MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 69

skin or skins of such animal, before the Clerk of the
County Commissioners of Garrett County, and at the same
time make oath in due form that the animal was taken and
killed within the limits of said Garrett County, within
sixty days before the production of said skin or skins,
to the said Clerk of the County Commissioners of said
Garrett County. The said Clerk of the County
Commissioners shall thereupon give to the person or
persons producing said skin or skins, a certificate that
such skin or skins were produced before him, wherein he
shall set forth the above mentioned oath. It shall also
be the duty of said Clerk of the County Commissioners, to
mark any such skin or skins, by means of perforating both
ears and forehead of such skin or skins, by means of a
special perforating machine to be furnished said Clerk of
the County Commissioners by the said County Commissioners
of Garrett County, in order that no person or parsons may
collect said allowance or bounty on any skin or skins
more than one time. Upon presentation of said certificate
above mentioned, to the Treasurer of said Garrett County,
the Treasurer shall pay the allowance or bounty as
provided in Section 43—1 of this Article.]

[43-3.

Any person, persons, firm or corporation, found
guilty of violating any provisions of this sub-title,
shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined the sum of one hundred
dollars or sentenced to jail in Garrett County for a
period of ninety days.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved March 16, 1976.

CHAPTER 48

(House Bill 571)

AN ACT concerning

Election Code - Nominating Petitions

FOR the purpose of providing that a person may not sign
more than once for a candidate who is nominated by
petition, but may nominate more than one nominee for
each office; providing that the local board of
election shall verify all signatures submitted on
behalf of a candidate for certain offices; providing
for verification of a certain percentage of the
signatures submitted on behalf of a candidate for
other offices; providing for the submission of