668                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 181

§ 122. Disposition of game, fish or unlawful device.

At the time mentioned in said warrant, said [justice] District
Court judge shall proceed to hear and determine whether said game,
fish, or device being used unlawfully was in the possession of the
person or corporation contrary to law, and if the [said justice]
judge shall find that said game, fish or device being used unlaw-
fully was in the possession of the defendant contrary to law, then
[said justice] he shall enter judgment against the defendant and
order said game, fish, or device being used unlawfully turned over
to the Director, who shall dispose of same as he may deem advisable
for the best interest of the State; but if the [said justice] judge
shall find that the possession of such game, fish, or device being
used unlawfully was not contrary to law, then the judgment shall be
that the same be returned to the person or corporation from whom the
same was taken.

§ 123. Assistance from other officials.

All sheriffs, [constables and] police officers, and all officers ap-
pointed by the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs, shall assist in
enforcing the game and fish laws of this State, and shall have all
the powers of a wildlife officer. The provisions of this section shall
not apply to the Sheriff of Baltimore County.

§ 130. Penalties.

Any resident found guilty of hunting any game protected by law
without having first procured a license, except as herein provided, or
for refusing to show said license when demanded by the Director or
any wildlife officer, sheriff, [constable,] or other officer, or land-
owner or his representative, or failing to prominently display the
license number as provided by law, or procuring a license under an
assumed name, illegal address or making a false statement, or violat-
ing 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] District Court judge of the county or city
where the offense was committed, shall be fined not less than
twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)
for each and every offense [and shall stand committed to the
county jail or the Baltimore City jail until such fine is paid but such
imprisonment shall not exceed twenty days for each offense]. All
fines and costs shall be paid in accordance with Article 38, § 4. Any
person convicted for hunting without proper license and tag in pos-
session while hunting, or using any other person's license or tag,
said license and tag shall be confiscated and the person upon whom
it was found and the licensee shall be disbarred from procuring a
hunter's license for a period of one year.

Any nonresident of the State of Maryland found guilty of hunting
any game protected by law or wild birds or wild animals without
having first procured a hunting license, or for refusing to show said
license when demanded by the Director or any wildlife officer, sheriff,
[constable] or other officer or landowner or his representative, for
failing to prominently display the license tag as provided by law, or
procuring a license under an assumed name, illegal address or mak-
ing false statement, or violating any of the other provisions of this
subheading, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-