1026 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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

Approved April 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 614.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 48
of Article 99 of the Code of .Public General Laws of Mary-
land, title "Wild Fowl, Birds and Game."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 48 of Article 99 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, title "Wild Fowl, Birds and Game" be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as
follows:

SEC. 48. The Game Warden for the State and every deputy
game warden shall, before entering upon the duties of his office,
take and subscribe before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
County of which he is a resident, or if a resident of Baltimore
City, before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
the oath or affirmation prescribed by the sixth section of the
first article of the constitution of this State, which oath or
affirmation shall be recorded in the clerk's office of such county
or city. The game warden thoughout the State, and also every
deputy game warden so appointed, after the recording of the
oath or affirmation to be by said game warden or deputy game
warden taken as aforesaid, shall, in the county, counties, city
or cities for which such deputy game warden may be appointed,
possess and exercise all the authority and powers held or exer-
cised by constables at common law and under the statutes of this
State, and also all authorities and powers conferred by law upon
policemen in the City of Baltimore or other cities of the State,
as far as arresting and prosecuting the persons for violating
any of the fish and game laws of this State are concerned; and
they are hereby vested with additional powers to arrest without
warrants persons suspected or known to be guilty of violating
any of the provisions of the game and fish laws of this State,
and to forthwith take any and all such persons before the
nearest justice of the peace to be dealt with in accordance with
the provisions of the game and fish laws of the State. In the
event of finding game or fish taken or had in possession con-
trary to the provisions of any of the game or fish laws of this
State, upon the persons so dealt with, they shall proceed in the