Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-05-25
CHAPTER 2G3.

AN ACT to repeal section one hundred
and ninety-nine of article one ofthe Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, enti-
tled"Allegany County" subtitle" Birds"
as enacted by the act of 1874, chapter 90,
and enact other sections in lieu thereof
to be known as 1919, 199a, 1893, 1890 and
1891.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That section one
hundred and ninety-nine Of article one of
the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled
"Allegany County" subtitle Birds" as
enacted by the Act of eighteen hundred
and scvcnty-tour, chapter TWEEN y-three, be,
and is hereby repealed, and the following
section enacted i'll lieu thereof to be known
as 1884, 199b, 1896 and 1891.
1919. Any person who shall shoot, kill
or destroy within the limits of Allegany
county, any hawk, owl or weasel, shall be
entitled to receive from the Commissioners
OF said county, upon complying with the
terms of this Act, the following sums of
money, viz: For every hawk or owl so
killed, sot or destroyed, the sum of thirty
cents, and for every weasel the sum of
twenty-five cents.
199a. The person so killing, shooting
or destroying any such hawk, owl or wea-
sci shall, in order to get the benefit of this
Act take said hawk, owl or weasel or the
head thereof before some Justice of the
Peace i'll said county as evidence of such
killing or destroying, and shall make oath
that the same was bona fde killed or des-
troycd in said county, and said Justice of
Peace shall thcreupon burn said head so
that the same cannot be used again, and
Shall give the party producing the same
certificate tina, such head hadbeen produced
before and destroyed by him, and that tho
party producing the same had made tho
affidavit required by this Act, and shall
receive from such person for such services
the sum Of fifteen cents for every case in
which there shall be included five scaps,
OF less, in one certificate and two cents ad-
litional for every scalp over five contained
therein.
1893. The Treasurer of said county,
upon presentation of such certificate shall
pay to the party holding the same the sum
OF thirty cents for every hawk or OWL and
the sum of twenty-five cents for every
weasel specified therein rs having been
produced before said Magistrate and sworn
to have been iona ride killed or destroyed
in said county as aforesaid.
1850. The Commissioners of said county
shall, in making their annual levy in each
year, levy in the hands of the said Treasur-
er contingent fund to meet the payments
required to be made by him under the last
proceeding section, and if, at the end of
the year, such sum shall prove to have
been insufficient they shall levy such ad
ditional sum therefor as may be necessary.
1891 If the Treasurer shall, for any
reason, refuse to pay the sums provided TO
be paid by this Act upon presentation of
the certificate of said justices herein speci-
fed, then an action shall be against the
Commissioners of said county to recover
the sums herein designated to be paid for
the killing or destroying of any such owl,
hawk or weasel aforesaid.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this
A ct shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
FETTER S. IOBLITZELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
Approved this 9Th day of April, 1878,
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
THE Great Seal. Governor.
MARYLAND SGT:
|, James S. Franklin, clerk of the Court
of Appeals of Maryland, do hereby certify
that the af0regolng Is Ii iull and true copy
OF the Act Of the General Assembly Of
Maryland of which it purports to be a
copy as taken from the original Law be-
longing to and deposited in the office of
the clerk ofthe Court of Appeals of Mary
land.
In testimony whereof hereunto set my
hand as clerk and attiX the seal xxx*xxx
OF the said Court of Appeals this XsEALf
I'd day of May, 1878. *******
JAMES S. FRANKLIN,
Clerk ofthe Court of Appeals Of Maryland
May 1S-3t