332 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary'
land, That Section 4 of Chapter 520 of 1908, entitled 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, reedbird, and all other
birds and wild fowl and muskrats on the Patuxent river, its
tributaries and the marshes of the said river and its tribu-
taries, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
any person, whether resident or non-resident of the State of
Maryland, to shoot or trap any wild duck on the Patuxent
river, its tributaries or its marshes, between the fifteenth day
of April and the first day of August following, and between
the first day of September and the seventh day thereof, both
days inclusive, in each and every year; or any ortolan, rail or
reedbird, between the first day of January and the twelfth day
of September following, both days inclusive, in each and every
year; or to have in his possession in any of the counties border-
ing on said river any of the named birds or wild fowl during
the closed season for the same, respectively provided by this
section; or to shoot or trap in any one day seventy-five of either
ortolan, rail or reedbird; shoot or to ship, convey or transport
out of the State in any one day more than seventy-five of either
ortolan, rail or reedbird; and any person convicted in the
Circuit Court or before any Justice of the Peace of the State of
Maryland in and for any of the counties bordering on said
river, of a violation of this section shall pay a fine of five
dollars for each and every wild goose, wild duck, ortolan, rail
or reedbird killed by him or found in his possession; one-half
of said fine to be paid to the informer, if any, and the remain-
der of the whole, as the case may be, to the Board of County
School Commissioners of the county in which the trial is had,
for the use of the public schools therof, after deducting all
cost incident to said trial and conviction; and on failure to
pay such fine, such offender shall be committed by the Court or
Justice of the Peace who imposed said fine to the county jail
of the county in which such conviction was held, for not more
than ten days.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect:
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1910.