1456 WILD FOWL, BIRDS AND GAME. [ART. 99.

to jail for thirty days for each offence, and the non-payment of
each and every fine shall be considered a separate offence within
the meaning hereof; one-half of all fines imposed hereunder shall
go to the informer.

Baltimore Oriole Icterus.

1882, ch. 154.

16. No person in this State shall shoot or in any manner catch,
kill or have in possession any bird of the species known as the
"Baltimore Oriole Icterus," or molest or destroy the eggs or
nests of the said birds in the said State.

Ibid.

17. Any person violating the preceding section shall, on con-
viction, pay a fine of not less than ten dollars or more than twenty
dollars for each and every bird of the species known as the "Bal-
timore Oriole Icterus" shot or in any manner caught, killed or in.
his possession, or for any eggs or nests of the said birds molested
or destroyed contrary to the preceding section; said fines to be
recovered before a justice of the peace of the county or Baltimore
city where the offence is committed, or by indictment in the court
having criminal jurisdiction in the county or Baltimore city where
the offence is committed; and in default of payment of fine or fines
imposed hereunder, together with the costs, the offender shall be
committed to jail for not less than ten or more than sixty days
for each offence, and the non-payment of each and every fine
shall be considered a separate offence within the meaning hereof;
one-half of all fines imposed shall go to the informer.