1874 Md. Laws 224
Abstract
An Act To Protect Wild Fowl in Worcester County, ch. 164, §§ 1-2: § 1... no person shall, during the hours intervening between twilight at evening and twilight of the following morning, shoot or kill, or shoot at, capture with nets, by fire-light, any wild fowl within the limits of Worcester County. § 2. ...no person shall, at any time, kill or shoot at any wild fowl within the limits of Worcester County, with any swivel or pivot gun, or any kind of gun which cannot be conveniently discharged from the shoulder at arms length and without a rest.
Summary
This law prohibits night hunting of wild fowl in Worcester County using firearms, nets, or firelight between evening and morning twilight. It also bans the use of heavy or mounted firearms such as swivel or pivot guns, limiting hunting to shoulder-fired guns that can be discharged without a rest.
Law Text
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That no person shall, during the hours intervening between twilight at evening and twilight of the following morning, shoot or kill, or shoot at, capture with nets, by fire-light, any wild fowl within the limits of Worcester County.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no person shall, at any time, kill or shoot at any wild fowl within the limits of Worcester County, with any swivel or pivot gun, or any kind of gun which cannot be conveniently discharged from the shoulder at arms length and without a rest.
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Categories
HUNTING REGULATION