Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-14

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The New Game Bill.
The following is the text of the gam
bill prepared under the joint efforts {
Senator Potter and Representative
Kemp and Coier, which finally passe
the Legislature on April 1lth:
BILL.
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Ger
erat Assembly Of the State of Ohit
That it shall be unlaw full for any person
at any time, to catch, kill or injure, o
to pursue with such intent, on the pub
lie highways, streets, alleys of publ
commons, any sparrow, robin, blue bird
marten, thrush, mocking bird, swallow
oriole, red bird, gross beak, cat bird
chewit or ground robiu, pewee o
phoebe bird, wren, cuckoo, indigo bid
nut hatch, creeper, yellow bird, frin gil
la, yellow hammer or flicker, warbler
or finch, mavis, red stark, dummock
nightingale, cross-oill, European quai
or corn crake, Hungarian robin, Euro
pean black bird, great tit or blue tit.
Sec 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, in any place, TO catch, kill or in
lure. or to pursue with such intent any
quail or Virginia partridge, or any
wild turkey, between the first CAV Of
January and the fifteenth of October in.
elusive or any ruffied grouse or pbeas'
ant, pinnated grouse or prairie chicken,
blue winged teal, mallard or wood
duck, or other wild duck, wild goose oil
brani, at any time between the first day
OF January and the first day OF Septem.
ber or at any time between the first
day OF January and the fourth day OF
July, to catch, kill or iDjure, or 10 pur-
sue with such intent any wood cock or
to catch, kill or destroy, Or TO pursue
with such intent. on the land of anOth-
er, between the first day of January and
the first day of October any wild .rab-
bit or hare and it shall be unlaw ful for
any person, at any time, 10 catch b.
snare or trap any quail or Virginia par
fridge and il shall be uniaw wful for any
person, by the aid or use of any swivel
or punt gun, or any other than the COM
mon 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 auy of the wa
ters, bays, rivers, marshes, mud flats, or
any cover TO which wild fowl resort,
within the State OF Ohio, any wild go Jse
or wild duck, or brant.
SEC. 8. And it shall be unlawful for
any person to destroy or disturb the
eggs of any of;the birds protected by
this act; aud any person offending
against any of the foregoing provisions
OF this act, shall be fined in any sum
not less than two dollars nor more than
twenty five dollars for each ofense, on
in the proper Court, or .kei
ia the County Jail not more
than twenty days, or both, st the dis
crelion of the Court, and pay the costa
of prosecution.
Sec. 4. No person, when shooting on
the land OF another, shall discharge any
fire-arm on any lawn, pleasure ground,
orchard or other ground, which is di-
rectly appurtenant to or within gum
shot of an occupied dwelling house.
The penalty for violating this section
shall be fine of not less than five dol
lars, or be imprisoned not more than
thirty days, or both, at the discretion Of
The Court, and pay the costs Of the pros
ecution.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be unlawful to shoot
1T, kill or pursue, with snch intent, on
he inclosed or improved lands of an
othes, eny of the birds or game protect
ed by tfais scf after receiving notice to
eave said land es premises by the own
Or, his ae ept or any person having charge
thereof. This notice msy - verbal, or
written, served on the party to 30 noti-
fed or by putting up a board not .3sss
Than two feet long by one foot wide. j
inscribed with legible characters ID En-
glish that "no shooting or, hunting will
be allowed 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 nothing in this
section shall apply to any person who
has received express permission from
The owner, or person in lawful possess
sien of land, to hunt or shoot thereon,
until such permission is withdrawn.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to delace or pull down any such
board or deiace the notice thereon. Any
person offending against any of the pro-
visions OF section five or six Of this act
shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum
not less than five nor more than twen-
tv-five dollars, or be imprisoned in the
County Jail not less than five nor more
than thirty days, or both, at the discre-
ton of the Court, and pay the costs of
SEC. 7. And it shall be unlawful for
any person, between the first day of
December, and the first day of October,
10 kill any deer:
ANY person offending against this
section of this act shall be fined in any
sum not less than ten nor more than fif-
ty dollars, or be imprisoned, on convic-
non. not more than thirty days in the
county Jail, or both. at the discretion of
the Court, and shall pay the costs of
SEC. s. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person 10 purchase or offer tor sale any
of the birds or game mentioned in this
act, caught or killed during the time
when such catching, killing or destroy
ing is made unlawful hereby. Any
person offending against the provision
OF this section shall be liable to the
same penalty as is provided in this
act Tor catching, killing or destroying
such birds or game.
SEC.9. That the exposure for sale Of
any OF the birds or game mentioned in
this act during the time when the kill
ing thereof is made unlawful shall be
prima facie evidence that the same was
killed or caught unlawfully within the
State of Ohio.
Sec. 10 All prosecutions under this
act shall be in the name of the State of
Ohio, before any Justice of the Peace,
Mayor or other proper officer having
jurisdiction and all fines imposed or
collected under this act shall be paid in
to the County Treasury for the use Of