Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-05-22
ICHAPTER 3S4. 1
WILD no VIZ.
An A(T

To amend the act of January session, eighteen
hundred and seventy two, chapter ffty-four,
entitled an act to exempt all that portion Of
the waters of Chesapeake Bay lying north
ward of a certain line therein described, from
the operation and effects Of section one and
three, Of article ninety-eight, Of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Wild Fowl
and to enact other sections, to be in force and
operation in, on and over said waters, by re.
pealng section sixteen of said act, and amend
ing and re-enacting the same
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That section sixteen of the
act of january session, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, chapter fifty-four, entitled an act
to exempt all that portion of the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay lying northward OF certain
line therein described, from the operation and
effects of sections one and three of article nine
ty-eight of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Wild Fowl" and 10 enact other sections
to be in force ard operation in, on and over said
waters, be and the same is hereby repealed,
amended and re-enacted so as ts read as fol-
lows:
16 John Mahan and Henry J. Poplar, Of
hartford county, and Benjamin Die, Of Cecil
county, and their successors, are hereby APP
pointed board of special police. with power
and authority to appoint as many deputies from
among those who take out license under the
provisions of this act, as in their judgment may
be necessary 10 enforce the provisions OF this
act, with power TO arrest without warrant, all
persons who may be detected by them in Violat-
ing any of its provisions, and TO carry such per-
son or persons before justice of the peace, 10
be dealt with according to the provisions of this
act and the said special police shall be paid for
their services a reasonable sum, 10 be fixed by
the judges of the circuit court of the county in
which such services are rendered, out of the
moneys, and no other received by the clerks Of
he circuit courts of Hartford and Cecil counties
for licenses issued by them for the privilege of
shooting wild fowl and in case there should be
a surplus remaining after paying said police
force, such surplus shall be paid over, the eX-
piratlon Of each cunning season, to the school
commissioners of Hartford and Cecil counties re-
spectively, to be applied to school purposes
Provided, That the term of Office OF the said
John Nlahan and Henry j. Poplar, of Hartford
county, and Benjamin Die, of Cecil county,
shall expire on the first day of May, IN the year
eighteen hundred and seyenty-four, and that
thereafter the term of office of the members Of
said board of special police shall be for two
years, and all vacancies that may occur from
the expiration of term, or by removal from Har-
ford or Cecil counties, or death, or conviction OF
malfeasance in office or from any other cause,
in the said board of special police, shall be filled
by the county commissioners of the county
wherein such vacancies may occur; DISC, pro-
Uided That the said board of special police shall
always consist OF two members from Hartford
county, and one from Cecil county.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date ofits passage
We hereby certify, that the aforegoing is true
and perfect copy of an act passed the General
Assembly of Maryland, at the January ses-
sion, 1874
AUGUSTUS GAsSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House of Delegates
Approved April llth, 1874.