The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-09-01
The Game Laws.

our State. Such laws have bccom
Dcccssiry in all uf the moro thickl,
populated portions Of the country. an,
I il iS every mans duty iu dcnouncc an,
/ infringement of them which NAV com,
y biz notice. In many places tnrourl
neglect Of this, game Of all kinds ha
hccn almost or altoge,l cXlcrmiuatcd
, Every farmer and hult raiser shouh
especially make II his business to 81,
hat iusccliycrOus birds receive all III,
protection that the hw affords.
! l. 1t shall not he lawful for an,
person within this Commonwealth I,
shoot. Kill. or IN any wty trap or dies
troy any bluebird, swallow, marin o
other iD,cctivcyou, lnd -, my ,oasol
Of the year, under the penalty of tw,
/ dol ~.
-. No person shall shoot, Kill, OF
oths"wis, destroy an pheasant ,bc,wccr
the tirst day OF January and the lourll
lay Of July, or any partridge or abb
hotwccn the first day Of JANUARY an,
the first day of october, in the pre,cu
year. aud in each and every yc
thereafter, under the penalty OF iy,
dollar, for each | every oHcrsp.
,. From Junc first to Scptcmhc,
first of each aud every wear the 'ic
it shall be unlawful for any person o,
pc ous to shoot. KILL trap or destroy
ran-h'"ls or +" birds uulcr Ia,
penal sum of five dollars with cost. Of
prosecution for each aud every oGcn,c
to b. sued for and recovered bc!or,
any magistrate in the county which
the oiIcnso was committed, ouc-hali o.
the penalty for the use OF the iuIormcr
who shall be com ut witnoss, the
other half Nr the use of the poor oi
the district in which the oTcusc wa,
committed.
1. No person shall kill or o,hcrwi
destroy any pheasant between the first
day Of February and the iir,t day OF
August, or any wOl!cuck between iht
first day Of February aud the fourth
day of July, or any partridge or rab' I
between the FIRST day of February and
the first day of October in the present
year and in each aui every year there.
after under the peua!ty of five dollars
for each and every ohensc. and that
the second section Of the act to which
this is Il supplement, he and the same
IL hereby repealed.
3. No person shall buy or cause 10
be bought or carry out out OF this State
for the purpose OF supplying any pri-
vate or public house or market, any
pheasant, partridge, woodcock or rabbit,
unless tho same shall have been shot OF
taken in the proper season rs provided
for in this aci, under penalty of five
dollars for each aud every uilrnsc.
q. No person shall at any time will
fully destroy the egg, or nests of any
birds mentioned in the different sec
tions Of this net wi'hin this Common.
wealth, under penalty Of two dollars
for each ana every oncnsc.
I. The possession OF any person
within this Commonwealth Of any OF
the game end birds mentioned in the
different sections of this act, shot.
killed or otherwise destroyed out o.
the season as aforesaid, shall be prima
tacia evidence to convict under this
act.
S, Any person offending against any
of the provisions Of this act, and being
thereof convicted before any Alderman
or Justice Of the Peace aforesaid, or
Dy the oath NJ affirmation of one or
more witnesses, shall, for every such
oilcnse, forfeit the fine or fines attached
to tie same, one-halr to the use of The
county in which he complaint is mpdc
and the other half TO the use Of the
lniormer; and if the offender shall
refuse to pay the said forfeiture, he
shall be committed to the jail of the
proper county, for every such efensc
for the space of two days, without bail
or mainprisG Providc1 however, thai
ch convict ion be made within sixty
days after the committing of the otlense
.. That any act or acts conlictiug
with this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SUPPLEMENT-.
]. The time for shooting partridge
shall commence on the goth day OF
October and end on the 10th day Oi
December in each year.
2. That the penalty provided by the
~ section Of the act, TO which this is q
supplement. be aud the same is hereby
Increased to Twenty-Five dollars and
the remedy provided by sad law fol
collecting said penalties shall be and is
acreby amended; and all laws anG
parts of laws Inconsistent herewitb |
and the same nro hereby rcletlc".
Provided, Thatthe prov sicns OF TIL
net shall not apply to the counties o
Tioga, Potter, Bradford, Sullivan. We.
mango, Warren, Pike, Wayne, Lehigb
Cambria, Jefferson, Clinton, Centre
ard Wesimoreland.
Section 2 was repealed by section
4, but w,s a!erwards le-enacied fol
the counties OF York, Montgomery
Fayette, Westmorelaui and Greene.
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