ART. 3. ] BALTIMORE COUNTY. 389
default of such fine shall be imprisoned in the House of
Correction or county jail for a period of not less than twenty
days.
10. It shall not be lawful for any person not a bona fide
resident or taxpayer of the county to shoot any partridge,
pheasant, woodcock, jacksnipe, rabbit or squirrel in said
county without having first obtained from the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of said county a license permitting the person
therein named, whose photograph shall be attached thereto,
to shoot said game in said county for one year from the date
on which such license was issued, and such license shall not be
transferable, and the person named therein or the party pro-
curing such license shall pay to said clerk therefor the sum of
five dollars and a clerk's fee of twenty-five cents, which amount
shall be paid to the State game warden, who shall expend
the sum so received as hereinafter provided. Any non-resi-
dent violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall
pay a fine of ten dollars for each and every pheasant, partridge,
woodcock, jacksnipe, rabbit or squirrel taken, shot, killed or
had in possession contrary to the provisions of this section,
and costs, and in default the offender shall be confined to
the House of Correction or county jail for twenty days or until
the fine and costs are paid; one-half to be paid to the informer
and the other half to the State game warden to be expended
by him as hereinafter provided; and such licensee shall have
in his possession when gaming, and exhibit the same whenever
called upon by any citizen of said county, and upon refusal
to do so shall be subjected to the fines and penalties herein-
after provided for non-compliance with the provisions of
this section. License forms for the use as aforesaid shall be
furnished by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and issued under
his official seal; provided, that nothing in this section shall be
taken to prohibit the owners of land in said county from giving
written permission to non-residents to hunt upon their own
lands in said county which written permission shall be ex-
hibited as above prescribed in the case of license issued by the
clerk of the court under the same penalties for refusal to show
the same.
11. Any owner who shall permit his dog or dogs to run
at large during a closed season, and pursue or kill, harm or
destroy the eggs, nests or young thereof, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of five dollars
for each and every offense, one-half to go to the informer, or to
imprisonment in jail for five days, in the discretion of the court
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