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Dec. Ses. 1817
Not to be kill-
ed for 3 years.
Persons in
whose hands
any deer's flesh
may be found,
to be consider-
ed the killer.
Penalty on
slaves killing
deer.
Proviso.
Repeal.
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2. And be it enacted, That after the expiration of the aforesaid
term of three years, no person or persons whatsoever shall shoot,
kill, or otherwise destroy, any deer, except within the period as
prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement.
3. And be it enacted, That any person or persons whatsoever, in
whose hands or custody any deer flesh or deer skin or skins shall
be found, that shall appear to have been killed contrary to this act,
shall be deemed, taken and adjudged, the killer or destroyer of such
deer, and liable to the penalty aforesaid, unless such person or per-
sons shall make it appear who it was that really killed the same, or
from whom such person possessed thereof shall have received the
same, or that the same was not killed contrary to the provisions of
this act.
4. And be it enacted, That if any master, mistress or overseer,
shall wilfully suffer any servant or servants, slave or slaves, under
his, her, or their care and management, to hurt, kill or destroy, any
deer, contrary to this act, shall forfeit the sum of forty dollars, to
be recovered and applied as before directed; and if any servant or
servants, slave or slaves, do or shall hurt, kill or destroy, any deer,
contrary to this act, and without the privity and knowledge of their
masters, mistress or overseer, and be convicted thereof before any
justice of the peace, such servant or servants, slave or slaves, shall
be whipped not exceeding thirty-nine lashes, at the discretion of
such justice of the peace, Provided always, that nothing herein
contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prevent the
owner from killing tame deer, or deer confined in parks.
5. And be it enacted, That all laws heretofore passed for the pre-
servation of the breed of wild deer in Somerset and Dorchester
counties, repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this
act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
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Passed Feb 4
Preamble.
Levy for (mild-
ing bridges
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CHAPTER 162.
An act to provide for building Bridges over Patuxent River.
Whereas., it is represented to this general assembly, by the
petition of a number of inhabitants of Prince-George's and Anne-
Arundel counties, that it would tend greatly to their accommoda-
tion and convenience, and to that of the public generally, if bridges
were erected over the Patuxent river, at Queen-Anne, and at the
two fording places called the Governor's Bridge, and the. Priest's
Ford; Therefore,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy courts of Prince-George's county and Anne-
Arundel county, are hereby authorised and empowered, to assess
and levy a sum not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars, on the as-
sessable property in their respective counties, at the time of lay-
ing their next county rates, together with the commission for col-
lecting the same, which said assessment shall be made, levied, col-
lected and paid, to the commissioners appointed by this act, or to
their order, as soon as the same shall become payable by law, as
follows, to wit: To the commissioners for building the bridge at
Queen-Anne, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars; to the
commissioners for building the bridge at the ford called the Gover-
nor's Bridge, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars; to the
commissioners for building the bridge at the Priest's Ford a sum
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