The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-05-15
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
Operative in Cecil County.
published BY AUTHoRITY.1
lOs.

CHAPTER 1O6.
AN ACT to repeal chapter three hundred
and eighty-four of the Acts passed at
January session, eighteen hundred and
sevcnty-four, relating tt" Wiid Fowl
and to enact the following in lieu
thereof, and in lieu of section sixteen
of the original Act.
SECTION !. Be II enacted By The General assembly
Of Maryland THAT chapter three hundred and
eighty-our of the Acts passed at January session.
- Wild Fowl. be and the same is hereby repeal
ed. and the following is enacted in lieu thereof
and in lieu OF section sixteen of the original Act
Section 10. From and after the passage of this
Act. and every two wears thereafter, the Governor
shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the
Senate. Board OF Special Police, who shall hold
their r, Office until their successors quality or dur,
of Special Police shall consist of two citizens Of
Hartford and two citizens of Cecil county. The
said Board OF Special Police shall have power to
appoint many deputies, to be chosen from
among those who have taken out license under
the provisions of this Act, as in their Judgment
may be necessary. The said Board of Special
Police and its deputies shall have power to arrest,
with or without warrant, upon their own view, or
upon credible information. all persons violating
any of the provisions of said original Act or any
of its supplements and to carry such person or
persons before any Justice of the Peace, to be
dealt with according to the provisions of said
Act and supplements, and the said Board of
Special Police shall be paid for their services
the moneys, and no other received by the Clerks
of the Circuit Courts for Hartford and Cecil coun-
ties. for licenses issued for the privilege of shoot
ing 3" Wild Fowl which moneys shall be distri-
buted as follows: At the end of each cunning
season the Clerks aforesaid shall each certify to
the other the amount received by each for issuing
the licenses aforesaid. and the Clerk who has re-
celved the larger amount IF either has received
larger amount than the other) shall pay over to
the other such 4 sum as will render the amounts
in the hands OF both equal. Then the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Hartford county shall pay the
sum received by him as aforesaid to the two Spe-
cial Police appointed from said county. each re-
ceivin% an equal share. and the Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil county. shall, in like manner
pay the money received by him aforesaid, to
the Special Police appointed from Cecil county.
That each member of said Board of Special
Police shall. within sixty days after his appoint
ment. file with the CLERK Of the Circuit Court for
the county from which he is appointed, a bond
with surctes to be approved by said Clerk in the
penalty of one thousand dollars. for the faithful
performance Of his duties under the provisions of
said Acts and its supplements, and the possession
of any wild ducks between the first OF April and
the thirty-trst OF October in any year shall be
prima facie evidence OF the violation of the pro-
visions OF said original Acts and its several sup
plenents by the person or persons in whose pos
session said ducks may have been found and the
offender or offenders shall be fined in the discre.
ton OF the Court not less than five dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars and the said funds
for aaid license shall be blended fund to be d.
vided equally between said two counties and to
be disposed of as herein provided.
copy OF an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland. passed January Session. 1880.
Approved March 25th, 1880.
MILTON Y. KIDD.
Chief CLERK of the House of Delegates
EUGENE HIGGINS,
May S-3w Secretary OF the Senate.