592                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 345

125.

(a). (Hunting Without License Prohibited.) 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 without 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 pro-
visions of this sub-section, no person or persons shall, at any time,
hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap or 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 pro-
cured such a license. All non-residents of the State of Maryland
shall procure a non-resident license to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap,
shoot, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, kill, trap or shoot in any
manner any wild birds or wild animals. Provided however, a license
shall not be required by UNARMED persons who are participating
in an organized foxhunt

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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:

(c) If a resident of the State of Maryland, the applicant shall pay
to the clerk of the court of the county, or agent of which he is a
resident, the sum of One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents ($1.25) which
shall entitle him to hunt in the county in which he procures such
license, and if the applicant shall desire a State-wide license, he shall
pay a fee of Five Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($5.25) which license
may be issued by the clerk of any circuit court of any county or agent
or by the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City. The
clerk of the court, or agent, shall thereupon issue a license and tag
to be supplied to the said clerks or agents by the Director and said
license shall bear the signature of the Director and shall be counter-
signed by the clerk or agent issuing the same, who shall at the same
time fill out on a stub attached to the license blank the name and
address of the licensee and shall then detach said stub and mail same
to the Director the first day of each and every month in each year.
Such license shall be void on the thirtieth day of June of each year
following the date of issue. for the purpose of this sub-heading, a
resident shall be a person who has resided in this State permanently
for a period of not less than six (6) months during the preceding
twelve months. The Clerk shall retain as compensation for issuing
each of the above licenses, the sum of Twenty-five Cents (25c), the
balance of said fee to be paid and accounted for as prescribed by law;
and the Clerk shall deliver the license properly executed to the appli-
cant in person or by mail without further cost; said licensee shall