SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        151

to provide a change in the number of special dog training areas
allowed per county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 146 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1967 Replacement Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitle
"Field Trials," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

146.

Upon application of any club or organization having twenty or
more members who are citizens of this State, or upon the application
of twenty or more citizens of this State and the payment of an
annual registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00), the Commission may
issue a permit authorizing the establishment and maintenance by
such club, organization or citizen on land owned by them, or over
which they have legal control, of a special dog training area wherein
and whereon dogs may be trained at any time during the entire year.
No such dog training area shall be of less than one hundred acres, nor
of more than two hundred fifty acres, nor shall permits be issued
for more than [five] eight special dog training areas in any one
county.

The permittees shall from time to time during each year stock
twenty-five pieces of game per one hundred acres at their own
expense under the supervision of the Commission and unless the
Commission shall determine that the area is already adequately
stocked. The permittees may at any time during the entire year
train their own dogs or the dogs of other persons on such area or
permit others so to do under such conditions as shall be mutually
agreed upon. Neither the permittees nor any other person shall at
any time hunt or trap within the confines of such area, except that
the permittees or any person authorized by them may hunt or trap
vermin and predators for the purpose of exterminating vermin and
predators on such area.

The boundary line of such special dog training area shall be plainly
and conspicuously posted prior to September first of each year with
legible notices at least ten inches by twelve inches in size placed not
more than one hundred yards apart which shall bear the following
warning:

SPECIAL DOG TRAINING AREA

HUNTING IS UNLAWFUL
This Land Is Set Aside Under Special Permit for the

Training of Dogs.

Entering Hereon for the Purpose of Hunting or Disturbing Game

or Permitting Dogs to Enter Without Proper Authorization Is

Punishable by a Penalty of Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00) for each offense.

(Name and Address of Permittee to Be Printed Here)