TAXES.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 9, sec. 143.

178. The collectors of tax in Charles county, after thirty days' notice by public advertisement set up at the court-house of the county and at four of the most public places in said county, of the time and place of sale, may sell at public sale a sufficient quantity of timber growing on the land, suitable for cord wood or fence rails, to satisfy and pay all taxes due on lands belonging to persons who do not reside in said county.

Ibid. sec. 144.

179. The collector shall give a certificate to the purchaser of such timber, of such sale, stating the quantity and quality of the timber sold, and shall also make a return thereof to the county commissioners, to be recorded in their office; and the purchaser may at any time within twelve months from the day of sale enter upon the lands and cut and carry away the quantity of timber purchased.

Ibid. sec. 145.

180. If there be not sufficient timber on the lands to pay the taxes due thereon, or if the collector cannot sell such timber to pay such taxes, he may sell any one tract or parcel of land upon which the taxes may be due, having first given the notice required by section 178, and further notice in one newspaper published in the district of Columbia, of the time and place of sale, specifying therein the amount of tax due, the name, quantity and situation of such tract or parcel of land, and shall make return of such sale to the county commissioners at their next meeting, to be recorded among their proceedings.

Ibid. sec. 146.

181. The said sale and return shall vest a good title in the purchaser, of all the right, title and interest of the owner of such lands in and to the same; but the owner may redeem such land at any time within twelve months after such sale by paying to the purchaser the amount of the purchase money, with interest of twenty per centum on the same from the day of sale.

TERRAPINS.

1886, ch. 347. 1888, ch. 82.

182. It shall be lawful for the bona fide citizens of Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's counties, to catch terrapins in the waters of said counties between the first day of October in each and every year, and the first day of May next succeeding.

Ibid.

183. None but bona fide citizens of Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's counties shall catch terrapins in the waters of said counties.

Ibid.

184. Any person violating the two preceding sections, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace for Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's counties, shall be fined not less than five nor more than two hundred dollars, one-half to be paid to the informer and the other to the county commissioners of the county of which the justice of the peace having jurisdiction and trying the case, is a resident, for the use and benefit of the public schools of said county.

Ibid.

185. The boat and seine, or any other instrument used by or found in the possession of any person violating said sections shall be responsible for the aforesaid fine.

1878, ch. 502. 1888, ch. 82.

186. No terrapins of a less size than six inches in length upon the bottom shell, shall be taken from any of the waters within Charles county, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every terrapin of a less size than six inches in length upon said bottom shell, so taken said fine to be collected as provided in sub-title "Fish" of this article; and it shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch any terrapin from the waters within said county, between the first day of May and the first day of October in each year; and any person violating this provision of this section shall be subjected to the same penalty as is provided for taking terrapins

under the size of six inches upon the bottom shell, to be collected as is provided for the collection of the other fines and penalties imposed by said sub-title "Fish" of this article.

WILD FOWL.

1880, ch. 176.

187. It shall not be lawful for any person not actual residents of Charles, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties, to shoot or trap upon the waters of the Patuxent river, its tributaries, or the marshes bordering upon the same, any goose, duck, snipe, ortolan or other wild fowl.

Ibid.

188. Any person who may be found violating the provisions of the preceding section, shall, upon conviction thereof before a justice of the peace of the county wherein the offence was committed, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, for the first offence, and not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each and any subsequent offence; and the boat, gun, ammunition, and all other property found in the possession or use of such person at the time of the arrest, shall be held until such fine is paid, one-half of said fine to go to the informer, the other half to the school fund of the county in which the offence shall be committed.

1888, ch. 352.

189. It shall not be lawful for any person not a bona fide resident of said county or corporation, to shoot or kill any wild water-fowl in or on any river, stream, creek, or any of the tributaries of the Potomac river within the limits of Charles county, without having first obtained a license from the clerk of the circuit court for said county permitting the person named therein to shoot or kill said wild water-fowl for a period of twelve months from the date of the issuing of such license; and the person named therein shall pay to the said clerk for said license the sum of twenty-five dollars, which amount shall be turned over to the board of school commissioners by the said clerk for the use of the public schools of said county, and fifty cents to the clerk for his fee for issuing the said license.

1888, ch. 352.

190. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before any justice of the peace in said county, shall pay a fine of twenty dollars for each and every offence; one-half of the said fine to be paid to the informer and the remainder as hereinafter directed; and on failure to pay said fine, shall be committed to the house of correction or the county jail, for ten days, in the discretion of the justice of the peace trying the case.

Ibid.

191. The possession by any person within said county of any wild water-fowl, without having taken out the license required by section 189 to enable him to take or kill the same, shall be considered prima facie evidence of the violation of the provisions of said section.

Ibid.

192. One-half of all fines collected by any justice of the peace in said county, for a violation of any of the provisions of section 189, shall be paid by said justice of the peace to the board of school commissioners for the benefit of the public schools of said county, and the other half to the informer.

Ibid.

193. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county, and the constables of the several districts thereof, to arrest any person violating any of the provisions of section 189, and take him before the nearest justice of the peace, to be dealt with as hereinbefore directed.

1888, ch. 466.

194. It shall be lawful for the bona fide citizens of Charles county to shoot wild water-fowl from sink boxes in the waters of said county.

17. Disorderly conduct or disobedience 31. Pay and expenses to be raised by

Birds and Game.

33. Unlawful to kill mocking birds. 34. Penalty.