SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        101

sion and use of legally propagated game and fresh water fish therein:
and may require such reports as deemed necessary concerning the
operation of said areas. Any permit issued under the provision of
this section may be revoked for violation of any provision or any
regulation made by the Commission relating to fee fishing lakes.
Any owner or operator of a fee fishing lake or pond who operates a
lake or pond, without a license as herein provided for or, who violates
any of the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace or court
of justice of the county or city where the offense is committed be
fined One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each and every offense.

(b) Special licenses to nonresidents to fish; [exception as to
Calvert, St. Mary's and Garrett Counties.] The Department of

Game and Inland Fish [Commission] may issue special licenses to

non-residents to fish on fee fishing lakes or ponds as follows: The
applicant, a nonresident of the State of Maryland, shall pay to the

issuing agent with whom he or she files his or her application, the
sum of [Three Dollars ($3.00)] One Dollar and twenty-five cents

$1.25) as a license fee. The Agent shall thereupon issue a license to

the signature of the Director and shall be countersigned by the
Agent issuing 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 to the Director the first day of each

and every month in each year, said license shall be void on the 31st

day of December in each year following the date of issue.

The Agent shall retain as compensation for issuing each of the

above licenses, the sum of Twenty-five cents (25¢), the balance of

said fee to be paid and accounted for as prescribed by law in this

Article, and the Agent 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 the license in ink at the time of pur-

chase. 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]
Wildlife Officer, Constable or other officer who shall find such license

being used.

The penalty for any non-resident of the State of Maryland found

guilty of fishing on a fee fishing lake or pond without having first

procured a license, or for refusing to show said license when de-

manded by the Director, or any [Game Warden] Wildlife Officer,
Sheriff, Constable or other officer, or [person] landowner or his

representative as provided by law, shall be the same as those penal-

ties set forth in Section 220.

Nothing herein contained shall prevent the holders of a Regular
Non Resident Fishing License from fishing fee fishing lakes or ponds
by requiring them to obtain an additional license as prescribed herein.

[The provisions of this section shall not apply to Calvert, St.

Mary's and Garrett Counties.]

218. Taking fish for propagation purposes.

It shall be lawful for the Department of Game and Inland Fish
[Commission] to catch or take any game or fresh water fish from
any of the waters of this State including ponds, lakes, canals, pub-