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del, Talbot, Dorchester, Charles, Prince George's, St. Mary's
and Calvert Counties. Nor upon Sunday or when the ground
is sufficiently covered with snow to track the birds or game
above mentioned. And there shall be a daily closed season
on all the above enumerated game birds and game animals,
with the exception of rabbits, between sunset and sunrise.
Provided, that in Anne Arundel County the open season for
woodcocks shall be from the tenth day of June to the tenth
day of August, in any year, both dates exclusive.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 410.

AN ACT to repeal Section 7 of Article 45 of the Annotated
Code of the Public Civil Laws of Maryland, title "Husband
and "Wife," sub-title "Dower," and to re-enact the same with
amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 7 of Article 45 of the Annotated Code of
the Public Civil Laws of Maryland, title "Husband and Wife,"
sub-title "Dower," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 7. Every husband shall acquire by virtue of his
marriage an estate for his life in one-third of the lands held or
owned by his wife at any time during the marriage, whether
by legal or equitable title, or whether held by her at the time
of her death or not, but such estate shall not operate to the
prejudice of any claim for the purchase money of such lands,
or other lien on the same; nor shall any conveyance of sucli
lands by the wife alone bar such estate of the husband therein,
and this estate shall be known as the husband's dower, and the
statute and common law of this State as to the wife's dower
shall be construed to be applicable to this estate unless such
construction would be unreasonabla

And this section shall apply to every case where a wife dies
after the first day of June, 1918, and her husband survives her,
without regard to when the property was acquired or the mar-
riage occurred.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the first day of June, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.