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LAWS OF -MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 206.
AN ACT to repeal and re enact with amendments Sections
13, 14 and 15 of Article 99 of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Wild Fowl, Birds and Game," and to add cer-
tain new sections to said Article, for the better protection
and preservation of birds and game animals, said sections to
follow Section 15, and to be designated as Sections 15 B, 15 C
15 D, 15 E, 15 F 15 G, 15 H, 15 J, 15 K, 15 L, 15 M, 15 N, 15 O,
15 P, 15 Q, 15 R, and 15 S.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, It is desired to secure, as far as practicable, greater
uniformity in the laws of this State governing the preservation
and protection of birds and game animals, in order to a more
equitable and effectual enforcement thereof ; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 13, 14 and 15 of Article 99 of the Code
of Public General Laws, title "Wild Fowl, Birds and Game,"

Repeal.

be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, and that certain new sections be and the same are
hereby added to said article to follow section 15, to be desig-
nated as sections 15 B, 15C, 15D, 15 E, 15 F, 15 G, 15 H, 15 J,
15K, 15 L, 15 M, 15 N, 15 O, 15 p 15 Q, 15 R and 15S, and to
read as to said sections repealed and re-enacted and said new
sections, as follows :

13. No person shall shoot or in any manner catch or kill any

Game law.

partridge or quail, English or Mongolian pheasant, American
pheasant, ruffed grouse or wild turkey in Garrett county
between January first and November first, or any rabbit from
the first day of February to the first day of November in
Garrett or Allegany counties. No person shall catch or kill
any partridge or quail or wild turkey between January the first
or November the first, or any woodcock between January the
first and July the first, or any pheasant or ruffed grouse in
Allegany county between January the first and September the
first in each and every year. And no person shall shoot or in
any manner catch or kill any of the aforesaid birds or game
animals in the counties of Washington, Frederick, Howard,
Baltimore, Montgomery, Prince George's, Calvert, Charles,
Kent, Caroline and Talbot between the twenty-fourth day of
December and the first day of November in each and every
year ; and no person shall shoot or in any manner catch or
kill in the counties of Carroll, Harford, Montgomery, Anne
Arundel, St. Mary's, Queen Anne's and Cecil any partridge,