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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 24. For every violation of the above
section the offender shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction before a Jus-
tice of the Peace, or on presentment, indict-
ment and conviction, shall pay a fine of not less

Penalty.

than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, of which one-half shall go to the in-
former and one-half to the Board of County
School Commissioners of said county for school
purposes; and on failure to pay said fine shall
be imprisoned in the county jail for a period
of not less than sixty nor more than ninety
days.

Possession of,
evidence.

SEC. 25. The possession by any person within
the county of any deer-meat, within the time
prohibited by section twenty-three, shall be
prima facia evidence that the same was killed
within the limits of said county, and that the
person so in possession thereof killed the same.

SEC. 26. It shall be the duty of the Constables
of the several election districts of the county,
to arrest all persons who they have good rea-
son to believe are guilty of violating any of
the provisions of this act, and take them be-

Arrest.

fore a magistrate for trial or hearing, as pro-
vided in section twenty-four of this act, and
any Constable failing to perform his duty
herein as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and on indictment and conviction,
shall be subject to such penalty as the Court
may impose.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 18, 1886.