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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage, it being hereby declared to
be an emergency law, and necessary for the immediate pre-
servation of the public health and safety.

Approved March 21st, 1916.

CHAPTER 99.

AN ACT to repeal sections 27F; 27G and 27H, and to repeal
and re-enact with amendments sections 27B, 27D and 27E
of Chapter 435 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the January Session 1914.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 27F, 27G and 27H be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that sections 27B, 27D and 27E be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

Section 27B. It shall not be lawful for a non-resident
of Caroline County, to hunt, take, kill or shoot any birds,
animals or game, mentioned and described or named
in sections 27 and 27A of said Chapter 91 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Session
1904, without having first obtained from the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Caroline County a license permitting the person
named therein to so hunt, take or kill such birds or animals so
named, which license shall state; the name of the applicant, his
age, color of hair, height, occupation and residence, and shall
not be transferable, and all licenses so issued shall date from
the time so issued until the first day of July next following
the date of the issuance of such license; provided that no license
shall be issued to any person under the age of fifteen years;
said non-resident of Caroline County shall pay for said
license, to the Clerk of said Court the sum of Five Dol-
lars, and a Clerk's fee of twenty-five cents for the issuance
of said license. Any person violating the provisions of this
Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall pay a fine of two dollars for the first
and one dollar for each and every other such bird or animal
taken, shot, killed or had in possession contrary to the pro-
visions of this Section, and cost and in default the offender
shall be confined in the County Jail for not more than thirty
days; the whole of said fine to go to the informer or the person