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	CHAP. 219	after sunset, or one hour before sunrise, under a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars for each bird so killed or
	Penalty.	caught, and if, at the trial, it shall be proved that the person charged with shooting at or the killing of said birds, between the hours above mentioned, was at or about the place where the shot was fired, and that he had a gun in his possession at the time in question in the vicinity where such shooting occurred, either prior to or at the time of or after the shoot- ing, such fact shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his having violated the provisions of this section. SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful for
	Unlawful to shoot any muskrat.	any person, at any time to shoot or kill by shooting any muskrat within the limits of Somerset county, and every violator of this section shall pay a penalty of five dollars for each muskrat so killed, and be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars. SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That every person who shall desire to hunt game as prescribed in Section 2 of this Act,
	Procure a license.	shall, before so doing, procure from the clerk of the Circuit Court for Somerset County a license, as follows: Non- residents of the State shall before being allowed to hunt game under the provisions of this Act, pay a license fee of ten dollars, with fifty cents to the clerk for issuing the same; residents of the State, but non-residents of the county shall pay a license fee of five dollars, with twenty- five cents to the clerk for issuing the same; and residents of the county except they be land holders, whether owners, agents or tenants hunting on their own premises, shall pay a license fee of one dollar, with twenty -five cents to the clerk
	Penalty:	for issuing the same. Each offender, for violation of this section, shall pay a penalty of twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned not less than ten or more than thirty days, or both in the discretion of the court or justice of the peace before whom trial may be had. All money arising from the granting of licenses aforesaid, whether now in the hands of the clerk of the Circuit Court of Somerset county from the operation of any Act heretofore passed, or which may here- after come to his hands from the operation of this Act, shall be distributed by him among the several election districts in said county in such proportion as license fees have been collected therefrom, to be used for the purpose of protecting and propagating game therein, upon the recommendation of the game association of Somerset county.