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Ch. 794
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Approved May 26, 1977.
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CHAPTER 795
(House Bill 1018)
AN ACT concerning
Calvert, Montgomery County County and Prince George's,
Worcester Counties— Limiting Trapping
MC 103-77
FOR the purpose of limiting the use of certain traps in
Calvert, Montgomery County County and Prince
George's Prince George's, Howard, Wicomico, and
Worcester Counties, with certain exceptions; and
providing penalties for violation of this section.
BY adding to
Article — Natural Resources
Section 10-410(o)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 10-410(c) be and it is hereby
added to Article - Natural Resources, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1976 Supplement) to
read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
10-410.
(O) (1) IN CALVERT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNTY
AND PRINCE GEORGE'S PRINCE GEORGE'S, HOWARD, WICOMICO,
AND WORCESTER COUNTIES, A PERSON MAY NOT USE, SET, PLACE
OR MAINTAIN ANY STEEL JAW LEGHOLD TRAP ON LAND. THE
STEEL JAW LEGHOLD TRAP MAY BE USED FOR THE CAPTURE OF
FUR-BEARING MAMMALS IN WATER ONLY IF SET IN SUCH A MANNER
THAT THE MAMMAL CANNOT RESURFACE AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN
THE TRAP.
(2) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO:
(I) TRAPS SET ON FARMLAND BY THE OWNER
Of THE FARMLAND, BY HIS AGENT OR TENANT, HIS LESSEE, OR
BY ANY MEMBER OF HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY WHO RESIDES ON THE
FARMLAND.
(II) TRAPS SET BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENT
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