SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor 25
taxidermist and fur tanning license until expiration of same.]
Taxidermists and fur tanners shall keep a ledger indicating the num-
ber or quantity and species of furs and the county or place of origin
in which furs were taken, possessed, bought, sold, transported,
shipped, stored, tanned, or used by him. Said ledger shall also include
the name, address, and current license number of each person, from
whom all furs were purchased within or outside the State of Mary-
land, the date of purchase, the quantity of each species of furs pur-
chased, the county in which said furs were taken if purchased in the
State of Maryland. Said ledger shall cover all transactions from date
of issuance of taxidermists and fur tanners license until expiration
of same. Said licensee shall at all reasonable hours allow any officer
charged with the enforcement of the game and fish laws of this
State to enter and inspect the premises where operations are being
carried on and to inspect records. [Report forms shall be furnished
by the Director.]
[d] Applications for renewal of licenses shall accompany all such
reports.]
[(e)] (d) Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction before any justice of the peace or a court of Competent
jurisdiction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each and every offense and
may be sentenced to thirty (30) days in jail, either or both, at the
discretion of the court or justice of the peace before whom said
person shall be tried, and in addition to said fine, shall be fined five
dollars ($5.00) for each specimen of wild birds, wild quadruped, or
fish or parts thereof mounted or in possession for mounting. All
such wild birds, wild quadrupeds, or fish, or parts of wild birds,
wild quadrupeds, or fish acquired illegally or being possessed illegally,
found in the possession of any person practicing the art of taxidermy
and fur tanning, shall be confiscated by the officer making the arrest
and turned over to the Director who may dispose of same as he may
deem advisable for the best interest of the State. [Any person failing
to file a report as required by this Section, or filing a false report,
shall have his license revoked for such cause.] Any person failing to
keep a ledger as required by this section, or make false entries in said
ledger, shall have his license revoked for such cause.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.
Approved March 24, 1967.
CHAPTER 14
(Senate Bill 256)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 121 (b)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Supple-
ment), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Birds, Game and Inland
Water Fish," subheading "Commission," to authorize the employ-
ees of the Department of Game and Fish under certain circum-
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