Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-07
New Maryland Laws Please
Sportsmen.
Will Prove Valuable For The
Protection of Game in the State.


Two game measures passed through
the Legislature have been found to be
very valuable from the viewpoint OF pro-
pagation and protection. The most i'm,
portant of the bills passed is that pro-
viding for uniform set of game laws.
This was fought for by State Game Ward
en- Curley, Talbot Denmead, DR.. B. Holly
Smith, Henry P. Bridges and other Mary
land State Game and Fish Protective
Association members, and it is big
feather in their caps and distinct step
forward for Maryland in the game-pro.
lection line. The other gives the ward
ems greater authority of search and ar
rest.
Many local game bills were passed at
the last session of the Legislature, and
where these conflict with the uniform
State law they are worthless. The State
uniform law takes precedence over all
local ones, as Section II provides. This
announcement will be surprising to those
legislators who, it is known, were unin-
terested in the State provision, but had
pet local bills. The uniform season on
game now in this State is November 10
to December "a. Where the Federal
migratory bird law affects the State
dates, the former takes precedence. No
vember to February l is the date set
for shooting duck, geese and swan by
the Federal statute, and that is the law
which must be obeyed not the State one.
A number of requests have been re-
! ceived from sportsmen as to just what
the new uniform game law provides, and
for their information tho following is
copied:
Section |. Be it enacted by the Gener
al Assembly of Maryland, That Sections
20 and q of Article SO of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title
ovid Fowl, Birds and Came be and
he same are hereby repealed and re-en-
acted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
Section 90 No person shall shoot, trap,
catch or kill, or gun or hunt for any par
fridge or quail, English or Monaghan
pheasant, American pheasant, Dark Neck
Bohemian pheasant, pheasant or rufiled
grouse, rabbit, squirrel, wild turkey,
Maryland between the twenty-fourth day
of December and the tenth day of No
vember in any year, exclusive of both
dates, nor upon Sunday or when the
ground is sufficiently covered with snow
to track the birds or game above men
| tioded. And there shall be a daily closed
season on all the above enumerated game
birds and game animals with the excep-
! ton of rabbits between sunset and sun
rise.
Section 81. Any person convicted, be-
fore any Justice of the Peace of this
State, for violating the preceding Section
| (20) shall be fined not less than twenty
! five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars and costs for each and every of
Tense. And any deputy game warden,
constable or other person who shall pro-
cure the conviction of any person or per
sons violating the provision of the pre-
| ceding Section shall receive one-half of
! the fine collected, and the remaining one
| half of the fine shall be paid over to the
| State Treasurer to be credited to the ac-
count of the State Game Protection Fund.
! Provided, that any person who fails to
pay any fine so imposed shall be commit
ted to Jail for not less than twenty-five
nor more than sixty days.
Section H. And be it further enacted,
That all general and local laws inconsst-
ent with any provision or provisions Of
this Act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and that this Act shall take effect
| from the date of its passage.
PEN Mar Excursion Not to Run Every
Day.
! 1t was announced by General Passenger
! Agent c. F. Stewart, of the Western
! Maryland Railway, Monday that the week
! day excursion train to Pen-Mar may be
cut off during the coming summer. The
road is considering only the running of
this train on Sunday, which the officials
say is the only time it has actually paid,
according to the statistics In discuss
ing the reasons for this action Mr.. Stew
art pointed out that the fare by this train
was only 81 for the round trip.
1--WE found" he continued, that peo-
pie going to the mountains to spend the
week lend took advantage of the cheap
rate on Saturday. And so it has been
decided tentatively to discontinue the ex-
cursion train.
Exceptions will be made in cases
where Sunday schools or other organiza-
tons want to spend the day at the park.
In fact, whenever we have knowledge
of sufficient number of persons want
ing to go to the park on certain day to
warrant the running of the excursion
train it will be operated"