84                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 74

having first procured a hunting license, or for refusing to show said
license when demanded by the Director or any [game warden]
Wildlife Officer, sheriff, constable or other officer or [person] land-
owner or his representative, for failing to prominently 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 violating any of the other provisions of this subheading, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before
any justice of the peace of the county or city where the offense 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 imprisonment
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 discre-
tion 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 here-
of shall be tried by the trial magistrate geographically located near-
est to the place wherein the alleged offense was alleged to have been
committed.

131. Hunting license required to hunt wild waterfowl.

All persons hunting wild waterfowl on any of the land or waters

of this State must first procure a hunter's license to so hunt, shoot,

or kill. [Local licenses issued to residents of Harford and Cecil
Counties shall be valid for the killing of waterfowl on the Susque-

hanna Flats.]

          Penalty for violation of this section shall be the same as that

provided in Section 130 of this Article, for hunting without a license.

131A. Commercial hunting guide license.

(a)    No person shall act for hire as a commercial hunting guide
without having first obtained a license. Licenses shall be issued in
the manner prescribed by this subheading. The Game and Inland
Fish Commission is authorized to establish classifications of licensees
and to set the fees to be paid by each class, but no such fee shall
exceed ten dollars ($10.00) in any year. The Commission is further
authorized to prescribe rules and regulations respecting the duties of
guides and to require an oath that the licensee shall abide by the
game laws of this State.

(b)    No hunting guide shall aid or accompany any person in the
taking of any wild bird or animal unless such person first possesses
a proper hunting license. Violation of this provision or of any rule
or regulation of the Commission or the conviction of the licensee for
any violation of the game laws of this State shall, in the discretion of
the Commission, result in the revocation of such person's license.