The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-04-24

additional article to the Code of
Public Local Laws, to be entitled,
Garrett County. ."sub-title birds"
and to re-enact the same with
amendments.
SECTION l. Be itenacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, That sections one, two
three. four, five, six, seven and eight of the
Acts of Assembly of eighteen hundred and
seventy EIGHT entitled "an act to add an ad
ditional article to the Code of Public Local
Laws, toabe entitled Garrett County. subtitle
Birds" be. and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted to read as follows.
SEC l. 1t shall not be lawful for any person
to shoot, kill or in any way trap or destroy in
Garrett county any blue birds, swallows, mar
TINS, cat-birds, 81 arrows, wrens, whip poor
wills or any other insectivorous birds at any
season of the year under the penalty of two
dollars fine for each bird SO taken or de-
stroyed.
SEC. 2. It shall not be lawful for any person
to xii, destroy; snare or in any way entrap in
Garrett county any pheasant, wood cock or
partridge, between the first day of December
ond the first day ofSeptember in each year, or
to snare, or In any way entrap any pheasant
at any season of the year whatever; or to kill
or destroy, snare or entrap any partridge be-
tween the first day of December and the
fifteenth day of October in each year.
SEC 3. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of said section two shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and on presentment.
indictment and conviction or on conviction
before a Justice of the Peace shall pay n fine
OF not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than fifty dollars for each and every offence,
one half of which is to go to the informer and
e-half to the Board of County School Com
| missionerS said county for school purposes,
and on failure or refusal to pay said fine be
imprisoned in the county jail for a period of
not less than thirty nor more than sixty
days.
SEC. 4. No person shall at any season of the
year wilfully destroy the eggs or nests of any
of the birds above named under the penalty
OF i've dollars for each and every offence.
SEC 5. 1t shall not be lawful for any person
to Kill or take any wild turkeyby means ofany
blind. trap, snare, net or device whatsoever
between the first day of January and the
fifteenth day OF September of each year under
penalty of a fine ofnot less than five dollars
nor more than ten dollars for each and every
wild turkey so killed, taken or destroyed.
SEC 6. The posses sion by any person in the
county of any ofthe birds above named, shot
killed or in any wise destroyed. shall be pri
ma facia evidence to convict the person hav-
ing such possession ofhaving done such shoot
ing, killing or destroying.
SEC. 7. The fines provided for in sections
one, four and five of this act shall be recover
able in the name of the State, before any JUS
tice of the Peace III the county one-half for
the benefit ofthe informer, and one-half for
the benefit of the County School fund. and
said Justice imposing such fines shall have
power 10 commit 10 tne county JAN lOr tne
space of not less than ten nor more than thirty
days, any person convicted under said sec
tions and refusing to pay such fine; provided,
however, any person thinking himself ag
grieved by the decision of said Justice may
appeal to the circuit Court OF said county, and
have said charge tried before a jury.
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty ofthe constables
of the several election districts of the county
to arrest all persons who they may have good
reasons to believe are guilty of violating any
of the provisions of this act and take them
before magistrate for trial or hearing as pro
vided in this act, and any constabl5 falling to
guilty of a misdemeanor and on Indictment
and conviction shall be subj CT to such penal
ty as the Court may impose.
SEC 2. And he it enacted, That this act shG il
take effect from the date fits passage.
Attest:
w. G. PURNELL,
443 Secretary.