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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

vants for carrying on the business of said corpora-
tion, and may remove the same in their discretion
and appoint others in their stead.

Sec. 20. Any trustee of the poor of the county
may in writing, under his hand, appoint what
poor shall be received into said Almshouse.

In force.

Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 2, 1870.

CHAPTER 71.

AN ACT to provide for the protection of Mocking
Birds in Dorchester County.

Not to kill.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That no person or persons shall at
any time hereafter either catch, trap or shoot, or
in any manner wound or kill any Mocking1 Bird
or Birds in Dorchester County.

Penalty.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or
persons violating the preceding Section shall he
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
in the Circuit Court for said county, shall be fined
not less than ten dollars or more than twenty dol-
lars, or he imprisoned in the county jail not ex-
ceeding twenty days, or until the payment of said
fine and costs, one-half of said fine to be paid to
the County Commissioners of said county for the
use of the public schools of said county, and the
other half to the informer.

In force.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 2, 1870.