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Deer, sale under license: Sec. 27. Any marketman or provision dealer, having 

 an established place of business in this State, may purchase and have in his possession 

 at his said place of business not more than three deer, lawfully killed or destroyed, 

 or any part thereof, at one time, and may sell the same at retail to his local custom- 

 ers, provided, however, that said marketman or provision dealer, shall have procured 

 a license of the commissioners of inland fisheries and game to carry on said business 

 of buying and selling deer as aforesaid; and provided further, that said marketmen 

 shall record in a book kept for that purpose, and open to the inspection of inland 

 fish and game wardens and the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, the name 

 and residence of each person of whom he purchases any inland fish or game and the 

 date of such purchase; and if any marketman or provision dealer shall violate the 

 provisions of this section, he shall be fined five hundred dollars for each offense and 

 be prohibited for five years thereafter from the benefits of this section. All market- 

 men or provision dealers licensed as aforesaid shall pay to the commissioners, in 

 cities and towns of over three thousand inhabitants, five dollars annually, and three 

 dollars in all other places; or instead of this fee, the commissioners may, at their 

 discretion, issue licenses authorizing the retailing of deer as above specified, on pay- 

 ment of fifty cents for each deer retailed; said marketmen and provision dealers 

 holding these licenses shall annually, on December fifteenth, make, sign, and send 

 to the commissioners, under oath, a statement setting forth in detail the number of 

 deer by them bought, and of whom bought, and the date of each purchase, during 

 the time covered by their licenses; and whoever fails to make the report required in 

 this section shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars and costs. 



Deer-skin license: Sec. 28. The commissioners may annually issue licenses to 

 suitable persons to buy and sell, or tan, deer skins lawfully taken. Such persons 

 shall keep a record of all deer skins purchased, of whom purchased, and the date 

 of purchase, and shall report annually to the commissioners. The fee for such 

 license shall be five dollars, to be paid to the commissioners and by them to the State 

 treasurer; and whoever, licensed as aforesaid, unreasonably and Avillfully refuses to 

 make such report, shall be i^unished by a fine of one hundred dollars and costs. 



Game defined: Sec. 50. * * * The term 'game animals' shall be construed 

 to mean moose, caribou and deer. 



Approved, March 8, 1899. 



MARYLAND. 



The general State game law. Acts of 1898, chap. 206, only contains provisions against 

 sale of game in close seasons. The following abstracts of local laws are taken from 

 the compilation of the game and fish laws prepared by the Maryland Game and Fish 

 Protective Association, and are arranged alphabetically by counties. 



Anne Arundel. [Unlawful to sell any partridge, quail, woodcock or pheasant 

 taken in Anne Arundel County, or to carry the same out of the county alive or dead. 

 Penalty, $5 for each bird, or 10 days; one-half of the fine to informer, one-half to 

 county schools. Acts 1900, chap. 151.] 



Caroline. [Unlawful to ship or attempt to ship out of this county at any season, 

 any partridges, quail, woodcock, or rabbits shot or trapped in said county. Penalty, 

 $5 for each bird, etc., so shipped. Possession by any express or transportation com- 

 pany of any of said game is prima facie evidence of violation. Public Local Laws, 

 1888, Art. 6, Sees. 30, 31.] 



Frederick. [Unlawful to sell, barter or trade, (or to attempt the same) any pheas- 

 ant, partridge, squirrels or woodcock that have been trapped or shot in Frederick 

 county. Penalty, $10 for each bird, etc. ; one-half to informer. Public Local Laws, 

 1888, Art. 11, Sees. 45, 48, 53. 



[Unlawful to ship or attempt to sliij[) beyond the limits of Frederick county or to 



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