270 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 574.

AN ACT to regulate hunting of wild fowl on the waters of the
Patuxent river and its tributaries and marshes and their
tributaries by members of incorporated hunting clubs; and
to provide for the issuance of licenses for the same; and to
make said members residents for the purposes of hunting.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That all bona fide members of any hunting club incor-
porated and organized on or before the first day of May, 1904,
under the laws of the State of Maryland, and owning or leas-
ing real estate therein within one mile of the Patuxent river,
and improved by a club house, and the membership of which
does not exceed thirty, shall be considered bona fide residents
of the State of Maryland within the meaning and intention of
this Act; provided, that such members exhibit, when demanded
by any authorized officer of the law, as evidence of his mem-
bership a card bearing his name, the corporate seal and name of
his club and the signature of the president and secretary
thereof; provided, that said club shall pay to the clerk of the
Circuit Court wherein same may be located a fee of fifty dol-
lars, to be known and designated as "Club License, " and upon
the payment of which all the bona fide members of said club
shall be deemed residents of the State of Maryland in the
meaning of this Act; provided, however, that in addition to
the above requirements the secretary of said club shall file with
the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein said club
may be located a certified list of the membership of said club on
or before the first day of September of each year; and there
shall be posted at the same time in a conspicuous place on the
premises of said club a certified list of its members and their
place of residence; provided, further, that if there shall be
issued to any person a membership card other than a bona fide
member of said club by the president and secretary as above
prescribed, or if any club member shall transfer his membership

card to any person not a member of said club, the license
issued as aforesaid to said club license shall become forfeited,
. and said club so violating this provision of this Act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before a justice of the peace, in addition to the forfeiture of
the license aforesaid, shall be subject to a fine of not less than
fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars; and said fine shall
be collected as other debts are collected before a justice of the
peace, one-half of said fine to be paid to the County Commis-
sioners of the county wherein said club is located for the use

of the public roads thereof, and the other half to the informer;
and service upon the keeper of said club, or any one in charge