Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
The New Game Law OF Iowa.

For the edifcation of our sporting
readers, we publish the game law Of
this State, recently enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly. 1t is to be hoped that
the law will be rigidly enforced, and all
offenders be made to pay the full pen
atty:
CHAPTER 156.
| AN ACT to repeal sections 4048. 4049. 1850 and
4O51 of the Code, chapter SO of the public
chapter LIZ of the laws of the Sixteenth Gen
eral Assembly, in relation to the protection
of game, and to enact IL substitute in lieu
thereof.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral assembly Of the State of Ioua, That
sections 4O48, 4O49, 1850 and 4O5l of the
Code, chapter 60 Of the public laws of
the Fifteenth General Assembly, and
chapter 122 of the laws of the Sixteenth
General Assembly be repealed, and the
following enacted in lieu thereof
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person within this State to shoot or kill
any pinnated grouse or prairie chicken,
between the first day of December and
the first day of September next follow
ing; any woodcock between the first day
of January and the tenth day of July;
any ruffied grouse or pheasant, wild tur-
key or quail between the first day of
January and the first day of October;
any wild duck or snipe, goose or brant,
between the first day Of May and the
fifteenth day of August, or any wild
deer. elk or fawn between the first day
Of January and the first day of Septem-
ber
SEC 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person at any time, or at any place with
in this State, to shoot or kill for traffic
any pinnated grouse or prairie chicken,
snipe, woodcock, quail, ruffled grouse or
pheasant; or for any one person to shoot
during one day, more than twenty-five
Of either kind of said named birds; or
for any one person, firm or corporation
to have more than twenty-five of either
kind of said named birds in his or their
possession at any one time, unless law
fully received for transportation; or to
catch or take, or attempt to catch or
take, with any trap, snare or net, any OF
the birds or animals named in section
two (2) of this act, or in any manner
wilfully to destroy the eggs or nests of
any of the birds hereby intended to be
protected from destruction.
Sec 4. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to kill, trap or ensnare any beav-
er, mink, otter or muskrat, between the
first day of April and the first day of
November, except where such killing,
trapping or snaring may be for the pro-
lection of private property.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, company or corporation to buy
or sell, or have in possession any of the
birds or animals named in section two
(2) Of this act during the period when
the killing of such bird or animal is pro-
hibited by said section two (2) except
during the first five days of such pro-
hibited period; and the having in pos
session by any person, company or cor
poration of any such birds or animals
during such prohibited period, except
during the first five days thereof, shall
be deemed prima .facie evidence OF Vi
olation of this act
SEC. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, company or corporation at any
time to ship, take or carry out of this
State any of the birds or animals named
in section 2 of this act; but it shall be
lawful for any person to ship to any
portion within this State any game birds
named in said section 2, not to exceed
one dozen in number in any one day
during the period when by this act the
killing of such birds is not prohibited; :;
prortded, he shall first make an affidavit
minister oaths, that said birds have not
been unlawfully killed, bought, sold or
had in possession, are not being shipped
for sale or profit, giving the name and
postoffice address of the person to whom
shipped and the number of birds to be
so shipped A copy of such affidavit,
indorsed "a true copy of the original y
by the person administering the oath,
shall be furnished by him to the afiant,
who shall deliver the same to the rail
road agent or common carrier receiving
such birds for transportation, and the
same shall operate as release to such
carrier or agent from any liability in the
shipment or carrying of such birds.
The original affidavit shall be retained
by the officer taking the same, and may
be used as evidence in any prosecution
for violation of this act. Any person
swearing falsely to any material fact of
said affidavit shall be guilty of perjury
and punished accordingly.
Sec. Z. If any person shall kill, trap,
ensnare, buy. sell, ship, or have in pos
session, or ship, take or carry out of the
State, contrary to the provisions of this
act, any of the birds or animals named
IN this act, or shall wilfully destroy any
eggs or nests of birds named in this act,
he shall be punished by fine of ten
dollars for each bird, beaver, mink, OF
ter or muskrat twenty-five dollars for
each wild deer, elk or fawn; and ten dol
lars for each nest or the eggs therein, so
killed, trapped, ensnared, bought, sold,
shipped, had in possession, destroyed or
shipped, taken or carried out of the
State, and shall stand committed to the
county Jail for thirty days, unless such
fiue and costs of the prosecution are
sooner paid.
Sec. s. If any railway, express COM
pany or common carrier, or any OF their
agents or servants, knowingly receive
any of the above mentioned birds or an
imals for transportation or other pur-
pose, during the periods hereinbefore
limited and prohibited, or at any other
time except in the manner provided in
section (6) of this act, they shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than one hun
dred nor more than three hundred dol
lars, or by Imprisonment in the county
Jail for thirty days, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment
SEC. 8. If any person shall shoot or
kill any wild duck, goose or brant with
any swivel gun, or any kind Of gun ex-
cept such as is commonly shot from the
shoulder; or shall use any medicated or
poisoned food to capture or kill any OF
the birds named in this act, he shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
upon convection, shall be fined twenty
five dollars for each otfense, and shall
stand committed to the county Jail for
thirty days, unless such fine and the
costs of prosecution are sooner paid.
SEC. 10. Prosecutions for violations
of this act may be brought either in the
county in which the offense was com
mitted, or in any other county where
the person, company or corporation
complained of has had or has in his pos
session any birds or animals herein
named, bought, sold, killed, trapped or
ensnared in violation of any of the pro-
visions of this act.
Sec. II. In all prosecutions under
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