Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-12
THE NEW GAME Law.

ONtoA tLlS n!OIHiD6 PESsShee VIC oHlSidiAIoA'o
to the game law as passed by the present Leg
islature and approved March 9th
Section 1. Section 626 of the Penal Code is
amended toread 626. Every person who be.
tween March 1t and October 1st hunts, pur.
sues, takes, kills or destroys quail, partridge,
or grouse, or rail, is guilty of q misdemeanor.
Every person who st any time takes, gath
ers or destroyes the eggs of any quail, part
ridge or grouse is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Every person who between January LIST and
june 1st hunts, pErsues, takes, kills or de-
stroys doves is guilty OF O n;sdemeauor.
Every person who between November lst aud
July LIST IN the following year, hunts, pur-
sues, takes, kills or destroys any male deer or
buck is guilty Of misdemeanor. ANY per-
son who has in his possession any hides OF
skins of any deer, elk, antelope or mountain
sheep killed between November 1st and July
1st is guilty OF a misdemeanor. Every per-
son who shall at any time hunt, pursue take,
kill or destroy any antelope. elk. mountain
sheep, female deer, or doe, snail be guilty of
misdemeanor. Every person who shall at
sny time hunt, pursue, take, kill or destroy
any spo5tsd fawn is guilty of mis3emeanor.
Every person who shall take, kill or destroy
any of the animals mentioned il this section
at any time unless the carcass Of such ami
nal is used or preserved by the person taking
or Staying it, or is sold for food, is guilty Of
misdemeanor. Every person who shall buy,
sell, offer or expose for sale, transport, or
have in his possession any deer from which
evidence Of sex has been removed, or any Of
the aforesaid game at any time when it is un-
lawful to xiii the same, as provided by this
and subsequent sections, is guilty of INSIDE
meanor.
Section -. Section OBJ, Penal Code, is
amended TO read: 631. Every person who
shall at any time net, pound, weir, cage, or
trap any quail, partridge, or grouse, and
every person who shall sell, buy, transport.
or give away, or offer or expose for sale, or
have in his possession any quail, partridge,
or grouse that have been shared, captured, or
taken in or by means of any net. pound,
weir. cage, or trap, is guilty of a INSIDE
meanor. Proof of possession of any quail,
partridge, or grouse, which shall not show
evidence of having been taken by means
other than net, pound, weir, cage or trap,
shall be prima facie evidence in any prosecu-
ton for g violation Of the provisions Of this
section, that the person in whose possession
such quail, partridge or grouse is found, took,
killed, or destroyed the same by means of a
net, pound. weir, cage. or trap.
Section 3. Section 632 Penal Code, is
at any time, takes or catches any trout, ex-
cspt with hook and line, is guilty of INSIDE
msanor. Any person or persons who shall,
at any time, take, procure, or destroy any
fish Of any kind by means Of explosives, is
guilty of a misdameanOr.
Section 4. Section 634 of said Code is
amended as follows: 634. Every person who,
between July S1st and September 15s, of each
year, takes or catches, buys. sells, or has in
his possession any fresh salmon, is guilty of
o misdemeanor. Every person who shall set
rI,.ax acaizt in d-ov
net or seine for the purpose of taking or
catching salmon or shad in any of the pub
lie waters of this State, at any time between
sunrise Of each Saturday and II o'clock
noon Of the following Sunday, il guilty Of a
misdemeanor. Every person who shall, for
the purpose Of catching salmon or shad in
any Of the n&vigable rivers, streams, or
sloughs Of this State, fish with or use any
seine or net, the meshes of which are, when
drawn cloge together and measured longitude
pally, less than seven and one-half inches in
length, is guilty of misdemeanor.
Section 5. Section CSC of the Penal Code
is amended to read as follows 636. Every
person who shall set, use, or continue, or
who shall assist in setting, using, or continu-
ing any pound, weir, set-net, trap, or any
other fixed or permanent continuance for
catching fsh in the waters of this State, is
guilty of misdemeanor. Every person
who shall cast, extend, or set any seine or
net Of any kind for the catching of fish in
any river, stream, or slough of this State
which shall extend more than one-third across
the width Of said river, stream, or slough, at
the time and place of such fishing, is guilty of q
misdemeanor. Every person who, by seine
or any other means, shall catch the young of
fish of any species, and who shall not return
the same to the water Immediately and alive,
or who shall sell, or offer for sale, any such
fish, fresh or dried, is guilty of misde.
meanor. Every person convicted of viola.
ton of any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be punished by fine of not less than $50
and not more than $500, or imprisonment in
the County Jail of the county where the of.
fenss was committed for not less than thirty
days nor ruore than six months or by both
such fine and imprisonment. One-half of all
moneys collected for fines for violation of the
provisions of this chapter shall be paid to
informers and one-half to the District At
torney of the county in which the action is
prosecuted all other costs shall be charged
against the county in which the action is
prosecuted. Nothing in this chapter shall he
construed TO prohibit Che United States Fish
Commissioners or the Fish Commissioners of
the State of California from taking srch fish
as they shall deem necessary for the purpose
Of artificial Matching, nor at any time. It
shall not be lawful for any person to buy or
sell, o. offer or expose for sale, within this
State, any kind Of trout Except brook trout
less than eight inches in length. Any person
violating the provisions of this section is
guilty of misdemeanor.
Sections 627, 628 and 629 are repealed.
The Act takes effect july l, 1888,