The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-06-30
New Game Law.

THE KILLING OF THE WILD PIGEON.
The following are the full texts of
several amendments to the genera
game law, which were passed by the
last Legislature and have been APP
proved by the Governor:
A supplement to AN act to amend and
consolidate the several acts relating
to game and game fish, approved the
third day of June, 1878, changing
the time for the hunting and killing
deer, squirrels, rabbits, wild turkeys,
pheasants and prairie chicken.
That the first section of the act to
which this is supplement- shall be so
amended as to read and be rs follows {:
Thatno person shallkill or rpursue in any
part of this State, any elk or wild deer,
save only from the first day of October
in any year, to the thirty first day of
December next following, and no per-
son shall have in his or her possession
or offer for sale or transport any elk,
wild deer, antelope or fresh venison,
save only from the first day of October
in any year, to the thirty-first day of
December next following. No person
shall at any time kill any fawn, VIII EN-
skin of any such fawn in his or her
possession. No person shall pursue
any wild elk or wild deer with dogs
in any part of this State, or shall kill
in the water any elk, or wild deer or
fawn which has been driven thereto
by dogs. Any person offending
against any of the provisions of this
section, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and shall be liable to q
penalty of fifty dollars, for each elk,
wild deer or fawn so killed or pursued,
or trapped, or fresh elk, wild deer,
antelope, or fawn skin, had in his or
her possession, and may be proceeded
against in any county of the State
wherein he may be arrested, having
the same in his or her possession; and
provided also, that any dogs pur-
suing elk, or wild deer, or fawns, may
be Killed by any person, and any
constable or other town official may
kill any dog that habitually pursues
elk, wild deer, or fnwns, and the
owner of such dog shall be liable to a
penalty of ten dollars, for each elk,
or wild deer, or fawn killed by such
dog.
That section twenty-five of the act
to amend and consolidate the several
acts relative to game and game fish
explanatory of the same, approved
June 8, 1873, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
mo person shall by any means or
device whatsoever catch or kill in any
of the waters of this State, any black
bass, green bass, yellow bass, willow
bass, rock bass, Lake Erie or grass
bass, pike, or pickerel, or wall-eyed
pike commonly known as Susque-
hanna salmon, between the first day
of January and the first day of June,
nor shall catch or kill any of said
species of fish at any time during the
year, save only with a rod, hook and
line. Any violation of this section
shall subject the offender to a penalty
offense; provided, this section shall
except in the ponds on the island or
shores of the harbor of Erie.
That no person shall at any time
catch, take, kill or have in his posses
sion after the same has been killed,
any speckled trout or California
mountain trout for sale less than five
inches in length, and it shall be un-
lawful for any person to fish in any
stream in this commonwealth for a
period of three years in which brook
trout have been planted by the fish
commissioners of the State, under a
penalty of twenty dollars as provided
for in section thirty-siX of act of AS
sembly approved June 3, 1873; pro-
vided, public notice has been given of
said planting at the time in any news
paper published in the county where
said streams are located, for the iodper
of three weeks.
That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to take, catch or kill
any shad in the Susquehanna and
Juniata rivers from sunset on Satur-
day till sunrise on Monday of any
week during the run of said fish from
March Is to June 25 of each year, but
fishing shall be permitted for said fish
from Monday at sunrise till Saturday
at sunset of each week during said
time with seine or seines, net or nets,
not less than four and one hal: inches
in the mesh, measured from knot to
knot diagonally; that if any person or
persons violate the provisions of this
section during the close time any fish
warden, constable or sheriff of any
county in said commonwealth is
hereby empowered to arrest the Of
fender or offenders on sight and con-
fiscate all seine or seines, net or nets,
boat or boats of any kind and imple-
ments of fishing outside of any
enclosure used in connection with the
same, and sell the same at public
auction and appropriate the proceeds
less expenses to the school fund of
said district where the violation oc-
ours and the same penalties of for
feiture shall apply to any person or
persons who shall employ or use in
any way whatever any gill or draft OF
seines, net or nets at any time, and in
addition to the fOrfeitures aforesaid the
person or persons so offending shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be fined not ex-
ceeding $50 and imprisoned in the
county Jail for not less than three
months or both or either al
the discretion Of the court trying
the same.
That section third of the act tC
which this is supplement to read az
follows: No person shall kill or eX
pose for sale or have in his possession
after the same has been killed, any
hare, commonly called rabbit. between
the first day of January and the frs
| day of November in any year under {
| penalty of So for each and every hare
or rabbit so killed or exposed for sale
or had in his possession. No person
shall hunt or cause or permit the
| hunting of hares or rabbits with
| ferret or ferrets under a penalty of $lt
! for each and every hare and rabbi
| caught or killed by means of ferret