The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-04-25
Published April 1, 1867
CHAPTER 77-GENERAL.

! vised statutes entitled "of ofenses against chas-
| tity, morality and decency."
The people ofthe State of Wisconsin represented in
Senate and Assembly do enact as follows
Section Section 8 of chapter 10, of the revised
statutes is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 5. The provisions of the preceding section
shall not extend to any person whose husband or
wife shall have been continually remaining beyond
sea, or shall have voluntarily withdrawn from the
| other and remain absent for the space of seven
years together the party marrying again, not know
ing the other to be living within that time nor to
any person who has been divorced from the bonds
| of matrimony.''
| Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and he in
force from and after its passage and publica-
Approved April 4, 1867 p
Published April 4, 1871
-.t CHAPTER 8-GENERAL. ,-~tf
AN ACT for the preservation ofgame.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
kill destroy take pursue with intent to kill
destroy or take any woodcock, except between the
4th day Of July and the first day of December or ay
grouse, prairie hen or chicken, quail PARTRIDGE or
RULED grouse, except between the goth day Of Au-
gust and The 18th day of December.
Sec 2. Any person or persons who shall violate
the preceding section, and every person or corpora
ton, railroad company or express company and
employee thereof who shall sell expose for sale
or shall have in his or their possession custody
with intent to SELL dispose of or transport or other
is prohibited by this act any woodcock orouse
prairie hen or chicken, partridge, ruled grouse or
quail shall upon conviction, suffer fine of two
dollars for each such WOOdcock grouse nrsirin han
| or chicken, partridge. rufIed grouse or quail SO
killed. destroyed or taken, pursued with inten-
tent to kill, destroy take, sold or exposed
costs of prosecution.
Sec 3. No person or persons shall kill or take by
any device means or contrvance whatever or sell
or expose for SALE or worry or hunt the same with
mounds or dogs, any deer, buck, doe or faWn be
tween the fifteenth day ofJanuary and the first day
of August person or corporation, railroad or
express company, or agent or employee thereof
shall have in his or their possession for the purpose
| of transportation otherwise, any deer buck doe
| or fawn between the said fifteenth day of January
| and the first day of August; and every person or
persons, corporation or company, and every agent
or employee thereof, who shall violate the pr0vis-
ions or this secton shall upon conviction thereof
be subject to penalty Of ten dollars for each and
every deer, buck, doe, and fawn, or skin or piece
thereof killed, taken, Sold exposed for SALE or had
in possession, contrary to the provisions of this sec
ton, together with the costs of prosecution
Sec, T. Any person or persons who shall wantony
or malcioQsly break up destroy take away in any
manner Interfere with any nest, the eggs there
in. Of any prairie chicken prairie hen, woodcock
snipe partridge rutied grouse, quail, any species
oil wild duck brant wild goose or who snail have
the eggs thereof in his or their possession or shall
sell or expose for sale the said eggs shall upon con-
Vlctlon thereof be subject to penalty of five dol
lars for every nest so broken up, DESTROYED taken
away or lnterered with, and of one dollar for every
such egg so had in his or their possession or So
solu OF exposed Tor sale together with the costs of
prosecution Every railroad and every EXPRESS
company, and all employees and agents thereof
who shall have said eggs in its his or the possess
ion shall be liable to the same penalty.
sec 8. Justices OF the peace shall have c0gnizance
and jurisdiction OF all offences under th act with
out regard to the aggregate amount of fines i'm
posed in any one case All prosecutions under this
act shall be deemed criminal proceedings, and shall
be conducted as provided by law for the prosecu-
ton OF offences cognizable before justices of the
peace; and in all cases of conviction under this act
one half of all fines and penalties collected shall be
paid over by the Justice person collecting the
same, to the person who shall make the complaint
in the case.
Sec 6. This act except the fourth section thereof
shall not affect uncivized Indians living north of
the counties OF Pierce, Dunn, Eau Claire, Clark,
Wood, Portage, Waupaca, Outagamie, Oconto
Brown apd Door.
Sec. T. All laws heretofore passed relating TO the
preservation of game, are hereby repealed
Seq 8. This act shall take effect from its MASSAGE
and publication and shall be published during the
Isl week OF April in each year IN some newspaper
printed and published at The county seat of each
county IN the state, the expense such publication
to be paid out of the county treasures of the re-
spective countless and it shall be the duty of the
county treasurer of each county to cause such pub
lcation to be made.
Approved April 4, 1867