ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 31.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact the act of eighteen

hundred and eighty, chapter one hundred and

twenty, which repealed and re-enacted section one

of the act of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,

chapter two hundred and ten, entitled "An act for

the protection of partridges, pheasants, rabbits,

woodcock and rail birds, and to prevent trespassing

with dog or gun on private property in Cecil and

Harford counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the act of eighteen

hundred and eighty, chapter one hundred and twenty,

which repealed and re-enacted section one of the act

of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chapter two

Repealed and

hundred and ten, entitled "An act for the protection

re-enacted.

of partridges, pheasants, rabbits, woodcock and rail

birds, and to prevent trespassing with dog or gun on

private property in Cecil and Harford counties," be

and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as

to read as follows :

That it shall not be lawful to shoot, trap, kill or in

any manner destroy, or expose for sale, any partridges

or rabbits, in Cecil county, between the second day of

When unlawful

January and the fifteenth day of October, and in

Harford county between the twenty-sixth day of De-

cember and the fifteenth day of October; nor any

woodcock between the first day of January and the

tenth day of June, nor any rail bird or pheasants be-

tween the first day of February and the first day of

September, in each and every year, in either of said

counties; and the possession of any of the birds or

Prima facie

game mentioned in this section during the prohibited

evidence.

periods shall be deemed prima facie evidence against

such persons of a violation of this act, except when

it may appear that such birds or game are for breeding

purposes.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 4, 1884.