The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-14
LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 542.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
Local Laws of Maryland. title Baltimore
County" subtitle birds and Came" as
amended by Chapter 35, of the Acts of 1890,
repeal and re-enact with amendments Sec
tions and Z of this Article as amended by
Chapter 122 of the Acts of 1894, and repeal
and 10 of this Article.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland that Section 5. of Artic,e 8.
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title baltimore County" subtitle Birds and
Game" as amended by Chapter 35, of the Acts
Of 1890 and Chapter lSS Of the Acts of 1884, and nd
Chapter 1872 of the Acts of 1894, and Sections s.,
8 and 10 of said Article be and the same are
hereby repealed and rec enacted to read as fol-
8. No person shall shoot, or in any manner
CATCH kill, trap, take, or have in possession, in
ridge, woodcock or squirrel. between December
Gath and November LIST, exclusive of both dates,
or upon any Sunday or election day, or when
the ground is covered with snow.
9. No person. corporation, or transportation
company shall have the right to buy. sell, or
ofer for sale for the purpose of export from
Baltimore county. or to export from or carry
out of said county any pheasant, partridge, or
woodcock, except as in this Article otherwise
ter be
deemed guilty of q misdemeanor and upon con-
yiction thereof shall pay fine of five dollars
taken. killed or have in possession, or trans
ported, bought or sold for export, and In de-
fault of such fine shall be imprisoned in the
House of Correction or county Jail for period
of not less than twenty days.
7. 1t shall not be lawful for any person not
bona fde resident or taxpayer of the county to
shoot any partridge, pheasant, woodcock, jack
snipe, rabbit or squirrel in said county without
having first obtained from the Clerk of the Cir
e cult Court Of said county license permitting
shall be attached thereto, to shoot said game in
said county for one year from the date on which
such license was issued and such license shall
not be transferable; and the person named
therein or the party procuring such license
shall pay to said clerk therefor the sum of five
dollars. and a clerks fee of twenty-five cents,
which amount shall be paid to the State Game
Warden, who shall expend the sum SD received
as hereinafter provided. Any non resident vi0-
aegmsd s ~ M fef GIG ab s5a n
shall pay fine Of ten
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 days or until
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 licensee shall have in his
possession when cunning. and exhibit the same
county. and upon refusal so to do shall be sub
jected to the lines and penalties hereinbefOre
ions Of this act License forms for use as afore
said shall be furnished by the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court and issued under his official seal |,
provided that nothing in this section shall be
taken to prohibit the owners of land in said
county from giving written permission to nom
residents to hunt upon their own lands in said
county, which written permission shall be ex-
hibited as above prescribed in the case of L.
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
pursue or kill game, or destroy the eggs. nests
or young thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of five
dollars for each and every offence, One-half to
go to the informer, or imprisonment in Jail for
five 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
ton.
o. All fees received by the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court for licenses, or by magistrates, or the
court for fines, EXCEPT the. portion thereof pay
able to the informer, shall be paid over to the
State Game Warden and be by him expended
birds in said county; provided that all fines that
are recovered on the prosecution by the State
Game Warden, or the Deputy Game Wardens
shall be payable to him or them, as provided bv
Section s, of Chapter 293, of the Acts of 1896
10. All game Wardens and the State Game
Warden are hereby empowered to make arrests
without weren't e sPy Pegqa or
of spy of the atoregping sections and are here
by expressly exempted from any liability be-
cause of any arrest he or they may make while
in the performance of their duties.
Section 3. And be it further enacted, That
this ACT shall take eject from the date of its
/ Approved April 9, 1904. MAY l4.-at