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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 471 1/2

which he shall pay the sum of two dollars and fifty cents,
two dollars of which sum be paid to the board of school
commissioners for the use of the schools of the county, and
fifty cents to be retained by the clerk of the court as his fee
for issuing such license; such license to expire at the
end of one year from the date of its issue; every person
obtaining such license shall be given a number, which
number shall be painted on the outside of any boat or skiff
used for the purpose of pushing or paddling, in figures
not less than one and one-half inches high, and of such
a character and color that the same may be easily read.
No person not a bona fide resident of the State of Mary-
land shall be entitled to have a license to push or paddle,
issued to him by the clerk of the court; any person who
violates the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the Circuit
court or before any justice of the peace of the State of
Maryland, in and for any of the counties bordering on said
river, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars for each offense, and the cost of the proceedings,
one-half of the said fine to go to the informer, if any, and
the half or the whole, as the case may be, to the board of
county school commissioners in the county wherein said
offense was tried, for the benefit of the public schools thereof,

Failure to pay
fines and
costs.

and upon the failure to pay such fine and costs the offender
shall be committed by the court or justice of the peace who
imposed said fine to the county jail, in the county wherein
said offense was tried, for a period not less than ten days
nor more than two months.

4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any
person, whether resident or non-resident of the State of

Closed
seasons —
shooting
fowl and
birds.

Maryland, to shoot or trap any wild goose or wild duck on
the Patuxent river, its tributaries or its marshes, between the
fifteenth day of April and the first day of November follow-
ing, both days inclusive, in each and every year, or any
ortolan, rail or reed bird, between the first day of January
and the first day of September, both days inclusive, in each
and every year, or to have in his possession in any of the
counties bordering on said river any of the above named
birds or wild fowl, during the closed season for the same,
respectively, provided by this section; and any person con-
victed in the Circuit court or before any justice of the peace