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vided, said deer or any part thereof shall not be sold or offered
for sale.
(c) It shall be unlawful to hunt or kill any game on Sun-
days or when the ground is covered with snow; provided,
however, it shall be lawful to hunt wild water fowl when the
ground is covered with snow.
(d) Provided, however, it shall be lawful to hunt game
during open season in Garrett, Allegany and Washington
counties when the ground is covered with snow, and to hunt
deer in Frederick County when the ground is covered with
snow.
(e) It shall be unlawful to hunt any game at night time.
The words "night time" shall be construed to mean the time
beginning with sunset until sunrise the following day; the
time stated by calendar of hour of sunrise and sunset. It
shall be unlawful to hunt any game mentioned herein by use
of automobile lights, spotlight or a light of any description.
It shall be unlawful to hunt, pursue or kill any upland game
of any species, except deer, by means of any automatic-loading
or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding
more than three shells, the magazine of which has not been
cut off or plugged with a one-piece metal or wooden filler in-
capable of removing through the loading end thereof, so as
to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than three
shells at one loading, but it shall be lawful to hunt upland
game, including deer, during open season with bow and arrow.
(f) Provided, however, an owner of a dog or dogs between
September 10th and March 1, inclusive, may be permitted to
run or train such dogs on Woodcock, English Ringneck,
Mongolian and Melanistic Mutant Pheasant or any other im-
ported species, Ruffed Grouse, Rabbit or Hare, and Partridge
(Quail), provided an attendant accompanies it or them, but
in so doing, no person shall be allowed or permitted to carry
a gun or firearms of any description. Provided, however, it
shall be unlawful for any person to permit their dog or dogs
to catch or kill any game during said training.
Any person allowing any dog or dogs belonging to him to
run at large on any property other than that owned or
tenanted by him between March 1st and September 9th and
pursue game or destroy the eggs or nest thereof, shall pay a
penalty of Five Dollars ($5. 00) and costs for each and every
offense. Any person harboring a dog or dogs shall be termed
the lawful owner of same.
Any person may and it shall be the duty of any deputy game
warden or other officer of this State to humanely destroy any
cat found hunting or killing any bird or animal protected by
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