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Session Laws, 1920
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1366 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 720

State Game Warden shall pay the sum of fifty cents for each
head of a bird-hawk or chicken-hawk actually killed in this
State, to the person producing satisfactory proof of having
killed said hawk within this State. The said Commission
shall require the State Game Warden to file an annual account
with them showing the entire receipts and disbursements of
himself and all deputies, and exhibit vouchers therefor, and
also shall require said State Game Warden to file an approved
bond in the penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the
faithful performance of his duties, the cost of said bond to
be paid out of said fund.

SEC. 71. Any person found guilty of hunting, pursuing
or killing of any of the birds or animals referred to in this
Act without having a license, except as herein provided or
for refusing to show said license when demanded by the State
Game Warden or any deputy or local game warden, sheriff,
constable or other officer or person, or violating any of the
other provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Justice of
the Peace of this State, shall be fined fifteen dollars ($15.00)
for each and every offense and shall stand committed to the
county jail or the Baltimore City jail, until such fine and
costs are paid, but such imprisonment shall not exceed fifteen
days for each offense. Any constable or other person other
than the Game Warden or Deputy Game Warden or officer
under the Conservation Commission receiving compensation,
who shall procure the conviction of any person for violating
any provision or provisions of this Act shall receive half of
the fine recovered.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all general or
local laws or parts of such laws inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this Act, and all resident and non-resident hunting
license laws now in force, whether general or local, be and the
same are hereby repealed. Provided, that this Act shall not
affect the present law relating to licensing of gunning rigs
used in the shooting of wild fowl on the Susquehanna Flats.
However, all persons hunting wild fowl on the Susquehanna
Flats must first procure a hunter's license to so hunt, shoot or
kill. Local licenses issued to residents of Harford and Cecil
Counties shall be valid for the killing of wild-fowl on the
Susquehanna Flats. In case any section or provision of this


 

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