1414 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680
Chief Game Warden of Harford County, whose appointment
and qualifications are hereinafter provided for in this Act.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there-
of before any Justice of the Peace of said County shall be fined
ten dollars and costs for each and every offense or violation
of the provisions of this section, and au additional fine of five
dollars for each and every partridge, jack snipe, rabbit, jack
rabbit, quail, squirrel, woodcock, reed bird, rail bird, blackbird,
sora, wild duck, wild goose, swan, muskrat or skunk taken;
shot, or killed, contrary to the provisions of this section; and
in default of payment of said fine or fines and costs, the offend-
er or offenders shall be confined in the House of Correction
or County Jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more
than thirty days, or until the fine and costs are paid; and
every such licensee shall have said license in his possession at
all times when gunning, hunting, pursuing, catching, killing
or shooting said birds and animals and shall exhibit the same
whenever called upon so to do by any game warden, deputy
game warden, the chief game warden of Harford County,.
sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer of said County,
or any owner, tenant, or lessee of property on which the licensee
is gunning, hunting or pursuing the said birds or animals at
the time the demand is made; and upon refusal to so exhibit
such license such person so refusing shall be subjected to the
fines and penalties hereinbefore provided for noncompliance
or violation of the provisions of this section. Nothing in this
section, however, is intended to prohibit or prevent any owner
or owners of land or real estate in Harford County or any bona
fide resident renter, lessee or tenant of said real estate, or the
sons -of any such owner, lessee or tenant residing with their
parents, from gunning, hunting, catching, killing, pursuing
or shooting, during the open, season, the birds and animals
named in this section upon land or real estate owned, leased
or rented by said person or persons.
Any license found in the possession of any one other than
the person to whom it was lawfully issued shall be forthwith
forfeited and cancelled, and the Justice of the Peace by whom
said license was issued shall enter such license cancelled in
his license book, hereinafter provided for in this Act, when
requested by the Chief Game Warden so to do.
134. The form of said license to be issued by the Justices
of the Peace of Harford County shall be as follows:
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