MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  1117

Article — Natural Resources

Section 10—406

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 10-101(e) and (g) of Article -
Natural Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and they are hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article — Natural Resources

10-101.

(e) "Forest game birds and mammals" means forest
game birds (ruffed grouse and turkey) and forest game
mammals (bear; deer; AND flying, fox, gray and red
squirrels[; opossum; and raccoons]) or any part, egg,
offspring, or dead body of any of them.

(g) "Fur—bearing mammal" means any RACCOON, OPOSSUM,
beaver, mink, muskrat, and otter or any part, offspring,
or dead body of any of them.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
10—406 of Article — Natural Resources, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement) be
and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

10-406.

(a)    Except between January 1 and March 15, a
person may not hunt or trap any fur—bearing mammal,
EXCEPT RACCOON OR OPOSSUM, or possess the meat or pelt of
any fur—bearing mammal, EXCEPT RACCOON OR OPOSSUM,
whether hunted or trapped within the State or any other
state, territory, or country.

(b)     (1) A person may possess any green pelt of
any fur—bearing mammal until March 25 for purposes of
curing the skins. However, in Frederick, Garrett,
Allegany, Carroll, Howard, and Washington counties, a
person may hunt or trap mink or muskrat between November
15 and February 15, of the year following, and a person
may possess any green mink and muskrat pelt until