The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-05-06
P uB11c LOCAL LAWS
JANUARY SESSION, 1910
published by authority
CHAPTER 376.

CHAPTER 376
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section of Chapter $50
of the Act of 19t s, entitled IAN Act
to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments Section and of Chapter 47li
of the Acts of 1906" entitled AN
Act to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter $50 of the Acts
of 1904" entitled An Act to regulate
the hunting, shooting or trapping Of
wild geese, wild ducks, snipe, ortolan
and all other birds and wild fowl and
muskrats on the Patuxent river, its
tributaries, and the marshes of the
said river and its tributaries"
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
section of Chapter $50 of 1908, entitl
ed s.An Act to repeal and re-anact
with amendments Sections and 4 of
Chapter 471t of the Act of 1905, entitl-
ed "An Act to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter 500 of the Acts of
1904" entitled "An Act to regulate
the hunting, shooting or trapping CT
wild geese, wild duck, snipe, ortolan,
reed bird and all other birds and wild
fowl and muskrats on the Patu1ent
River its tributaries, and the marshes
of the said river and its tributaries, be
and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows;
Section T. And be it enacted that
it shall not be lawful for any person,
whether resident or NONRESIDENT of
the State of Maryland to shoot or trap
any wild duck on the Patuxent river,
its tributaries or its Marshes between
the fifteenth day of April and the first
day of August following and between
the first day of September and the
seventh day thereof both day inclusive
in each and every year or any ortolan, rail
or reed bird, between the first day of
January and twelfth day Of September
following, both days inclusive. in each
and every year, or to have in his posses
sion in any of the counties bordering
on said river any of the named birds
or wild fowls during the closed season
for the same respectively, provided by
this section, or to shoot or trap in any
one day sevent-fve of either ortolan,
rail or reed bird or to ship, convey or
transport out of the State in any one
day more than seyenty-tive of either
ortolan, rail or reed bird, aud any per-
son convicted in the Circuit Court or
before any Justice of the Peace of the
State of Maryland, in and for any of
the counties bordering on said river, of q
violation of this Section, shall pay a
fine of five dollars for each and every
wild goose, wild duck. ortolan, rail or
reed bird killed by him or found in his
possession, one half Of said fine to be
paid to the informer if any, and the re-
mainder of the whole, as the case may
be to the Board of County School Com
mlssioners of the county in which the
trial is had for the use of the public
schools thereof after deductipg all cost
incident to said trial and conviction,
and on the failure to pay such fine such
offender shall be committed by the
court or justice of the peace who i'm
posed said fine to the county Jail of the
county in which such conviction was
had, for not more than ten days.
Section 2. An be it enacted That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of it passage.
Approved April 7, 1910
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
ARTHUR P. GORMAN, Jr,
President of the Senate.
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House :
Hereby Certify, That the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act of the General
Assembly Of Maryland, passed at the
January Session, 1910.
A. J. ALMONEY,
Chief Clerk of the House.