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hereby authorized to levy upon the assessable property of the said
county a tax sufficient to pay the aforesaid amounts.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 377
(Senate Bill 207)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 121 (b)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Birds, Game and Inland
Fish", relating to a search by game wardens in Worcester County
without a warrant when there is a belief that the game and fish
laws have been violated.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland_f
That Section 121 (b) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Birds,
Game and Inland Fish", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

121.

(b) Search without warrant; confiscation—In general.—Provided,
however, that if the Director or one of his salaried wardens has
reason JUST AND REASONABLE GROUNDS to believe that game,
fish, or device being used unlawfully is in possession in violation
of the game or fish laws of this State, and, in his opinion, it is
not possible or practicable to secure a search warrant in time
to seize said game, fish, or device being used unlawfully so in
possession, then he may without a warrant examine any boat,
railway car, box, crate, package, or game bag, and (in Garrett,
Allegany, Frederick, Washington, Wicomico, [Worcester,] Talbot,
and Montgomery counties), when dressed in uniform or accom-
panied by a uniformed police officer, may stop and search an auto-
mobile, any vehicle, or trailer for the purpose of examining the game
or fish bag, also to be sure the hunter or angler has conformed to
the law by having the proper hunter's or angler's license in posses-
sion and shall seize any game, fish, or device being used unlawfully so
found in possession in violation of the law, and any game, fish, or
device being used unlawfully so taken shall be disposed of by the

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.