318 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 162

Commissioners of Carrol County] such sum as they may
deem necessary for public health purposes, including the
cost of maintenance and operation of the aforesaid Carroll
County War Memorial Medical Center.

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

Approved March 31, 1953.

CHAPTER 162

(Senate Bill 148)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
174 (a) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title
"Birds, Game and Inland Water Fish", sub-heading
"Fur Bearers", imposing restrictions upon the hunting
of mink and the having in one's possession the meat or
pelt of mink.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 174 (a) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources",
sub-title "Birds, Game and Inland Water Fish", sub-
heading "Fur Bearers", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

174. (a) No person may hunt any mink, muskrat or
otter or have the meat or pelt of any mink, muskrat or
otter in his possession whether same are trapped, caught,
or killed within the State of Maryland or any other State,
territory, or country, except between January 1 and March
15, inclusive, provided, however, that any person may have
green mink, muskrat or otter skins in his possession until
March 25 for purposes of curing such skins. Provided,
however, that in Frederick, Garrett, Allegany, Mont-
gomery, Carroll, Howard and Washington Counties, mink
and muskrats may be hunted and caught between Decem-
ber 15 of any year and March 1, of the year following,

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.