Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
OF INTEREST TO GUNNERS.,
BLYTHE LAST SESSION Or
THE LEGISLATERE.

As legunning season is near at hand,
it would be we'll for sporting men ont
side Of the State to become familiar
with the recent act of the Legislature in
reference to the shooting of game IN
Delaware, and for their benefit we Hss>
publish the law AZ it now Is.
SEC ZION I. That it shall not be law
ful fCs any person to ship or attempt W
ship for the purpose ofselling elsewhere
at any season Of the year any partridge,
quail, woodcock or rabbit that have
been shot or trapped in this State, with
out having obtained fnnm the Clerk ofthe
Peace of one of the counties of this state
Il license permitting the person named
therein to sell or ship the same beyond
tho limits of the Stase for one year from
the day on which said license is issued,
ard that the person named therein or
| the party procuring such license shall
pay to the Clerk Of the Peace the sum
of $50 and also 80 tents to the Clerk OF
| the Peace for his fee for issuing such
license. Any person violating the pro-
Itvisious of this section by selling VI ship
ping game for sale shall be fined the
ssun of So for eWry partridge, quail.
rabbit or woodcock sold or shipped or
attempted to DO shipped.
SECTION .. he il further enacteds
that it shall NOT be lawful fo- any per
son or firm in this State to purchase, for
the purpose Of selling again to any
person in THIS State any partridge,
quail, rabbit or woOdcock without hav-
ing rst obtained from the Clerk of the
Peace of Cne of the counties of this
state, a liconse permitting the person or
firm named therein to sell the same for
one year from the day on which said
license is issued, and that the person
nam 4 therein or the party procuring
such license shall pay to the Clerk Of
the Peace the sum of s25, and also 80
cents to the Clerk of the Peace for hia
fee for .ssuing such License any person
violating the provisions of this section
by selling game shall be fined the sun
of % for every partridge, quail, rabbit
or woodcock sold.
SECTION makes Express or Transpor-
,ation Companies liable, when they shall
knowingly or willfully ;" receive or
ia he into their possession for the purpose
Of transportation for sale any partridge.
ouail, rabbit or woodcock that has been
shot or trapped AT any time in this
State, and upon conviction thereof before
any Justice of the Peace, shall be fined
not less than $40 for each partridge,
quail, rabbit or wOodeock found in their
possession.
SECTION 4 provides that any non
residents found tresspassiDg upon any
tprivate property in this State with
either dog or gun not having a license
from the Delaware Game Protective
association, shall beliable to BE- arrested
| by any constable of the county where
the nonresident or non-resdents were
found tresspassing, and shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanOr, and on con.
viction thereof before any Justice OF
the Peace of said county shall be fined
the sum Of $40, and on failure to pay
said fine shall be confined in the county
Jail for term of not less than ten nor
more than twenty days.
| SECTION 5 says that the fines which
may be collected by any Justice of the
Peace of the Safe under the provisions
of this act, and the money paid to the
clerks of the Peace, under It's provisions,
shall be paid to the Secretary of the
Delaware Game Protective Association,
to be by him or by the said association
uscu lOl pHltldelA6 UlAnb ioA pAop"e"
ton.
SECTION defines the duties of tha
constahioa Of the various counties and
empowers them to arrest any person or
persons violating any of the provisions
of this act and take them before tnt
nearest Justice of the Peace to be dealt
with as this act has heretofore directed.
SECTION provides that nothing in
this act shall be construed in any way
SO as to prohibit or prevent any one
cunning for his own sport and amuse-
ment in either of the counties in this
State, from taking, carrying or sending
by RAILROAD, wafer or otherwise, into
either of The other counties, such as
partridge, quail, woodcock or rabbit,ss
he shall have shot or obtained in the
manner in this section mentioned.
, The law for shooting reed and rail
birds expires with this month, ,and gun
ners may shoot these birds on and after
September 1st.Active preparations are.
being made by the sporting men in this
city, guns are being put in condition
and everything Will be in readiness for
a wholesale slaughter when the time
for shooting arrives.