268 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ARTICLE XCIX.

WILD FOWL—BIRDS AND GAME.

CHAPTER 520.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments sections 3
and 4 of chapter 471 1/2 of the Acts of 1906, entitled "An Act
to repeal and re-enact with amendments chapter 509 of the
Acts of 1904, " entitled "An Act to regulate the hunting,
shooting or trapping of wild geese, wild duck, snipe, ortolan,
reed bird, muskrat and all other birds and wild fowl on the
Patuxent river, its tributaries, and the marshes of the said
river and its tributaries.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 3 and 4 of chapter 47 1/2 of the Acts of
1906; entitled "An Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments
chapter 509 of the Acts of 1904, " entitled "An Act to regulate
the hunting, shooting, or trapping of wild geese, wild duck,
snipe, ortolan, reed bird, muskrat and all other birds and wild
fowl on the Patuxent river, its tributaries, and the marshes of
the said river and its tributaries, " be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows:

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no person shall push, paddle
or convey on the waters of the Patuxent river or its tributaries,
or marshes of said river or tributaries, any person or persons
for the purpose of shooting any ortolan, rail or reed bird, duck
or goose without first obtaining a license from the clerk of the
court of the county in which he resides, for which he shall
pay. the sum of two dollars and fifty cents, two dollars of
which shall be paid to the Board of School Commissioners for
the use of the schools of the county, and fifty cents to be re-
tained 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 pad-
dling, in figures not less than one and one-half inches high,
and of such a character and color that the same may be read.
No person not a bona fide resident of the State of Maryland
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 misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof in the circuit court of the
county or before any justice of the peace of the State of Mary-