LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

quails, pheasant or rabbits, between the twenty-fourth day of
December and the tenth day of November following 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 Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico or Worcester

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between the first day of February and the tenth day of Novem-
ber in each and every year, under a penalty of not less than one
dollar ($1) nor more than ten ($10) dollars for each of the
aforesaid birds or game animals so shot, caught or killed ; pro-
vided, however, that it shall be lawful in all the counties of
this State to shoot woodcock during the month of July.

14. No person shall shoot or in any manner catch or kill in
this State any squirrel between the first day of December and

Penalty.

the first day of September following in each and every year,
under a penalty of not less than one ($1.00) dollar nor more
than five ($5.00) dollars for each squirrel so shot, caught or
killed ; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to
Garrett and Allegany counties.
15. No person shall shoot or in manner catch or kill in this

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State any wild duck, blackhead ducks, wild goose, wild swan,
wild brant, between the tenth day of April and first day of
November in each and every year, under a penalty of not less
than one ($1.00) dollar nor more than ten ($10.00) dollars for
each of the aforesaid birds so shot, caught or killed ; provided,
that in Charles county it shall not be lawful to shoot or in any
manner catch or kill any acorn or genuine duck between the
tenth day of April and the first day of October in each and every
year ; and provided further, that this section shall not apply to
"Worcester county ; and provided further that nothing contained
in this Act is intended to interfere with or in any manner
repeal the Public Local Laws of Cecil and Harford counties,
regulating the shooting of wild fowl in those parts of the
waters of the Susquehanna river, Chesapeake bay, commonly
called the Susquehanna flats.
15 B. No person shall shoot or in any manner catch or kill,
in this State, any doves between the twenty-fourth day of

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December and the fifteenth day of August following, in each
and every year, under a penalty of not lees than one ($1)
dollar nor more than two ($2) dollars for each bird so shot,
caught or killed.

Game law.

15 C. No person shall shoot, or in any manner catch or kill,
in this State, any snipe or plover between the first day of May
and the fifteenth day of August in each and every year, under
a penalty of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than two ($2)

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