ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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quired by the commissioners aforesaid, and he shall

famish the statement so made to the said commis-

sioners at least ten days before the day upon which

they shall determine and order the annual levy for the

Certify under
oath.

county; and that it thereupon shall be the duty of

said commissioners to place on the said levy, for the

use and benefit of said clerk, such an amount of mon-

eys as he shall be entitled to according to his state-

ment furnished as aforesaid.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 7, 1884.

Chapter 52.

AN ACT to repeal section one of chapter ninety-six

of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-two,

entitled " An act for the protection of partridges

and rabbits, and to permit the shooting of ducks

and other wild fowl from the shore over decoys;

also to pay a bounty upon the heads of large hawks

and owls in Kent county," and to re-enact the

same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That section one of chapter ninety-six

of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, enti-

tled " An act for the protection of partridges and rab-

Repealed and
re-enacted.

bits, and to permit the shooting of ducks and other

wild fowl from the shore over decoys; also to pay a

bounty upon the heads of large hawks and owls in

Kent county," be and the same is hereby repealed and

re-enacted so as to read as follows :

1. It shall not be lawful to shoot or trap any part-

ridges or rabbits in Kent county between the fifteenth

When unlawful

day of January and the twenty-fifth day of October

totrap part-
ridges, etc.

next succeeding, except that they may be trapped and

preserved for stocking or breeding purposes.

Approved March 7, 1884.