Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-04-08

GAME LAw-The following is the
game law of Wisconsin. 1t should be
read and observed by sportsmen and
all who are interested in the preser-
walton of game and fish of all kinds.
County Treasurer Ivey directs the
publication /:
CHATTER 10.
AN ACT for the preservation OF game.
The people OF the state of Wisconsin repre-
scented il Senate and Assembly do enact as
follows.
Section I. Ii shall be unlawful for any per-
son TO kill destroy or take. or pursue with in
tent to XII. destroy, or take, any woodcock,
except between the 4th day of July and the
18th day cfsNovember, or any duck, brant or
wild goose between the lst day of February
and the Isl OF September, or any grouse,
prairie hen or chicken, quail, partridge, or ruff
fed grouse, except between the 9Th day Of
Septembe and he 1st day OF January.
Section. 2 Any person or persons who
shall violate the proceeding section, and every
person or corporation, railroad company or
express company, and every employee there
of, who shail sell or express for sale, or shall
have in his or their possession or custody,
with intent to sell, dispose of, or transport,
otherwise during the time when the killing
of tie same is prohibited by this, any wood
cock, grouse, prairie hen, or chicken, partridge,
rnflled grouse, or quail shall upon conviction
suffer a fine of ten dollars for each such
woodcock, grouse, prairie hen or chicken,
partridge, RULED grouse, or quail so killed,
destroyed or taken or sold or exposed for
sale, or so had in possession, together with
the costs of prosecution.
Section 3 No person or persons shall
kill or take by any devise, means or contrivance
whatever, or sell or expose for sale, or worry
or hunt the same with hounds or dogs, any
deer, buck, doe or fawn between the fifteenth
day of January and the first OF August. No
person or corporation, railroad or express CON-
pany, q agent or employee thereof, shall have
in his tr their possession, for the purpose Of
transpoi alton or otherwise, any deer, buck,
doe or lawn before the said 10Th day of jan
uary and the first day of August; and every
person n 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
penalty 81 ten dollars for each and every deer,
buck, doe aud fawn or skin or piece thereof
killed, taken, sold, exposed for sale or held in
possession contrary to the provisions of this
section, together with The cost of prosecu-
tion.
Sector A. Any person who shall wan
tonly, maiaciously break up, destroy, take
away, or IN any manner Interfere with any
nest or ne eggs therein, of any prairie hen,
WoodcocS, snpe, partri lge, rutfled grouse,
quail, any species of wild duck, brant, goose,
or who shall have any of the eggs thereof in
his or their possession, or sell or expose for
al chal ii n
thereof lie subject to penalty Of five dollars
for every nest so broken up, destroyed or in
teriered with, and 5 for every such egg so
had il his or their possession, sold or exposed
for sale, together with the cost of prosecution.
Every railroad and every express company,
and al the employees and agents thereof, who
shall have said eggs in its, his or their pos
session shall be liable to the same penalty.
Section 5. Justices of the peace shall
have the cognizance and the jurisdiction of all
offences under this act, without regard to the
aggregate amount Of fine imposed in any one
case. All prosecutions under this act shall
be deemed criminal proceedings and shall be
conducted as provided by law for The prosecu-
ton of offences cogniZable before justices OF
the peace and in all cases of conviction un-
der this act one half of all fines and penalties
collected shall be paid over by the justice or
person collecting the same to the person who
shall make complaint in the case.
Section 8. All laws heretofore passed re-
lating 10 the preservation Of game are hereby
,lealed
Section 7 This act shall take effect from
lis passage and publication, and shall be pub
Ished one week during the month of April 10
each year in some newspaper printed and
published at the county seat of each county in
the state, The expense of such publication 10
be paid out of the county treasures OF the res
pectve counties ; and it shall be the duty OF
the county treasures OF each county to cause
such publication to be made. Approved
March st, 1874.