ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1089
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to kill more than
one buck deer during open season, said open season applying
only to Allegany County and to any game preserve in Wash-
ington County enclosed by a fence not less than seven feet high,
and in Garrett County. It shall be unlawful to shoot, trap,
pursue or kill, or gun or hunt for, any fawn or female deer at
any time within the limits of this State.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of Sec-
tion 76, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction before any Justice of the Peace of this State
shall be fined Three Hundred ($300) Dollars and costs for
each and every offense. Any person who fails to pay the fine
so imposed shall stand committed to jail until the fine and
costs shall have been paid, but such imprisonment shall not
exceed ninety days for any one offense.
Any person other than the State Game Warden, Deputy
Game Warden, or officer receiving compensation from the Con-
servation Department of Maryland who shall procure the con-
viction of any person violating any of the provisions of this
Act shall receive one-half of the fine recovered, the remaining
one-half shall be paid to the State Game Warden or to the State
Comptroller to be placed to the credit of the State Game Pro-
tection Fund to be used as provided by law.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Act
shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any Court of competent
jurisdiction to be unconstitutional and invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but
shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, para-
graph, or section thereof, so found unconstitutional and in-
valid.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws, both local
and general, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1st, 1929.
Approved April 11, 1929.
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