The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-03-25
To LIMIT AMOUNT
Of CAME KILLED
Commission Subcommittee Makes
important Recommendation at
Meeting.

] S'Oh oPPOihtSu ny oONSIllOl SlO-
theirs to consider all the laws bear
ing on the subject OF game and
fish for the purpose of systematic
ing and generalizing them for the
whole State as far as possible met
in the Union Trust Building, Bal
timore. George Dobbin Penniman
presided, in the absence of Chair
man Milbourne, whose train did
not take. him to Baltimore until
the afternoon, and the upland
game committee, one of the sub
committee of the Commission,
took up the questions on which it
was asked to report.
1t was decided to recommend to
the Legislature a limitation on
game that can be killed in any
one day to IS cartridges, pleas
SAINTS, 70 rabbits, 10 squirrels, -
woodcoCk, two wild turkeys, IS
doves, 5 plovers, 100 rail or reed
birds and IS snipe.
The State is to be divided into
game districts, with Garrett, Allie
gany and Washington counties as
one, the Southern Maryland coun-
| ties as another, the Eastern Shore
as third and the counties in Cen
trail Maryland as a fourth. In
each of these counties the season
for killing is to be designated, and
the Commissioners can if they see
| fit curtail the season specified in
the proposed law.
Gunners are to be licensed, S.
being the fee for non-residents and
s. for resident, but any man is at
liberty to gun on his own farm
without taking out a license. The
money derived from the fund is to
be used by the Game Warden in
upholdiug the law and propagat-
ing game. In case a gunner fails
to secure a license, a fine of SIS is
to be imposed.
In the proposed law is a pro-
vision that the informer is to re-
ceive the fine imposed i'll cases of
violations of the law, the money
to be paid directly to him by the
magistrate imposing the penalty
Guy Steele, the former States
Attorney of Carroll, suggested
that this be changed so that the
fee would be paid..on a warrant by
the County Commissioners. In
direction would, he thought, re-
suit in more information of viola
tons, especially ifsteps were taken
to prevent the name of the inform
er from becoming public property.
This he thought, could be done.
Mr.. Steele was asked to prepare a
clause for the proposed law along
the lines suggested for the consid-
Grafton of the committee.
Commander Howard of the Oys-
ter Navy was asked to serve as
chairman Of the fish committee,
but he declined, saying that his
work was keeping ahim SO busy
that he did not have the time to
look after the subject.
Before the report of the upland
Commission it must be approved
at general meeting, Every
clause in the proposed law will
have to run gauntlet of criticism.
1t is the desire of the Commits
sion to have the next Legislature
authorize the appointment of a
Commission on Game and Fish for
the whole State.
Preston B. Springs of Talbot
county, had several suggestions to
make to the Committee consider
ing fish legislation. He has gone
carefully into the situation, CON
sulting with people who are fam
liar with the subject. He will
ask, among other things, for pro-
hibition of shipments of certain
kinds of fish and game from the
State, including terrapin more
than seven inches long.