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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 x^urcha^e and have in his j)ossession 
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 dollai*s 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 ])y them l>ought, 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 skms purchased, of whom purchased, and the date 
of purchase, and shall report amiually 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 willfully refuses to 
make such report, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars and costs. 
Game defi.ned: Sec 50. * * * The term 'game animals' shall be construed 
to mean moose, carillon and deer. 
Approved, March S, 1899. 
MARYI.AND. 
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 ^^olation. Public Local Laws, 
1888, Art. 6, Sees. 30, 31.] 
Frederick. [L'nlawful 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 ship beyond the limits of Frederick county or to 
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