554 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 199

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 im-
prisonment shall not exceed ten (10) days for each offense.
Any non-resident of the State of Maryland found guilty of
fishing or fishing for any species of fish in non-tidal waters
without having first procured an angler's license and having
said license, button, or badge displayed on person at time of
said fishing, or for refusing to show said license, button, or
badge, when demanded by he Director or any game warden,
sheriff, constable, or other officer or person, or failing to dis-
play 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 Twenty Dollars ($20. 00) for each and every offense
and shall be committed to the county jail or the Baltimore
City Jail until such fine and costs are paid, but such im-
prisonment shall not exceed twenty (20) 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 per-
son upon whom it was found and the licensee shall be dis-
barred from procuring 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 for residents and Twenty Dollars ($20. 00) as here-
in prescribed for non-residents.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 22, 1949.