JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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the peace in -said county ; the said damages to be recovered in
the manner prescribed by law for the recovery of small
debts; provided, that upon the trial before any justice of the
peace for damages at the instance of either party, the justice
of the peace shall issue subpoena for such witnesses, as either
plaintiff or defendant may require; the provisions of these
three sections — 125, 126 and 127 — to apply only to election
district number eleven.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

CHAPTER 505.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
fifty-nine of Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws,
title "Frederick County," sub-title "Birds and Game," as
enacted by Chapter five hundred and sixty-five of the Acts
of nineteen hundred.

CHAP. 506.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section fifty-nine of Article 11 of the Code
of Public Local Laws, title "Frederick County," sub-title
"Birds and Game," as enacted by Chapter tive hundred and
sixty-five of the Acts of nineteen hundred, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read
as follows :

Repeal
and re-enact.

59. It shall not be lawful for any person to shoot or trap
gray or fox squirrels between the fifteenth day of November
and the first day of September in each and every year, and if
any person shall be found guilty by any justice of the peace
of said county he shall be adjudged to pay a fine of not more
than five dollars for each and every squirrel so killed or
trapped for the first offense, and upon failure or refusal of the
party to pay said tine he shall be committed to the county
jail for a period not exceeding ten days for each and every
offense ; after the first, such party shall be subject to a fine of
not less than five dollars and not more than ten dollars for
each squirrel so killed or trapped, and upon failure or refusal
to pay said fine he shall be committed to the county jail for a
period not exceeding twenty days. The right to appeal to the
Circuit Court, however, shall not be denied to any person
adjudged guilty.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

Game law.