowl, for home consump-

tion only, by residents of said county within the limits

of said county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person, acting

in his individual capacity, or as the agent or employee

Penalty for

violation.

of any other person or company, violating any of the

provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor, and shall likewise be subject to a pen-