Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-05-23
FIELD AND FIREsIDE.
THE GAME LAW,

The following Act to protect birds and
game was passed by the last West Virginia
Legislature
1. That it shall be unlawful for any person
at any time to catch, kill or iDjure, or to pur>
sue with such intent, any sparrow, robin, blue
bird, martin, hooking bird, swallow, oriole,
red bird, grosbeak, cat bird, chewit, or ground
robin, pewee, or phoebe bird, wren, cuckoo,
indigo bird, uut-hath creeper, yellow or FIRM
gilla yellow hammer, or flicker, warbler, or
nncS, maris. red start, dumnock, nightin>
gale, cross-bill, or corn-craHe, hungarian
robin, great tit or blue tit.
2 1t shall be unlawful for any person in
any place to catch, kill or iDjure, or to pursue
with such intent, any quail, OF Virginia part
ridge, between the first day of February, and
the fifteenth of October, inclusive; or any
RULED grouse, 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 Feb
ruary and the first day of September. And
1t shall be unlawful for any person, at any
time, to catch By snare, net or trap, any quail
or Virginia partridge. And it shall be un>
lawful tor any person, by the use Of any
swivel or pivot gun, or any other than the
common shoulder gun, OF by the aid 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, mud
fats, or any cover to which wild fowl resort
within the State of West Virginia, any wild
goose, wild duck, or brant.
g. And 1t 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 pro-
visions of this act, shall be fined in any sum
not less than two dollars nor more than twenty.
hive dollars for each offense on conviction in
the proper court or 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.
4 No person when shooting on the land of
another shall discharge any fire arms on any
lawn, pleasure ground, orchard, or other
ground which is directly appurtenant to or
within gun shot of an occupied dwelling house.
The penalty for violating this section shall be
a hne not less than FIVE nor more than twenty
dollars, or be imprisoned not more than twenty
days or both at the discretion of the court,
and pay the costs of prosecution.
D. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
purchase or offer for sale any of the birds or
game mentioned in this act caught or killed
during the time, when sach catching, killing,
or destroying is made unlawful hereby. ANY
person offending against the provisions of this
section, shall be liable to the same penalty as
is provided in this act for catching, killing or
destroying such birds or game.
6. That the exposure for sale of any of the
birds or game mentioned in this act during
the time when the killing thereof is made un.
lawful shall be Prima Jacie evidence that the
same was killed or caught .~unlawfully within
the State of West Virginia.
Z. All prosecutions under this act shall be
In the name of the State of West Virginia
before any justice of the peace, mayor or other
proper officers having Jurisdiction, and all fines
imposed or collected under this act, shall be
paid into the county treasury for the use of
common schools.