1418 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

this State and County aforesaid, he may apply to the Governor
to commission such persons as he may designate to act as dep-
uty game wardens in Harford County; and if the Governor
approves such designated persons he shall appoint them deputy
game wardens; such deputy game wardens shall not receive a
salary from the State of Maryland or Harford County, but
shall be paid the fines collected, exclusive of costs, for viola-
tions of the game and fish laws of said State or County im-
posed in cases which they have prosecuted. Provided, how-
ever, that the Chief Game Warden shall designate one of the
said Deputy Game Wardens to patrol the ducking grounds of
the Chesapeake Bay and the Susquehanna River, and such
deputy game warden shall receive an annual salary of Two
Hundred Dollars ($200) payable in the same manner as the
salary of the Chief Game Warden, but he shall not receive any
part of the fines in the cases which he prosecutes.

143. The Governor shall issue to each person so appointed
as deputy -game warden a commission and shall transmit said
commission to the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Harford County, and said Clerk shall forthwith notify the
Chief Game Warden of Harford County of the receipt of said
commission; and the Governor may revoke and annul any
such, appointment at any time at his pleasure or upon the rec-
ommendation of the Chief Game Warden of Harford County.

144. Every deputy game warden so appointed shall before
entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe before
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County the oath
or affirmation prescribed by the sixth Section of the First Ar-
ticle of the Constitution of this State, and shall subscribe his
name in the test book kept in the office of the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Harford County. The deputy game wardens
so appointed after taking the oath or affirmation and the sign-
ing of the test book, taken as aforesaid, shall in said Harford
County possess and exercise the authority and powers held or
exercised by constables at common law and under the statutes
of this State, and also all authority and powers conferred by
law upon policemen in Harford County, as far as arresting
and prosecuting persons for violating any of the fish or game
laws of this State and County are concerned, and they are
hereby vested with the additional power to arrest without war-
rant and search any person or persons suspected or known to be
guilty of violating any of the provisions of the game and
fish laws of this State or of Harford County, and to forthwith