The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-07
GAME.
The New Law for Protection of Game in
Ohio.

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The New Law for Protection of Game in
Ohio.
The following act was passed at the
recent session of the Ohio Legislature
That il shall be unlawful for any
person, at any time, to catch, kill or
iniure, or to. pursue with such intent
on the public highways, streets, alleys
or public commons, any sparrow, rob-
in, blue bird, martin, thrush, mocking
bird, swallow, oriole, red bird, gross
beak, cat bird, chewit or GROUND robin,
peWee or phoebe bird, wren, cuckoo,
indigo bird. nut hatch, creeper, yellow
bird, fringilla, yellow hammer or
flicker, warbler or finch, maYis, red
stark, dummock, nightingale, cross
bill, European quail or corn crake,
Hungarian robin, European black
bird, great tit or blue.
GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWLS.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any
person, in any place, to catch, kill or
injure. or to pursue with such intent
any quail or Virginia partridge, or
any wild turkey, between the first day
of January and the fifteenth day of
October inclusive; or any rnffied
grouse or pheasant, pinnated grouse
or prairie chicken, blue winged teal,
mallard or wood duck, or other wild
duck, wild goose or brant, at any
time between the first day of January
and the first day of September, or at
any time before the first day of Janu-
airy and the fourth day of July, TO
catch, kill or injure, or to pursue
with such intent any woodcock; or to
catch, kill or destroy, or to pursue
with such intent, on the land of an
other, between the first day of Janu-
AIRY and the first day of October, any
wild rabbit or hare; and it shall be
unlawful for any person at any time
to catch by snare or trap any quail or
Virginia partridge; and it shall be
unlawful for any person, by the aid or
use of any swivel or punt gun, or any
other than the common shoulder gun,
or by the aid or use of any push boat
or sneak boat, used for carrying such
gun, to catch, kill or wound, or de-
stroy, or TO pursue after, with such in
tent, upon any of the waters, bays,
rivers, marshes, mud flats, or any Gov
er to which wild fowl resort, within
the State of Ohio, any wild goose, or
wild duck or brant.
SEC. 3. And it shall be unlawful
for any person to destroy or disturb
the eggs of any of the birds protected
by this act and any person offending
against any of the foregoing proVis-
ions of this act, ahall be fined in any
SUM not less than two dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars for each
offense, on conviction in the proper
court, or TO be imprisoned in the
county Jail not more than twenty
days, or both at the discretion of the
court, and pay the costs of prosecution.
SEC. 4, No person, when shooting
on the land of another, shall discharge
any firearms on any lawn, pleasure
ground, orchard or other ground,
which is directly appurtenant to or
within gnn-shot of an occupied dwell
ling house. The penalty for violating
this section shall be fine of not less
than five or more than twenty dollars,
or be imprisoned not more than thirty
days, or both, at the discretion of the
court, and pay the costs of ofpresecution.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be unlawful to
shoot at, kill or pursue with such in
tent, OH the inclosed nor improved
lands of another, any of the birds or
game protected by this act, after re-
ceiving notice to leave said land or
premises by the owner, his agent or
any person having charge thereof.
This notice may be verbal or written,
served on the party to be notified or
by putting up a beard not less than
two feet long by enc wide, inscribed
with legible characters in English that
mo hunting or shooting will beallow-
ed ON these premises" which shall be
set up at least ten feet from the ground
on post in some conspicuous place
on the premises, either of which shall
be deemed sufficient notice under this
act.
Provided that psthing in this section
shall apply to any person who has re-
ceiVed express permission from the
owner, or person in lawful possession
of land, te hunt or shoot thereon, un-
til such permission is Withdrawn.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to deface or pull down any
such board or deface the notice there
on. ANY person offending against
any of the provisions of section five
or.six of this act shall, on conviction,
be fined in any sum not less than S.
nor more than $25, or be imprisoned
in the county jail not less than five
nor more than thirty days, or both at
the discretion of the court, and pay
the costs of prosecution.