The Nevada picayune., 1885-03-05
Spare the Cane
:. R. Gazette. Feb. 27.

The following is copy of the game law approved Monday by the governor, which will be read with interest. The bill was introduced by MT. White of Nevada:
 A bill for an act 70 be entitled 'an
 act to aid in the preservation of
 the eggs of certain birds, and to
 prohibit the catching, killing. in-
 turing or chasing of deer, turkeys Quails and prairie chickens dur ing certain seasons, and for other l purposes
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state Of Axkansas,' that it shall be unlaw- full to catch, kill or injure. or pur. sue with intent to catch, kill or in- jure, or pursue or chase with dogs with such intent, any wild buck, deer, doe or fawn, in ,thi state between the 1st day of sfel- ruary and the 1st day of Septembe in any year; and it shall also be unlawful to catch, kill or injure or pursue with intent to catch, kill or injure any wild turkey between tle 1st day of May and the 1st day of September in any year; and it shall also be unlawful to catch, kill or in,ure, or pucsue with intent to catch kill or injure any pinnated grouse commoYly called pairie chickens between the 1st day of February and the 1st day of Sep tember in any year, or any quail (sometimes called Virginia partrid- ge) between the lst day of March sud the 1st day of October in any year.
 Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful St any and all seasons of the year to take, catch or killby means of any partridge net or other net, or by traps, pens, pits or other de- vices of any kind, any pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken or any quail, sometimes called Virginia par fridge, or any wild turkey; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person, or the minor children of any person, from netting, trapping or otherwise kill ing or catching any of the birds aforesaid on his or her own prem ises, in the open or unprohibited season; nor shall it prohibit any person from killing on his own premises any of the birds afore said in the act of destroying fruit or grapes.
 Sec. 3. It. shall be unlawful to destroy, disturb, or rob the nests of any wild birds whatsoever, ex. cept those of crows, hlackbirds, hawks, owls, eagles and birds Qf prey.
 Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, have in possession, or expose for sale any of the birds or game mentioned in section 1 of this act, during the season when the catching, killing or injuring thereof is by this act prohibited.
 Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, express com pany, steamboat company or other company or corporation, or pri- vate person to have in possession or receive for transportation or carriage, or for any other purpose whatever, any of the game or birds mentioned in section 1 of this act, during the season when the killing catching or iniuring the same is hereby prohibited.
 Sec. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty ofa misde. meanoF and upon conviction there of shall be fined in any sum not less than three, nor more than ten, dollars for each bird killed, caught or injured, or had in pqssession, and not less than ten ner more than twenty dollars for each buck deer, doe or fawn, caught, killed or injured, or ch$sed or bad in poss- ession, and not less than three dol lars nqr -aore taan ten for each nes. of eggs destroyed as aforesaid, together with costs of prosecu' tiOn.
 Sec. z. Any violation of this act may be prosecuted before any off cer or court having jurisdiction to try cases of misdemeanor, in like manner as in other cases of