J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      903

may be issued by the clerk of any circuit court of any county or
agent or by the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore
City. The clerk of the court, or agent, shall thereupon issue a license
and tag to be supplied to the said clerks or agents by the Director and
said license shall bear the signature of the Director and shall be
countersigned by the clerk or agent issuing the same, who shall at the
same time fill out a stub attached to the license blank the name and
address of the licensee and shall then detach said stub and mail
same to the Director the first day of each and every month in each
year. Such license shall be void on the thirtieth day of June of each
year following the date of issue. For the purpose of this sub-heading,
a resident shall be a person who has resided in this State permanently
for a period of not less than six (6) months during the preceding
twelve months. The clerk or agent shall retain as compensation for
issuing [each of the above licenses] a license to a resident of this
State, the sum of twenty-five cents (25¢), and for issuing a license to
a nonresident of this State, the sum of fifty cents (50¢), the balance
of said fee to be paid and accounted for as prescribed by law; and
the clerk shall deliver the license properly executed to the applicant
in person or by mail without further cost; said licensee shall insert
his or her name on said license in ink at the time of purchase. And no
license shall be issued to any person under fourteen years of age
except upon the written request of the parent or guardian. Such
license shall not be transferable, and if used or presented by any
person other than the person to whom it was issued, such license
shall be confiscated by the Director, any game warden, constable, or
other officer, who shall find such license being used; provided, a
permanent resident of government reservations shall be entitled to
procure a resident hunter's license. It shall be unlawful to procure
a license under an assumed name or in which an address other than
the applicant's legal place of residence is given or to make any false
statement whatsoever in securing a license.

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(a) The clerks of courts or other persons authorized to sell such
license shall retain as compensation for issuing [the above licenses]
a license to a resident of this State the sum of twenty-five cents (25¢)
and for issuing a license to a nonresident of this State, on and after
January 1, 1966, the sum of fifty cents (50¢) and shall on the first day
of [July, 1943, and on the first day of] each and every month [there-
after] transmit to the Game and Inland Fish Commission of the
State all monies received by them for licenses, and such funds shall
be accounted for by the said Commission to the Comptroller of the
State. The amount so received by the Comptroller shall be placed to
the credit of a separate fund known as "the State Game Protection
Fund" and shall be disbursed by the Comptroller from time to time
on warrants signed by the Director and countersigned by a repre-
sentative of the Commission. The monies in said fund to the credit
of the angler's license shall be used solely for the salaries and
expenses and for scientific investigations, protection, and propaga-
tion of game fish and fresh water fishes.

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

Approved May 4, 1965.