Ch. 77

LAWS OF MARYLAND

are engaged in fox hunting and who have broken away may not be
killed under this subsection.

(c)  A person, or two or more persons together, may not
throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, artificial
light, battery, or other device on any highway or in any field,
woodland, or forest while possessing, or having under control, a
firearm or other implement by which any deer could be killed,
even ' though the deer is not shot at, injured, or killed. The
provisions of this subsection do not apply where the headlight of
a motor vehicle, operated by any person traveling on a highway in
the usual way, casts a light upon deer on or adjacent to the
highway and there was no attempt or intent to locate them.

(d)    Any person who violates any provision of subsection
(c) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to
a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than six
months or both, with costs imposed in the discretion of the
court. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
subsection shall have his hunting license revoked and shall be
denied the privilege of hunting in the State for at least two and
not exceeding five years. In addition to these penalties, every
spotlight, artificial light, battery, or device to spot, locate
or hunt for deer, and every firearm, bow and arrow, or device
capable of killing a deer, found in or on any vehicle or in
possession of the person convicted, or used to violate the
provisions of this subsection, shall be confiscated and disposed
of by the Secretary as he deems advisable.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved April 12, 1988.

CHAPTER 77

(House Bill 316)

AN ACT concerning

Recovery by Minors in Tort - Petition for Withdrawal of Money

Held in Trust

FOR the purpose of altering the circumstances under which a
trustee is required to meet a certain burden of proof in a
hearing on a petition for withdrawal of certain moneys of a
minor deposited by the trustee in certain financial
institutions.

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