Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-08
CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
MUTILATION OF UDE.BoARDs
AND PUBLIC ROADS.

MUTILATION OF GUIDE. BOARDS
AND PUBLIC ROADS.
Section /. That section one thous.
and three hundred and sixty-four (1S64,
of article 8 of chapter "a of the Revised
Statutes of Missouri of 1879, entitled
"crimes and criminal procedure-of
fenses against public and private prop.
erty," be and the same is hereby
amended by inserting between thu
words "board" and 'sshall," in thu
fifth line of said section, the following
words, to-wit: cor plow up, tear up
or in any way mutilate any public roaG
and highway, without the order OF the
road overseer Of the road district, ex.
cept such plowing as may be necessary
for the cultivation of hedges and the
destruction of weeds bordering on sucf
roads or highways" SO that said Sec
ton, AS amended, shall read as follows
Section 1864. Every person who shal
willfully and maliciously break or des-
troy, or remove any mile-pOst, mile.
stone or any guide-board erected by
authority of law, on any public high
way, plank road or turnpike road, OF
shall willfully and maliciously deface ol
alter any inscription on any such post
stone or board, or plow up, tear up, OF
in any way mutilate any public road
and highway, without the order of the
road Overseer of the road district, ex
cept such plowing as may be necessary
for the cultivation of hedges and the
destruction of weeds bordering on sucf
roads or highways, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor.
Approved March 20, 1885.
CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
KILLING GAME.
Section l. That section one thOus.
and six hundred and fourteen of article
eight of chapter twenty-four of the
Revised Statutes of Missouri, be and
the same is hereby amended by striking
out the word "August," in the sixth
line of said section, and inserting in
lieu thereof the word "October," so
that said section, when amended, shall
read as follows: Section 1914. If any
person shall catch, kill or injure, or at
tempt to catch, kill or injure any wild
buck, doe or fawn between the fifteenth
day of January and the first day of
September, or any wild turkey between
the first day of March and the fifteenth
day of September, or any pinnated
grouse, commonly called prairie chick
en-, between the first day of February
and the fifteenth day of October, or
any ruffed grouse, commonly called
pheasant or partridge, or any quail,
sometimes called Virginia partridge,
between the first day Of February and
the fifteenth day OF October, or any
woodcock between the tenth day of
January and the first day of July, or
any turtle dove, or any meadow lark,
or any plover, between the first day of
February and the first day of August,
or any wild song bird, or any insec-
tivorous bird at any season of the
year; or shall at any time or season
catch, take or injure, by means of any
nets, traps, pens or pits, or other de-
vice of the kind, any pinnated grouse,
called prairie chicken, or
any quail, sometimes called Virginia
partridge, or shall at any time or
season disturb, rob, or destroy any
wild birds nest or take there
from any egg or eggs of any wild bird
whatsoever, every such person Offend
ing against any of the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
Approved March 81, 1885.