The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 54s.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments Section 5, of Article 3, of the Public
County," subtitle s'Birds and Came" as
amended by Chapter IS, of the Acts of 1890,
and Chapter LIZ, of the Acts of 1884. and to
repeal and re-enact with amendments Sec
tions and of this Article as amended by
Chapter l22 of the Acts of 1894, and repeal
and re-enacf with amendments sections :, y
sectIon i. BE ii enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland that Section 3, OF Artlcie 9
of the Code Of Public LOCAL Laws OF naryianu; nl,d
title "Baltimore County," subtitle Birds ana
Game,r as amended BY Chapter S5, of the Acts
OF 1890 and Chapter 122 of the Acts OF 1874, ana
Sections and q .e Of ssa s o & and Sections
Q and 10 of said Article be and the same are
hereby repealed and reenacted 10 reao as iol-
8. No person shall shoot, or in any manner
catch, kill trap, take, or have in possession. IN
rre %oodcocR or SQUIRREL between
2lth and November 1st, exclusive OF ootn oaLes,
or upon any Sunday or election DAY, or "nen
a No person. corporation, or transportation
company shall have the right to Duy, sell, OF
oer for sale for the purpose Of e1pore m carrv arU
woodcock, except as in this Article otherwise
provided. Any person violating the provisions
Of either this or the preceding section shall De
deemed guilty of misdemean0r and upon con-
yiction thereof shall pay me Oh Oh nVe rosals ao
taken. killed or have in possession or trans
ported bought or sold for export, and In de-
House of Correction or county jail for period
of not less than twenty days.
Z. It shall not be lawful for any person not q
bona fde resident or taxpayer OF the county 70
shoot any partridge, pheasant, woodcock, jack
snfpe, rabbit or squirrel in said county Witnout
having first obtained from the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of said county license permitting
the person therein named, whose photograph
shall be attached thereto, to shoot SAID game 10
said county for one year from the date on Wnlcn
such license was issued and such license shall
not be transferable; and the person named
therein or the party procuring s1Cn , feaSe nf Se
dollars, and q clerks fee of twenty five cents,
which amount shall be paid to the State Game
Warden, who shall expend the sum SO received
as hereinafter provided Any non-resident vio-
lating the provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon CON con.
viction thereof shall pay q fine OF ten dollars
for each and every pheasant, partridge, wood
cock, Jack snipe. rabbit or squirrel taken. shot,
killed or had in his possession contrary to the
provisions of this Act, and costs, and in default
the offender shall be confined in the House OF
Correction or county jail for twenty Gays or untl
the fine and costs are paid; one-half to be paid
to the informer and the other half to the State
Game Warden to be expended by him as herein
after provided and such icensee shall have in his
nosseesion when cunning. and exhibit the same
whenever called upon by any citizen OF SAID
county. and upon refusal so to do shall be sub
iected to the lines and penalties hereinbefore
provided for noncompliance with the provis-
ions Of this act. License forms for use as afore-
emit Court and issued under his official seal /;
provided that nothing in this section shall De
taken to prohibit the owners OF land IN sdlu
county from giving written permission TO non-
residents to hunt upon their own lands in said
county, which written permission shall be ex-
hibited as above prescribed in the case OF IL
censes issued by the Clerk of the Court under
the same penalties for refusal to show the same.
8. Any owner who shall permit his dog or
dogs to run at large during the closer season and
uursue or kill game, or destroy the eggs, nests
Or Young thereof, shall be deemed guilty OF a
misdemeanor and be subject to fne or nve
dollars for each and every offence, one-haif 10
90 to the informer, or imprisonment in jail for
1--we days, in the discretion of the court OF JUS
tice imposing the fine or sentence Any person
who shall harbor or permit any dog to remain
on or about his premises shall be deemed the
owner of such dog for the purposes OF this Sec
ton. c,
.. All fees received by the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court for licenses, or by magistrates, or the
court for fines, except the portion Thereon pay
able to the informer, shall be paid over 70 tne
State Game Warden and be by him expended
for the protection and increase or the game
birds in said county; provided that all nneS tnat
are recovered ON the prosecution by the state
Game Warden, or the Deputy Game Wardens,
shall be payable to him or them, as provided by
10. All game wardens and the State Game
Warden are hereby empowered to make arrests
without a warrant of any person or persons
upon their seeing or knowing OF any violation
OF any of the aioregoing sections and are here
by expressly exempted from any liability be-
cause of auy arrest he or they may make while
in the performance of their duties.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date OF 1t:
passage. r,r q.