HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 975

found and the licensee shall be disbarred from procuring a
hunter's license for a period of one year. Provided however if
a person to whom a hunting license has been duly issued,
through inadvertence, has not same in his possession at the
time of arrest, he may present same to the Justice or Court
before whom he was convicted within five days after convic-
tion and if the Court or Justice finds said license and tag were
duly issued prior to the apprehension of said person, then in
that event at the discretion of said Court or Justice the fine
imposed may be, f5. 00 for each and every offense instead of
|20. 00 as herein prescribed.

20. HUNTERS LICENSE REQUIRED TO HUNT WILD WATER
FOWL. All persons hunting water fowl on any of the waters
of this State must first procure a hunter's license to so hunt,
shoot, or kill. Local licenses issued to residents of Harford
and Cecil Counties shall be valid for the killing of water fowl
on the Susquehanna Flats.

UPLAND AND MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
AND GAME ANIMALS

21. The open season for game birds and game animals shall
be as follows:

Kind of Game Open Season

Greater and Lesser

Yellowlegs........... August 16 to September 30, inclusive.

Railbirds.............. September 1 to October 31, inclusive.

Wild Water Fowl....... November 1 to January 31, inclusive.

Wilson Snipe or
Jacksnipe............ November 1 to January 31, inclusive.

Squirrel............... September 15 to October 15, inclu-
sive; then closed October 16 to No-
vember 14, inclusive; then open
November 15 to December 31, in-
clusive, except in Washington
County the open season shall be
September 15 to October 15 only.
Provided, further, that a landowner
residing on his farmlands, or a
tenant of said farmlands, may kill
any squirrel if said squirrel is de-
stroying corn on said farmlands
between August 15 and September
14, inclusive. And in Baltimore
City where squirrels are damaging
personal property the owner or