Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-14
GAME.
The New Law for Protection Of Game
In Ohio,


The New Law for Protection Of Game
in Ohio.
The following act was passed at
the recent session CT the Ohio Leg
islature:
That it shall be unlawful for any
person, at any time, to catch, kill or
injure, or to pursue with such in
tent On the public highways, streets,
alleys or public commons, any spar
row, Robin, blue bird, ,marten, thrush,
mocking bird. swallow, oriOle. red
bird, gross beak, cat bird, chewit or
ground rObbin.peweeo or phoebe bird,
wren, cuckoo, indigo bird, nut hatch,
creeper, yellow bird, fringilla, yell
low hammer or flicker, warble or
finch, mavis. red stark, dummock,
nightingale, cross bill, European
quail or corn crake, Hungarian rob-
bin, European black bird. great tit
or blue.
GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWLS.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, in any place, to catch
kill or 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 ruffied
grouse or pheasant, pinnated grouse
or prairie chicken, bluewinged 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 Sep
tember, or at any time before the
first of January and the fourth day
of July, to catch, kill or injure, or
to pursue with such intent any wood
cock; or to catch, kill or destroy, or
to pursue with such intent, on the
land Of another, between the first
day of January and the first of Oc-
tober, any wild rabbit or hare; and
1t shall be unlawful for any person
at any time to catch by snare or trap
any quail or Virginia partridge; and
it shall he 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 destroy,
or to pursue after with such intent
upon any of the waters, bays,rivers,
marshes, mudfats, or any cover 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 dis
turb the eggs of any of the birds
protected by this act, and any per-
son offending of the foregoing
provisions of this a It, shall be fined
in any sum not less than two dol
lars nor more than twenty-five dol
lars for each offence, on conviction
in the proper court, or to be impris-
oned 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 dis
charge any firearms on any lawn,
pleasure ground, orchard, or other
ground, which Is directly appurte-
nant to or within gun-shot of an oc-
cupied dwelling house. The pen
atty for violating this section shall
be fine of not less than five or
more than twenty doll ars, or be I'M
prisoned not more than thirty days,
or both, at the discretion of the
Court, and pay the cost of prosecu
ton.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be unlawful to
shoot at, kill or pursue with such
intent, on the inclosed or improved
lands of another, any ofthe 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 there
of. This notice may he verbal or
written, served on the party to be
notified or by putting up board not
less than two feet long by one wide
inscribed with legible characters
in English that mo hunting or
shooting will be allowed on these
premises" which shall be set up at
least ten feet from the ground on a
post in some conspicuous place on
the premises, either Of which shall
be deemed sufficient notice under
this act. Provided that nothing in
this section shall apply to any per-
son who has received express per-
mission from the owner, or person
in lawful possession of land, to hunt
or shoot thereon, until permission is
withdrawn.
SEC. 6 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to deface or pull down
any such board or deface the notice
thereon. Any person offending
agains any Of the provisions of sec
tion five or six of this act shall, on
conviction be fined in any sum not
less than 80 nor more than $25, or
be imprisoned in the county Jail not
less than five nor more than thirty
days or b,th at the discretion of
the court and pay the cost of prose
outinn