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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 380.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend-
ments section one of chapter two hundred
and ten of the acts of eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight, as amended by the acts of
eighteen hundred and eighty, chapter one
hundred and twenty, and the act of eighteen
hundred and eighty-four, chapter thirty-one,
entitled "An act for the protection of par-
tridges, pheasants, rabbits, woodcock and rail
birds, and to prevent trespassing with dog or
gun on private property in Cecil and Harford
counties," so as to change the time of shoot-
ing certain game in Cecil county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful to
shoot, trap or kill, or in any manner destroy or

Repealed and
re-enacted.

expose for sale any partridge or rabbit in Cecil
county between the tenth day of January and
the first day of November, and in Harford
county between the twenty-sixth day of Decem-
ber and the fifteenth day of October ; nor any
woodcock between the first day of January and
the tenth day of June in either of said counties;
nor any rail birds, reed bird or pheasants, be-
tween the first day of February and the fifth
day of September in each year in Cecil county ;
nor any rail birds or pheasants, between the first
day of February and the first day of September
in each year in Harford county ; and the pos-
session of any of the birds or game mentioned
in this section during the prohibited periods
shall be deemed prima facie evidence against
such persons of a violation of this act, except
when it may appear that such birds or game are
for breeding purposes.

Approved April 4, 1888.