The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-06-17
P Pub1,c LOCAL Laws
January Session, 1904.
CHAPTER 253.

| the ActSOt the General ASSenbly
of Maryland passed at the Session
Of 1902 regulating the closed season
f: for hunting in Anne Arundel and
Prince Georges counties and to re-
enact the same with amendments.
SECTION l. b. it enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, That
the Act Of 1902 Chapter 40 of the
General Assembly of Maryland be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:
SECTION 2: Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
no person shall in any manner hunt,
catch, kill or'shave in possession in
Prince Georges county in. this state,
any partridge Or. quail, English or
Mongolian pheasant, American pleas
ant, orcrabbit between the twenty-fifth
day Of December and the ninth day OF
November, following, both. days exclu-
sive in each year or any Woodcock
between the first day Of January and
the first dayof July, following, both
days exclusive in each and every year,
or any snipe or ploverr between the
first day of May and the tenth day OF
September, following, both days ex-
elusive in each and every year, under
fine Of not less than one dollar or
Emore than ten dollars for each of the
aforesaid birds or game animals so
shot, caught, killed or in possession.
SECTION: 3. And be enacted, That
any justice Of the peace of this State
in and for the county where the offence
shall he committed shall have jurisdic-
ton toihear and determine all prose-
culions for the purpose of enforcing
fines and costs collectible under the
provisions of this Act and all such
fines and costs are hereby expressly
made subject to the provisions Of Sec
tion 8 of Chapter 293 of the Acts Of
the General Assembly of Maryland
passed at the Session of 1896 and in
| all cases where such prosecutions are
begun or instituted by any person OH
er than the State Game Warden or
one of the Deputy Game Wardens OF
this State and shall result in the col
lection of fine or fines than one-half
of such fine or fines, after the proper
court costs or magistrates costs in the
trial and decision of the case shall
have been paid, shall be paid to the
informer, and the other half to the
school fund of the county in which
said prosecution is conducted and in
failure to pay such fine and costs the Of
fender shall be committed by the
Judge or justice Of the peace, who i'm
posed the fine, to the county Jail for
ten days.
SEcL1oN T. And he it enacted that
nothing in this Act shall apply to any
person who may have in his possession
partridges, qnail or pheasant imported
into the State of Maryland for breed
ing purposes.
SECTION 5. And be it enacted, That
all acts or parts of acts and all Sec
tions or parts of sections of the
Code of Public Local Laws now in
force in the State or Maryland incon-
sistent with any OF the provisions of
this Act, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
SECTION 6. And he it enacted that
this Act shall take effect from the date
of it's passage. '
Approved April 7th, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor
SPENCER C. JONES.
President of the Senate.
GEORGE EVERHART,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
I hereby certify, That the aforego-
Ing is a. true copy Of an Act of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, pass
ed at the January Session. 1904.
ROBERT MOSS.
/ Secretary Of the Senate:
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to repeal Sections two hum
dred and ninty-six, two hundred and
ninety seven and two hundred and
ninety-eight, OF Article II of the
| Code Of Public Local Laws of the