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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 264.
Repeal.

New section
added.

to be known as sections eighteen and nineteen, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and said sections 18 and 19 are hereby
re-enacted so as to read as follows: That two additional
sections to be known as sections eighteen and nineteen be and
the same are hereby added to Article 99 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, entitled "Wild Fowl, Birds and
Game," so as to read as follows :

Game law.

Section 18. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap,
catch or kill any otter, mink, raccoon or muskrat within this
State, or have the same in his possession if trapped, caught or
killed within this State, between the first day of April and
the first day of January in each year.

Penalty
for violation.

Section 19. Any person violating the preceding section
shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than five dollars or
more than twenty dollars for each and every otter, mink,
raccoon or muskrat trapped, caught, killed or in his possession,
contrary to the provisions of the preceding section ; and in
default of payment of fine or fines imposed hereunder,
together with the costs, the offender shall be committed to jail
for not less than ten or more than thirty days for each offense ;
one-half of all tines to go to the informer. The provisions of
this Act shall not apply to Harford, Cecil, Charles, Anne
Arundel, Carroll, St. Mary's, Baltimore and Garrett counties.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 265.
AN ACT to repeal Section one hundred and twenty-seven of
Article twenty-one of the Code of Public Local Laws, of
Maryland, title "Talbot County," sub-title "Liquor and Intox-
icating Drinks," as amended by Chapter 156, Acts of 1898,
and to re-enact the same with amendments, and to add two
additional sections to said Article 21, to follow Section one
hundred and twenty-seven of said Article and to be desig-
nated as Sections 127 A and 127 B, being an Act to prohibit
the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors or lager beer or
other intoxicating liquors in the Fourth or Chapel Election
District of Talbot County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section one hundred and twenty-seven of

Repeal.

Article twenty-one of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Talbot County," sub-title "Liquor and Intox-
icating Drinks," as amended by chapter 156, Acts of 1898, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-