(a) No person shall set, use or maintain a leg-hold trap on land or water, for the purpose of taking a wild animal.
(b) The prohibitions contained in division (a) hereof shall not apply to the Animal Warden or persons working under the direction and control of the Animal Warden.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(1964 Code, § 503.19)