EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 967
contributed to said fund by the respective counties. Out of
said fund the State Game Warden shall pay the sum of fifty
cents for each head of a bird-hawk or chicken-hawk actually
killed in this State, to the person producing satisfactory proof
of having killed said hawk within this State. The said Corn-
mission shall require the State Game Warden to file an annual
account with him, showing the entire receipts and disburse-
ments of himself and all deputies, and exhibit vouchers there-
for, and also shall require said State Game Warden to file an
approved bond in the penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000)
for the faithful performance of his duties, the cost of said
bond to be paid out of said fund.
Section 71. Any person found guilty of hunting, pursuing
or killing any of the birds or animals referred to in this Act
without having a license and written permission in his or her
possession, except as herein provided, or of refusing to show
sai'd license and written permission when demanded
by the State Game Warden or any Deputy or Local
Game Warden, Sheriff, Constable or other officer, or violating
any of the other provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a Jus-
tice of the Peace of this State, shall be fined Fifteen Dollars
($15) for each and every offense and shall stand committed to
the County Jail or the Baltimore City Jail until such fine and
costs are paid, but such imprisonment shall not exceed fifteen
days for each offense. Any Constable or other officer or per-
son other than the game warden or deputy game wardens or
officer under the Conservation Commission receiving compen-
pensation, who shall procure the conviction of any person for
violating any provision or provisions of this Act shall receive
half of the fine recovered; the remaining half shall be paid over
to the State* Comptroller for the account of the State Game
Protection Fund, to be used as herein provided. The total
fines hereafter collected by the State Game Warden or any of
the Deputy Game Wardens who receives other compensation
shall be paid into the State Game Protection Fund.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all general or local
laws or parts of such laws inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, and all resident and non-resident hunting license
laws now in force, whether general or local, be and the same
are hereby repealed. Provided that this Act shall not affect
the present law relating to the killing of wild fowl and licens-
ing of gunning rigs used in the shooting of wild fowl on the
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