922 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 471 1/2 Non-resident gunners to procure license.	State, upon the waters of the Patuxent river, its tributaries or marshes of said river or tributaries, any wild geese, wild duck, snipe, ortolan, reed bird or wild fowl of any descrip- tion at any season of the year, unless such non-resident person shall have first obtained from the clerk of the Circuit Court of one of the counties bordering on said river a license permitting such person named in said license to hunt, shoot or trap the said birds and wild fowl upon the waters of the said river, its tributaries, or the marshes of said river or tributaries; and the said license so obtained shall be limited, said limitation to be stated in said license to the open season for shooting the aforesaid birds and wild fowl, shall not be transferable under penalty of forfeiture of the same and a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, shall expire one year from the date of its issue; any
	Application for license.	person desiring such license shall apply for same either in person or by letter to said clerk of the court, and shall pay therefor the sum of ten dollars, which amount shall be paid by the said clerk to the Board of County School Commis- sioners of said county in which said license was issued, for the use of the public schools thereof, and, in addition thereto, such persons securing said license shall pay to the said clerk the sum of one dollar as a fee for issuing said license; said clerk shall prepare and keep a book substantially bound of such blank license, with stub thereto, and when such license is issued by him, a full memorandum thereof shall be entered on the stub of such license, which stub shall remain in said book and be a public record of said office; and before such license shall be delivered or mailed to the applicant therefor, the said clerks shall write his name and address both on said
	Non-residents.	license and on said stub. Any non-resident who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in the Circuit Court of such county, or before any justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for any of the counties border- ing on said river, shall be fined five dollars for each wild goose, wild duck, snipe, ortolan or reed bird or other birds or wild fowl so shot or taken, whether found or not found in his possession, one-half of said fine to go to the informer, if any, and the other or whole, as the case may be, to the Board of School Commissioners of the county wherein said offense was tried, for the benefit of the public schools thereof; and