The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-05-22
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
Operative in Cecil County.
PUBLISHED BY AITHoEITT.l
HAPPIER 100.

AN ACT to repeal chapter three hundred
and eighty-four of the Acts passed at
January session, eighteen hundred and
seventy-four, relating to ''Wild Fowl,
and to enact the following i'll lieu
thereof, and in lieu of section sixteen
of the original Act.
SECTION /. Be it enacted By The General assembly
Of .Hargidnd, That chapter three hundred and
eighty four Of the Acts passed at January session
eighteen hundred and seventy four. relating to
- 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 16. 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 office until their successors quality. or dur
ing the pleasure OF the Governor. The said Board
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 as 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 he
dealt with according to the provisions of said
Act and supplements and the said Board OF
Special Police shall be paid iur 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 Wild Fowl" which moneys shall be dstri-
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-
ceiyed the larger amount (if either has resolved a
larger amount than the other) shall pay over to
the other such 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 aforesaid TO the two Spe-
cial Police appointed from said county. each re-
ceiNin- an equal share and the Clerk OF the Cir
cut Court for Cecil county. SHALL in like manner.
pay the money received by him as 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
,nent file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
the county from which he is appointed. bond,
with surctics TO be approved by said Clerk i'll 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 thrty-tirst OF October in any year shall be
prinia tacie evidence of the violation of the pro-
visions Di said original Acts and its several SUP
PIGMENTS by the person OF 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 said license shall he blended fund to be di-
viJed equally between said two counties, and to
be disposed Of as herein provided.
We hereby certify that the aiorcgony is correct
copy Of an Act of the General Assembly OF
Maryland. passed January Session. 1880.
Approved March 18th, 1850.
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
EUGENE HIGGINS,
May S-3w Secretary OF the Senate.