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Session Laws, 1955
Volume 620, Page 593   View pdf image (33K)
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THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                    593

insert his or her name on said license in ink at the time of purchase.
And no license shall be issued to any person under fourteen years of
age except upon the written request of the parent or guardian. Such
license shall not be transferable, and if used or presented by any per-
son other than the person to whom it was issued, such license shall
be confiscated by the Director, any [deputy] game warden, con-
stable, or other officer, who shall find such license being used; pro-
vided, a permanent resident of government reservations shall be en-
titled to procure a resident hunter's license. It shall be unlawful to
procure a license under an assumed name or in which an address
other than the applicant's legal place of residence is given or to make
any false statement whatsoever in securing a license.

126. (License Tag Must Be Displayed.) Every license so issued
shall entitle the person to whom it is issued to hunt game which is
protected by law and for non-residents to hunt wild birds and wild
animals, in addition to the aforementioned game birds and game
animals and fur-bearing animals
in any county within the State at
any time during the lawful open season, provided that every licensee
while hunting as aforesaid shall have upon his person the license
referred to above and shall also display a tag bearing his license
number in figures at least one inch in height fastened upon his outer
garment at the center of its back and between the shoulders in such
manner that the figures are visible at all times while thus hunting.
The license must be produced for the inspection of the Director,
[deputy] game wardens, sheriffs, constables, or other officers or any
landowner or tenant demanding to see it.

129. (Penalties.) Any [person] resident found guilty of hunting
any game protected by law without having first procured a license,
except as herein provided, or for refusing to show said license when
demanded by the Director or any [Deputy] Game Warden, Sheriff,
Constable, or other officer, or person, or failing to display the license
number on his back as provided by law, or procuring a license under
an assumed name, illegal address or making a false statement,
or
violating any of the other provisions of this sub-heading, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before
any Justice of the Peace of the County or City where the offense was
committed, shall be fined Twenty Dollars ($20.00) 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 imprisonment
shall not exceed twenty days for each offense. Any person convicted
for hunting without proper license and tag in possession while hunt-
ing, or using any other person's license or tag, said license and tag
shall be confiscated and the person upon whom it was found and the
licensee shall be disbarred from procuring a hunter's license for a
period of one year.

Any non-resident of the State of Maryland found guilty of hunting
any game protected by law or wild birds or wild animals without
having first procured a hunting license, or for refusing to show said
license when demanded by the Director or any Game Warden, Sheriff,
Constable or other officer or person, for failing to display the license
tag on his back as provided by law, or procuring a license under an
assumed name, illegal address or making false statement, or violating
any of the other provisions of this sub-heading, shall be deemed guilty


 

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