ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1145

each per annum, one carpenter at a salary of two thousand
dollars per annum. The said clerks, and in the City of Balti-
more, the chief clerk, and clerks and carpenter shall be appoint-
ed by the respective board of supervisors and shall be removable
by them in their discretion. In Baltimore City, the chief clerk,
with the approval of the supervisors, shall from time to time,
secure such temporary assistance as may be necessary for the
proper transaction of the business of the office, but the com-
pensation of such assistants to be paid by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, upon requisition by the said supervisors
shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3, 000) in
any one year.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 467.

AN ACT to add four new sections to Article 99 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland, title "Wild Fowl—Birds and
Game, " said new sections to be under sub-title "Dogs—Field
Trials, " to be known as Sections 43A, 43B, 43C and 43D
and to follow immediately after Section 43 of said Article,
providing for the holding of Field Trials with hunting dogs
and the training of such dogs under certain conditions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That four new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 99 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Wild
Fowl—Birds and Game, " said new sections to be under sub-
title "Dogs—Field Trials, " to be known as Sections 43A, 43B,
43C and 43D, to follow immediately after Section 43 of said
Article and to read as follows:

43A. The State Game Warden is authorized to grant per-
mits to bona fide Field Trials Clubs and Associations to hold
Field Trials with bird or rabbit dogs in this State at any time
during the closed season, under such rules and regulations as
may be adopted by said State Game Warden safeguarding the
interest of wild life in this State.

43B. It shall be unlawful to hold Field Trials with dogs in
this State during any closed hunting season, unless permission
to do so is granted by the State Game Warden, and any Club
or Association holding a Field Trial during any closed hunt-
ing season, shall not be allowed to shoot, or shoot at any game
of any species, which are protected by law. When said Field