1174 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 568

game and fish propagation; or may authorize the sale of any
lands or waters to which title has been acquired as aforesaid,
or any part thereof, to the party or parties offering the highest
price therefor, after advertisement once each week, for two con-
secutive weeks, in at least one newspaper in the county or
counties in which the land or waters are located.

(a) Such land or waters may, by consent of the Game War-
den and Conservation Commissioner, be used as State Parks in
co-operation with any Department of this State empowered at
present with the supervision of State Forests or State Parks or
any department which may, by an Act of the General Assembly
in the future, be empowered with the establishment, super-
vision, etc., of State Parks in this State.

(b) The Attorney-General shall prepare the necessary deeds
to consummate such exchange or sale, and the deeds shall be
executed by the Game Warden and the Conservation Commis-
sioner of this State. The proceeds of such sales shall be de-
posited with the State Comptroller to be placed to the credit
of the State Game Protection Fund. The Game Warden or
Conservation Department shall not acquire or purchase any
land or water in Garrett County.

70. Use of Lands. —Land and waters to which title has
been acquired, or which have been leased, or any part thereof,
may be used for the purpose of creating and maintaining State
Game Refuges, or for the propagation of game and fish, and
as much thereof as deemed necessary may be used for hunting
grounds by consent of the Game Warden. The Game Warden,
after consultation with the State Department of Forestry, may
cut and remove and sell, or permit the cutting and removing
and selling of, timber on lands to which title has been acquired
by purchase, gift or otherwise, the net proceeds from which
shall be deposited with the State Comptroller to be placed to
the credit of the State Game Protection Fund. The Game
Warden may grant rights of way on and across lands and
waters acquired as aforesaid, when such grant will not ad-
versely affect game and fish protection and propagation.

71. State Game Refuges. —The Game Warden may estab-
lish and maintain State Game Refuges for the protection and
propagation of game and fish on all or any portion of State
Game Lands, where any game and fur-bearing animals shall
not be hunted, pursued, trapped, disturbed, or molested at any