Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16
An Act for the Preservation OF Game
Published April 4th, 1861
CHAPTER 49,.

CHAPTER 49, .s .~s--
The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and assembly, do enact as 1ollocs: 4i-
SEcTroN l. 1t shall be unlawful for any person TO
kill destroy take pursue with intentt KILL de-
stroy take any woodcock, except between the 4th
of July and the first day of December, any grouse
prairie hen or chicken quail, partridge or rufiied
grouse, except between the 10th day OF August and
the 18th day of December
SECTION 2 Any person or persons who shall violate
the preceding section and every or corporation
railroad company express company, and every en-
ployee thereof who shall sell expose for sale, or
shall have in his their possession or custody with
intent to SELL dispose of or transport or otherwise d
ring the times when the killing of the same is prohi
tied by this act any woodcock grouse, prairie hen or
chicken partridge, ruled grouse quail SHALL upon
conviction suffer fine of two dollars for each such
woodcock grouse, prairie hen chicken, partridge
rued grouse quail killed, destroyed or taken,
pursued with intent to KILL destroy or take, or so
sold exposed for sae or so had III possession to-
gether with the costs of prosecution.
SECTION 3. No person persons shall kill or take
by any Device continuance whatever, or sell
OF expose for sale, worry cor hunt the same with
hounds or dogs any deer buck doe, fawn, between
the 18th day of January and the first day OF August
No person corporation railroad or express compa-
ny, agent or employee thereof shall have IN ms or
their possession, for the purpose OF transportation or
otherwise any deer, buck, doe or fawn between the
said 18th day of January and the first day OF August
and every person or persons, corporation or
and every agent employee thereof who shall violate
the provisions of this section SHALL upon conviction
thereof be subject to penalty of ten dollars for each
and every deer, DUCK, zoe ana IaWn OF Skin OF piece
thereof killed, taken, sAR exposed for sale or had in
possession contrary to the provisions OF this secton
together with the costs of prosecution.
SECTION 4. Any person or persons who shall wan
tonly or maciously break up, Destroy take away, or
in any manner interfere with any nest, or the eggs
therein of any prairie chicken prairie hen, wood
cock, snipe partridge, rufed grouse, quail any spe-
cies of wild duck, brant wild goose who shall
have the eggs thereof in his their possession
shall sell expose for sale the said eggs SHALL upon
conviction thereof be subject to penalty of five dol
lars for every nest broken up, destroyed, taken
away interfered with, and of dollar for every
such egg had in his their posesion so sold OF
exposed for SALE together with the costs OF prosecu-
ton. Every railroad and every express company,
and all employees and agents thereof, who shall have
said eggs its, his their possession shall be liable
to the same penalty.
SECTION s. Justices of the Peace shall have cognz-
ance and jurisdiction of all ofenses under this act
without regard to the aggregate amount OF lines I'M
posed in any one case. All prosecutions under tins
act shall be deemed criminal proceedings, and shall
be conducted as provided by law for the prosecution
of ofenses cognizabe before justices of the peace
and in all of conviction under this act onealf
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.
SECTION 6. This act, except the fourth section
thereof shall not affect uncivzed Indians living
north of the counties of Pierce, Dunn, Eau Claire,
Clark Wood, Portage, Waupacca, Outagamie, Oconto,
Brown and Door.
SECTION 7. All laws heretofore passed relating to
the preservation of game, arc hereby repealed.
SECTION g. This act shall take effect from its pass
age and publication, and shall be published during
the LIST week of April in each year in some newspa-
per printed and published at the county seat of each
county in the State the expense of such publication
to be paid out of the county treasures OF the res
pective counties; and it shall be the duty OF the
county of each county to cause such publ
cation to be made.
Approved April Sd, 1867.