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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

bob whites, woodcock and robins may be hunted and killed
between the first day of November and the twenty-fourth day
of December in each year; that rabbits may be hunted, killed
and trapped between the first day of November and the
twenty-fourth day of December in each year; that doves,
plovers and wild pigeons may be hunted and killed between
the first day of August and the twenty-fourth day of Decem-
ber in each year; that snipe may be hunted and killed between
the fifteenth day of March and the first day of June in each
year; that reed birds, rail-birds and ortolans may be hunted

Penalty lor
violation.

and killed between the first day of September and the first
day of November in each year. Any person who shall shoot,
trap, kill, injure, pursue or hunt any bird, rabbit or squirrel,
or who shall unnecessarily disturb or destroy any bird's nest
and eggs in violation of this section, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by any justice of
the peace of Kent county, shall forfeit and pay such justice of
the peace trying the case a fine of ten dollars for each bird,
rabbit or squirrel by him shot, trapped, killed, injured, pur-
sued or hunted, and for each bird's nest and eggs unnecessarily
disturbed or destroyed by him, with cost of prosecution.

Possession
evidence of
violation.

SEC. 36. The possession at any time by any person within
the limits of Kent county of any bird, rabbit or squirrel, or
any eggs of any kind, except the possession of birds and game
during the seasons in which they may be lawfully shot and
taken, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of
section 35.

SEC. 37. It shall not be lawful for any non-resident of Kent

Non-resident
to obtain
license.

county, who is not a bona fide owner of real estate in said
county, or tenant in lawful possession of real estate in said
county, to shoot, trap, kill, injure, pursue or hunt any bird,
rabbit or squirrel at any time within the limits of said county,
without having first obtained from the clerk of the Circuit
Court of said county, a license allowing the person named

Cost of
license

therein to hunt in said county. Before issuing any such
license to a non-resident, the clerk of said court shall require
him to pay for said license the sum of fifteen dollars for the
use of the county, and the sum of fifty cents as a fee to said
clerk for issuing said license, and shall require the applicant to
make oath that he will not violate any provision of this act, if
such license be granted to him; such license shall be for one year
from its date, shall not be transferable, and shall name the birds
and other game which may be hunted under it, and the times at