THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1097

guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof
before a justice of the peace of said county, shall be fined
not less than Five nor more than Twenty Dollars; pro-
vided, that the owner or possessor of the land trespassed
upon shall, by conspicuous posters placed upon said land
prior to said trespass, have warned all persons from enter-
ing upon said lands without his permission. Any person
who shall so commit a wilful trespass while carrying or in
possession of any gun, pistol, rifle, shotgun or any other
form of firearm, shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than Twenty-five Dollars ($25. 00) nor more than One
Hundred Dollars ($100. 00).

125. (a) For the purpose of providing, a fund for the
payment of the expense of protecting and propagating
certain birds and animals, and preventing unauthorized
persons from killing the same, no person or persons shall
at any time hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot, or attempt
to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, or shoot in any manner
any game birds, game animals, fur-bearing animals with-
out first having procured a license, except as provided in
Section 127, so to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot, or
attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, or shoot, and
then only during the respective periods of the year when
it shall be lawful to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot,
or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, or shoot said birds
or animals. In Baltimore County, and except as provided
in Section 127 hereunder, in addition to the other provi-
sions of this sub-section, no person or persons shall, at
any time, hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap, shoot or attempt
to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap or shoot any vermin or
unprotected birds, as the same are defined hereinabove in
this sub-title, without having first procured such a license.
The said license shall be procured from the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of any County, or from the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, and in addition
thereto may be procured from such agent as the Director
may appoint, on forms prepared and supplied by him in
the following manner, to wit:

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 27, 1953.