574 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 367
failure to so do, or the same as the penalty provided for viola-
tion of hunting without first procuring a license by Section
19 of Article 99. If a resident of the State of Maryland, the
applicant shall pay to the Clerk of the Court of the County
of which he is a resident, a sum of One Dollar and twenty-five
cents ($1. 25), which shall entitle him to hunt in the county in
which he procures such license and if he shall desire a State-
wide license, he shall pay a fee of Five Dollars and Twenty-five
cents ($5. 25), which said license may be issued by the Clerk of
any Circuit Court or by the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of Baltimore City. The clerk of the Court shall there-
upon issue a license and tag, to be supplied to the said Clerks
by the Game Warden and said License shall bear the signature
of the Game Warden and shall be countersigned by the clerk
issuing the same, who shall at the same time fill out on a
stub attached to the license blank, the name and address of
the licensee and shall then detach said stub and mail same to
the Game Warden, the first day of each and every month in
each year. Such license shall be void on the thirty-first day
of May of each year following date of issue. For the pur-
pose of this sub-title, a resident shall be a person who has
resided in this State permanently for a period of not less
than six (6) months. The Clerk shall retain as compensation
for issuing each of the above licenses the sum of twenty-five
cents (25), the balance of said fee to be paid and accounted
for as prescribed by Section 18 of this Article; and the
clerk shall deliver the license properly executed to the
applicant in person or by mail without further cost,
said licensee shall insert his or her name on said license
in ink at the time of purchase. And no license shall be issued
to any person under fourteen years of age, except upon the
written request of the parent or guardian. Such license shall
not be transferable, and if used or presented by any person
other than the person to whom it was issued, such license
shall be confiscated by the Game Warden, any Deputy Game
Warden, Constable or other officer who shall find such license
being used; provided, a permanent resident of Indian Head
Government reservation shall be entitled to procure a resi-
dent Hunter's License for Charles County. Not later than
January 15 following the date of the closing of any hunting
season or such other date as the Commission may fix, each
and every resident and non-resident who has procured a hun-
ter's license issued in conformance with this Act, it shall be
the duty of the licensee to forward to the Commission at
Baltimore, on a form attached to such license, or on a sub-
stitute form containing like information if the original form
has been mislaid or lost, a report of all game birds and game
animals and fur-bearing animals, except muskrat, provided,
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