PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 479

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

Approved April 13th, 1914.

CHAPTER 315.

AN ACT to regulate the hunting, shooting or trapping of wild
goose, wild duck, snipe, ortolan, reed bird, muskrat, and all
other game on the Patuxent River, its tributaries and the
marshes of said river and its tributaries.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall not be lawful for any person not a bona fide
resident of the State of Maryland to hunt, shoot or trap within
the State upon the waters of the Patuxent River, its tributaries
or marshes of said river or tributaries, any wild goose, wild
duck, snipe, ortolan, reed bird or birds or wild fowl of any
description, at any season of the year unless such non-resident
person shall have first obtained from the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of one of the Counties bordering on said river a license
permitting such person named in said license to hunt, shoot or
trap the said birds and wild fowl upon the waters of said river,
its tributaries, or marshes of said river or tributaries; and the
said license so obtained shall be limited, said limitation to be
stated in said license, to open season for shooting the aforesaid
birds and wild fowl; shall not be transferable under penalty of
forfeiture of the same, and a fine of not more than twenty-five
dollars, and shall expire one year from the date of its issue.
Any person desiring such license shall apply for same in per-
son to said Clerk of the Court, and shall pay therefor the sum
of ten dollars, which amount shall be paid by the said clerk to
the Board of County School Commissioners of said County in
which said license was issued for the use of the public schools
thereof, and, in addition thereto, such persons securing said
license shall pay to the said clerk the sum of one dollar as a fee
for issuing said license. Said clerk shall prepare and keep a
book substantially bound of such blank license, with stub there-
to, and when such license is issued by him a full memorandum
thereof shall be entered on the stub of such license, which stub
shall remain in said book, and be a public record of said office;
and before such license shall be delivered to the applicant there-
for such applicant shall write his name and address both on
said license and on said stub. Any nonresident who violates
any of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of