River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-14
Game Law.

ANsACT for the preservation of game.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate aud Assembly, do
enact as follows:
I Section /. II shall be unlawful for any
| person TO kill. destroy or take, or pursue
with intent to kill. destroy or take any
I woodcock. except between the 4th day of
/ July and the first day of December, or any
1 grouse. prairie hen or chicken, quail.
partridge or RULED grouse; except between
/ the 10Th day of August and the lt'h day
/ Of December.
! Sec. ,. Any person or persons 20
shall violate the preceding section, AM
every person or corp ration, railroad com
/ pany or express company, and every en-
I pl0yee thereof, who shall sell or expose
\ for sale, or shall have in his or their pos
I session or custody, with intent to kill; dis
4 pose Of or transport, or otherwise during
\ the time when the killing of the same is
| prohibited by this act, any woodeook
grouse, prairie hen or chicken, partridge,
rufed grouse or quail, shall, upon conyie-
/ ton suffer z fine of two dollars for each of
such woodcock grouse, prairie hen or
chicken, partridge, RULED grouse or quail
/ so killed, destroyed or taken or pursued
with intent to kill. destroy or take, or 50
/ sold or exposed for sale, or so had in pos-
session, together with the costs of prose-
cution.
See 8 10 person or persons shall kill
1 or take by any device means or contri-
vance whatever. or sell or expose for sale,
! or worry or hunt the same with hounds or
! dogs any deer, buck, doc or fawn between
I the fifteenth day Of January aud the first
/ LAY Of August. No person or corporation,
railroad or express company or agent or
employee thereof, shall have in his or their
/ possession, for the purpose Of transporta-
4 ton or otherwise, any deer, buck, doe or
/ fawn between the 10Th day of January and
! the fret day of August; aad every person
\ or persons, corporation or company, and
every agent or employee thereof, who shall
violate the provisions Of this section, shall
upon conviction thereof, be subject to a
penalty of ten dollars for each and every
/ deer, buck, doe and fawn, or skin or piece
/ thereof, killed, taken or sold, exposed for
/ sale or had in possession contrary to the
provisions of this section, together with
/ the costs Of prosecution.
1 Sec. T. Any person or persons who
/ shall wantonly or maliciously break up,
I destroy, take away, or in any manner in
/ terfere with any nest, or eggs therein, of
\ any pr,.irie chicken or prairie hen, wooa
cock, sripe, partridge, RULED grouse, quail,
and species of wild duck, brant or wild
I goose, or who shall have the eggs thereof
1 IN his or their posses siOn, or shall sell or
expose for sale the said eggs, shall upon
conviction thereof be subject to penalty
Of five dollars for every nest so broken mp,
| destroyed, taken away or interfered with,
and Of one dollar for every such egg so had
( in his or their possession, or so sold or ex-
posed for sale, together with the cost of
1 prosecution. Every railroad and every
( express company, and all employees and
agents thereof. who shall have said eggs in
its, his or their possession, will be liable
20 the same penalty.
Sec. s. Justices Of the peace shall have
cognzauee and jurisdiction of all offences
under this act, without regard to the ag-
gTegatQ amour Of fines imposed ia any
one case. All prosecutions under this act
deemed criminal proceedings, and shall be
conducted as provided by law for the pros
ccutiou Of olfenses cognizable before jus
tces of the peace; aud in all cases Of con-
viciiou under this act, one half OF all fines
and penalties collected shall be paid over
| by the justice or person collecting the
same. 10 the person who shall make the
complaint in the case.
See. g. This act, except the fourth sec
sion thereof, shall not affect unciyilized
Indians living north Of the counties Of
Pierce. Dunn. Eau Claire, Clark Wood,
Portage, Eaupaca, 0atagamje, ocouto,
Brown aud Door.
Sec. T. All laws heretofore passed re.
laiiug to the preservation Of game are
hereby repealed.
See 8. This act shall taxa effect from
its passage and publication, and it shall be
published during the first week Of April
ia each year, ia some newspaper printed
and published at the county seat of each
county in the State, the expense Of each
publication 10 be paid out Of the county
Treasures Of the respective counties;
and 10 sh II ba the duty of the county
treasurer Of each county to cause suea
publication 70 &c made.
AMENDMENT.
CHAPTER 6G.
An ACT to amend chapter s. Of the gan
eral laws Of 1857, entitled, Fan act for
the preservation Of game
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin.
represented in Senate and Assembly DO
enact assfoilows:
Section 1 Section 6 Of chapter IS Of
the general laws Of 1867, entitled an act
for the Preservation Of game is hereby
amended as 70 read as follows: Sec
ton G. The act, except the fourth section
thereof, shall not affect unciviliZed Indians
on their own reservations"
Sec >. This net shall take effect AMI
be in force rom and after its passage aul
publication
Published March %, le7Il