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housing project of such character.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 893

(House Bill 705)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County — Limited Trapping
PG 206A-78

FOR the purpose of Uniting the use of certain traps in
Prince George's County, with certain exceptions.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 10-410(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

10-410.

(o) (1) In Montgomery [County] AND PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTIES, a person nay 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.

(2) This Section does not apply to:

(i) traps set on farmland by the owner of
the farmland, by bis 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 of
the Maryland wildlife Administration who exercises his
duties for wildlife control under guidelines established by
the Administration.