998 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 708

mitting such applicant to breed and protect the game raised
on the land or water owned or leased by said licensee. Said
license shall expire on the thirty-firs t day of December after
date of issuance. No license shall be issued to any person
owning or leasing land or water which is not enclosed with a
fence, said fence must be of such character as to prohibit
egress and ingress, or water satisfactory to the Game Warden.
If the land is an entire island or if it is partially surrounded
by water and enclosed with a fence where it adjoins other land
the same shall be acceptable under the terms of this Section.

68. SALE AND SHIPMENT OF GAME. Before any licensee
shall offer any game raised on his property for sale, said
game shall first be offered to the Game Warden of this State
for propagation purposes and said Game Warden within ten
days after receipt of said offer shall notify the licensee whether
he desires to purchase same or not. Before any game raised
in captivity is shipped or removed from any premises the
licensee shall apply to the Game Warden for a tag, which shall
be supplied at cost, said tag to be composed of two parts and
when detached one part thereof containing the name and
address of the purchaser and the kind and number of game
shipped or removed shall be placed on the container of the
birds or animals. The other part of the tag containing the
information required shall immediately be returned to the
Game Warden. The tag attached to any container of any
bird or animal shall so remain until the contents of the con-
tainer are removed, disposed of, or the living bird released
from the container, or the dead body of any bird or animal is
sold, or the dead body is cut up for retail purposes or final
consumption, at which time the tag shall be removed by the
person receiving same and shall at once be forwarded to the
Game Warden. It shall be unlawful for any person who en-
gages in the occupation of raising and selling game, as pro-
vided for in the preceding Section, to ship same beyond the
confines of this State at any time, either dead or live, without
a permit from the Game Warden so to do. Every licensee shall
keep a ledger of all game purchased by him, number of eggs
received, the number of birds or animals raised, the number
killed and sold either dead or alive, and make an itemized
report to the Game Warden of this State on or before Decem-
ber 15 of each and every year. Said report must be made
as herein provided before said licensee receives a breeder's
permit for the following year.

(a) To encourage the raising of Chinese Ringnecked or
Mongolian Pheasants in captivity where said birds are raised
under a game breeder's license on property conforming to the
requirements as herein provided, said birds may be killed by