1016 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 708

first procured an angler's license and having said license, but-
ton, or badge displayed on person at time of said fishing, or
for refusing to show said license, button, or badge when de-
manded by the State Game Warden or any deputy game war-
den, sheriff, constable, or other officer or person or failing to
display license on person where it is visible at all times, or
violating any of the other provisions of this sub-title, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof before any Justice of the Peace or Court of Justice of
the county or city where the offense was committed shall be
fined Ten Dollars ($10. 00) for each and every offense and
shall stand committed to the county jail or the Baltimore
City jail until such fine and costs are paid, but such imprison-
ment shall not exceed ten (10) days for each offense. Any
person convicted for fishing without proper angler's license,
button or badge in possession while fishing or using any
other person's license or button or badge, said license and
button or badge shall be confiscated and the person upon whom
it was found and the licensee shall be disbarred from pro-
curing an angler's license for a period of one year. Any
person found fishing or fishing for any species of fish in non-
tidal waters and who, through inadvertence, has not the license
on his or her person at the time of arrest but who shall present
same to the Court before whom he or she was convicted within
five (5) days after conviction, and if said Court, after making
an investigation, finds said license and button or badge which
is presented was duly issued prior to the apprehension of said
person, then at the discretion of said Court the fine shall be
Five Dollars ($5. 00) for each and every offense instead of
Ten Dollars ($10. 00) as herein prescribed.

106. CLERK'S DUTIES. The Clerks of Courts or other persons
authorized to sell such license shall retain as compensation
for issuing the above licenses the sum of Twenty-five Cents
(25c) and shall on the first day of July, 1943, and on the
first day of each and every month thereafter transmit to the
Comptroller of the State all monies received by them for
licenses, and the amount received by the Comptroller shall
be placed to the credit of a separate fund known as "The
State Game Protection Fund" and shall be disbursed by the
Comptroller from time to time on warrants signed by the
State Game Warden and countersigned by a representative
of the Commission. The monies in said Fund to the credit
of the Angler's License shall be used solely for the salaries
and expenses and for scientific investigations, protection, and
propagation of game fish and fresh water fishes.

In case a person shall lose his angler's license and button or
badge, he may make affidavit as to the date of issuance, num-
ber, description, as provided therein giving name of clerk or