The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-04-28

| AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments Section of Article of the Code Of
Public Local Laws title Carroll County"
subtitle "Birds and Came and to add
an additional Section thereto to come in
after Section of said Article and to be
known as Section A.
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted 6y the General
assembly Of Maryland, That Section 8 Of
| Article Z of the Code of Public Local Laws
| title "Carroll County, subtitle "Birds and
Came" be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, and that an
additional Section be added thereto to come
in after Section of said Article, and be
known as Section Q A. So as to read as
follows:
| Sec. 8. 1t shall not be lawful for any per.
| son to shoot or in any manner catch, kill OF
have in possession, in Carroll county, any par.
| fridge or rabbit between the twenty fifth day
of December and the eighth day of November,
| next ensuing, both days exclusive, in each
| and every year any pheasant or squirrel be-
tween the first day of January and the first
day of September, exclusive, or any wood
| cock between the first day of February and
the fifteenth day of June, exclusive, nor shall
any person during such period destroy or
modest the eggs or nests of said birds in said
county.
SIC. 9 A. 1t shall not be lawful for any
person not bona-fide resident or taxpayer
of Carroll county to shoot any woodcock,
pheasants, partridges, rabbits or squirrels in
the said county without having first obtained
from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county license permitting the persen named
in said license to shoot game in said county
for one year from the day on which said licence
is issued such license to give to the lieensee
no rights other than those possessed by citi.
zens of the county under this Act and the
person named therein, or party procuring
such license, shall pay the said Clerk for such
license the sum of ten dollars, which amount
shall be turned over by said Clerk to the
Board of County School Commissioners of
Carroll county for the use of the Public
Schools in said county, and fifty cents to the
said Clerk for his fee for issuing said license;
license; and any nonresident convicted be.
fore Justice of the Peace of said coun.
ty, of cunning or trapping within the
limits of said county without license so
to do, shall be fined ten dollars for each bird,
rabbit or squirrel found in his possession, or
proven to have been killed by him, in case
none are found in his possession, and shall
forfeit his gun or other instrument used by
him in the killing or taking thereof, the same
to become the property of the person on
whose premises such nonresident may be
found cunning or trapping; and on failure to
pay said fine of ten dollars the offender shall
be confined in the county jail for ten days; pro-
vided that any land owner may, by express
authority, extend the privilege of killing said
game upon his land to whomsoever he pleases
during the parts of the year in which the
killing of such game is lawful under the
provisions of this Act, unless the person so
privileged be engaged in taking or killing
said game for the market, in which case the
aforesaid license fee shall be paid in the man
ner specified. In case Of conviction for any
ofense under the provisions of this Act, one
half of all fines imposed shall be paid to the
informer and the other half of said fines shall
be paid to the Board of County School Com.
missioners of said county, for the uses Of the
Public Schools in said county.
SEC. 2. And be Il enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date Of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1894.
FRANK BROWN,
Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE CHER CLERK,
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
hereby certify that the aforegoing is true
copy of an Act of the General Assembly Of
Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1894 B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk Of the House Of Delegates.