J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               701

CEPT THAT IN THE HANCOCK
ELECTION DISTRICT OF WASH-
INGTON COUNTY, THE COMMIS-
SION MAY REDUCE THE DEER
POPULATION IN AREAS SUFFER-
ING FROM CROP DAMAGE AFTER
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
SHOWS THAT SUCH ACTION IS
JUSTIFIED. THE METHOD OF RE-
DUCING THE DEER POPULATION
SHALL BE AT THE DISCRETION
OF THE COMMISSION EXCEPT
THAT WHEREVER FEASIBLE
TRAPPING SHALL BE PREFER-
RED. THE DEER WHICH MAY BE
TAKEN UNDER THIS PROVISION
SHALL BE DISPOSED OF BY THE
DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION
AS HE MAY DEEM ADVISABLE
AND FOR THE BEST INTERESTS
OF THE STATE. IN DORCHESTER,
ST. MARY'S, SOMERSET, WI-
COMICO AND WORCESTER COUN-
TIES, THERE SHALL BE A THREE-
DAY OPEN SEASON FOR ANT-
LERLESS DEER BEGINNING ON
A SATURDAY PRIOR TO NOVEM-
BER 15 OF EACH YEAR, AS ES-
TABLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME
BY THE COMMISSION; AND PER-
MITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS
PRIVILEGE IN SAID COUNTIES,
WHICH SHALL BE ISSUED WITH-
OUT CHARGE AND ONLY TO
RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS
OF THE SAID COUNTIES. IN AL-
LEGANY COUNTY, THERE SHALL
BE NO PERIOD FOR HUNTING
ANTLERLESS DEER UNLESS THE
MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION
FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL SEC-
TION EMBRACING THE COUNTY
AGREES TO SUCH A PERIOD.

(d) It shall be unlawful to hunt or kill any game on Sundays [or
when the ground is covered with snow; provided, however, it]. It
shall be lawful to hunt [wild waterfowl] game when the ground is
covered with snow.

133.

The bag limits per day 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 [and said
daily bag limits shall not exceed the numbers hereinafter enumer-
ated]. The Game and Inland Fish Commission shall adopt and pub-