180                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 152

title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Upland and Migratory Game
Birds and Game Animals", relating to the length of the deer
hunting season and relating generally to hunting regulations in
this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 132(a) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources'', sub-title "Upland
and Migratory Game Birds and Game Animals", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

132.

(a) Open seasons.—The open season for game birds and game
animals shall be set by regulation of the Game and Inland Fish
Commission under authority conferred upon it by Section 115 of this
article within the prescribed dates listed below. The Game and Inland
Fish Commission shall adopt and publish seasons on game birds and
game animals annually on or before April 25 of each year, provided,
however, that whenever the Game and Inland Fish Commission,
in the exercising of its powers and authority, restricts or reduces the
number of days normally allowed for the hunting, taking, capturing,
killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage
or export of any wild bird or wild animal because of an emergency
situation, or condition, said Game and Inland Fish Commission shall
have the authority to extend the period aforementioned beyond the
days specified below so as to provide a comparable number of days
in any given season for the hunting, taking, capturing, killing, pos-
session, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage or export
of any wild bird or wild animal.

Kind of Game                                Open Season

Railbirds and blackbirds       September 1 to October 20, inclusive.

Wild waterfowl                    November 1 to January 31, inclusive.

Jacksaipe JACKSNIPE        September 1 to December 31, inclusive.

Squirrel and wild turkey October 5 to October 31, inclusive.

Provided, further, that a land-owner
residing on his farmlands, or a tenant,
of said farmlands, may kill any
squirrel if said squirrel is destroying
corn on said farmlands between
August 15 and October 1, inclusive.
And in Baltimore City where squirrels
are damaging personal property the
owner or tenant of said property may
kill said squirrel or squirrels at any
time.

Dove                                   September 1 to January 5, inclusive.

Woodcock                            October 1 to January 5, inclusive.

Male English ringneck,    November 15 to January 5, inclusive.
Mongolian, or melanistic It shall be unlawful to hunt any up-
mutant pheasant or any land game in any manner in Garrett
other imported species, and Allegany counties during the open