ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1207

10. If the Game Warden or any Deputy Game Warden or
Police Officer, Constable or any other person has reason to
believe that any person lias in his possession, contrary to law,
any game as defined by law, fish, or unlawful device being
used in violation hereof, it shall be the duty of said officers to
go before any Justice of the Peace of the County or City in
which the game, fish or unlawful device is supposed to "be and
make affidavit of that fact; said Justice shall thereupon issue
a search warrant against the person so complained of, directed
to the officer making the affidavit for said warrant, command-
ing him to proceed at once and search for said game, fish or
unlawful device, and, upon finding the same, to seize and take
possession thereof and keep it until further order by the Jus-
tice. The said officer shall read said warrant to the owner or
person in whose possession said game, fish or unlawful device
is supposed to be. Said warrant shall be returnable within
not less than forty-eight hours from the date thereof.

(a) Provided, however, that if the Game Warden or one
of Ms salaried Deputies has reason to believe that game, fish
or unlawful device are in possession in violation of the game
or fish laws of this State, and, in his opinion, it is not possible
or practical to secure a search warrant in time to seize said
game, fish or mil awful devices so in possession, then he may
without a warrant examine any boat, railway car, box, crate,
package or game bag, and may seize any game, fish or unlawful
device so found in possession; and any game, fish or unlawful
device so taken shall be disposed of by the Game Warden as
lie may deem advisable for the best interest of the State.

(b) Provided, however, that this section shall not authorize
entering a dwelling house without first procuring a search
warrant.

(c) Any Game Warden of the State of Maryland, or Deputy
Game Warden, or employee of the State Game Warden, en-
gaged in the enforcement of this Article, or any other-law of
the State of Maryland, who shall search any dwelling¹ house
without a warrant directing such search, or who, while so en-
gaged shall maliciously and without reasonable cause, search
any other building or property, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and for the first offense, shall be fined not more than
$500 and for each subsequent offense, not more than $500,
or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both said fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court,