692 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 410

enact, with amendments, Sections 5, 6, 38, 41, 69 and 76 of
said Article 99, sub-title "Game and Inland Fish Commis-
sion; Upland and Migratory Game Birds and Game Animals \
Bag Limits and Export of Game"; Blinds; Elk and Deerr
relating to discretionary power; appointment of Wildlife
Technicians; fines; duck blinds; game refuges, and deer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 79 be and it is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 5, 6, 38r
41, 69 and 76 of Article 99 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Water Fowl—Birds and Game", sub-
title "Game and Inland Fish Commission; Upland and Migra-
tory Game Birds and Game Animals; Bag Limits and Export
of Game"; Blinds; Elk, and Deer, be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5. Having a due regard for the distribution, abundance,
economic value and breeding habits of wild birds, wild
animals, and fish in inland waters, the Commission is hereby
vested with the necessary power and authority to determine
when, to what extent, if at all, and by what means it is desir-
able to enlarge, extend, restrict or prohibit in any degree the
provisions of law obtaining in any county in this State for the
hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase,,
shipment, transportation, carriage or export of any wild bird,
wild animals, or fish from inland waters, and may, upon its
own initiative or upon written petition of fifty residents of
any county, at least 25 of whom shall hold valid Hunters'
Licenses and at least 25 of whom shall be bona fide farmers
who actually reside on a farm, propose regulations for such
purpose. The full text of any regulations proposed shall be pub-
lished ten days before the same may be acted upon and shall
name the time and place that the matters mentioned therein
will be taken up, at which time any interested citizen shall be
heard. Such publication shall be made in a newspaper pub-
lished in the county and if there be none such, in a newspaper
in an adjoining county or section, or in such manner as may
be convenient. If the Commission is satisfied that the pro-
posed regulation, or any part thereof is advisable, such regu-
lation, or any part thereof, may be adopted in the manner
directed for proposing the same and shall name the date
when it is to become effective. It shall be a misdemeanor
to violate such regulation, or any part thereof, and any person
convicted of such violation shall be fined not less than Ten
Dollars ($10. 00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00)
and may be sentenced to thirty (30) days in jail, either, or
both, in the discretion of the court or justice before whom said