1066                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 734

making a false statement, or violating any of the other provisions of
this subheading, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, before [any] the nearest 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 hunting, 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 dis-
barred from procuring a hunter's license for a period of one year.

Any nonresident of the State of Maryland found guilty of hunting
any game protected by law or wild birds or wild animals without hay-
ing 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 violat-
ing any of the other provisions of this subheading, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before [any]
the nearest justice of the peace of the county or city where the of-
fense was committed, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) 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 im-
prisonment shall not exceed thirty (30) days for each offense.

Provided, however, if a person to whom a hunting license has been
duly issued, through inadvertence, has not the same in his possession
at the time of arrest, he may present same to the justice or court
before whom he was convicted within five days after conviction and
if the court or justice finds said license and tag were duly issued prior
to the apprehension of said person then in that event at the dis-
cretion of said court or justice the fine imposed may be $5.00 for each
and every offense instead of $20.00 as herein prescribed for residents
and fifty dollars ($50.00) as herein prescribed for nonresidents.

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN CECIL COUNTY ANY
PERSON ACCUSED HEREOF SHALL BE TRIED BY THE
TRIAL MAGISTRATE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED NEAR-
EST TO THE PLACE WHEREIN THE ALLEGED OFFENSE
WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 734
(Senate Bill 217)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of
Harford County, from time to time, to borrow not exceeding Six
Million Dollars ($6,000,000) in order to finance the construction,