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Session Laws, 1910 Session
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DORCHESTER COUNTY. 771

have in his or their possession any trap, net or snare to be
used to capture or kill any such birds, game or water fowl, and
any trap, net or snare which shall be found upon the land,
marsh or waters of any person or persons shall be deemed
prima facie evidence of the ownership and possession of, and
of the intent and purpose to capture or kill such birds or fowl
on the part of the owner or tenant of such land, marsh or wa-
ters; and no person shall destroy or molest the eggs or nest
of any of said birds or water fowl at any time.

SEC. 35D. No person shall hunt or kill any quail, partridge
or rabbit during any closed season with any dog or gun, and
no person shall hunt or kill any quail, partridge or rabbit with
dog or gun on any Sunday; no person shall shoot or catch any
quail, partridge, woodcock, dove, squirrel or rabbit When snow
is on the ground.

SEC. 36. Every person who shall be convicted before any
Justice of the Peace or the Circuit Court for violating Section
35, or Section 35A, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall pay a fine of ten dollars for each and every quail,
partridge, dove, woodcock, squirrel, rabbit and summer or wood
duck killed, carried, sold, shipped, received for shipment or
found in their possession contrary to the provisions of Section
35A, and in default of payment of the fine imposed hereunder,
together with all costs, shall be committed to the county jail
for not less than thirty days, nor more than six months, or
until both fine and costs are paid. Every person who shall be
convicted under Section 35e shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor
more than one hundred dollars, for each offense, and every gun
which is not habitually fired from the shoulder, as therein set
forth, shall be seized, forfeited and destroyed; every person con-
victed under Section 35c shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not less
than six months, nor more than one year, or both fine and im-
prisonment, in the discretion of the Justice of the Peace or Cir-
cuit Court; every person convicted under Section 35D shall be
deemed gnilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined the sum of
five dollars for each and every offense, or be imprisoned in the
county jail for not more than sixty days, or both, in the discre-
tion of the Justice of the Peace or the Circuit Court.

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

Approved April 11, 1910.


 

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