title: Maryland's conservation laws, licenses, and enforcement officers
author:  Paul M Hanyok 
description: This year marks a century of organized enforcement of conservation laws in Maryland, and who better to record the history between then and now than what old-timers prefer to refer to as a game warden? To be politically correct, the job today is officially called natural resources policeman, but that sounds too sophisticated for the fellows who grub in the mud and sail in rough waters to protect our resources.
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  The Maryland Toleration Act  
    
  
  
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  # The Maryland Toleration Act
  
  
  ### Anonymous
  
  
  
  
  
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  An Act Concerning Religion.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Forasmuch as in a well governed and Christian Common Weath matters concerning
  Religion and the honor of God ought in the first place to bee taken, into
  serious consideracion and endeavoured to bee settled, Be it therefore ordered
  and enacted by the Right Honourable Cecilius Lord Baron of Baltemore absolute
  Lord and Proprietary of this Province with the advise and consent of this
  Generall Assembly:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  That whatsoever person or persons within this Province and the Islands
  thereunto helonging shall from henceforth blaspheme God, that is Curse him, or
  deny our Saviour Jesus Christ to bee the sonne of God, or shall deny the holy
  Trinity the father sonne and holy Gh