3 Archives of Maryland 255
Abstract
licenses previously issued for "killing of Wild Hoggs [e]mploying Indians to kill deere with Gunnes" both to residents and non-residents of Maryland "hath occasioned some inconvenience & hath given great offence to divers of the Inhabitants of this Province," all existing licenses were repealed
Summary
This proclamation revokes previously issued licenses allowing certain individuals to hunt deer or authorize Indians to hunt deer with firearms, requiring compliance with existing game laws instead.
Law Text
Whereas divers Licences or Warrts haue beene heretofore granted since the last genrall Assembly to severall Inhabitants of this Province for killing of Wild Hoggs ymploying Indians to kill deere with Gunnes, and some to fforreyners to hunt & kill deere within this Province wch hath occasioned some inconvenience & hath given great offence to divers of the Inhabitants of this Province as I haue beene informed I haue therefore thought fitt and doe hereby revoake annihilate & make voide all Licences or Warrants before menconed whatsoever or by whomsoever granted And doe declare that they nor any of them after the date hereof shalbe noe longer in force Whereof all the Inhabitants of this Province and all other persons who haue had any such warrants or licences granted vnto them or any of them & all others whom it may concerne are hereby required to take speciall notice hereof & in all things to comply with & yeild theire ready obedience vnto two severall Acts made in that behaulf the last Assembly one of them intitled an Act touching Indians and the other an Act touching Hoggs &c vppon pill of such ffine penalty forfeiture or punishmt as in them or either of them is provided for Offenders against the same.
Description
Categories
HUNTING REGULATION