The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
West Virginia Game Laws.

We are requested to copy for pub
lie information the game law Of this
State. The law is in force now as 1t
was amended and re enacted Feb.
oath 1887. A considerable portion
of it is not applicable here and hence
we omit it.
If any person shall shoot, hunt,
range, fish or fowl, within the enclos-
ed lands of another person without
permission from the owner occupier
or agent thereof, he shall forfeit
three dollars for each otfense to the
owner. When any person is convict
cd the third time of said ofIense, the
justice rendering Judgment therefor
shall require him to give a recogniz-
ance, with good security, in sum of
not less than one hundred dollars,
for his good behavior for year; or
if he fails to give such security, com.
nit him to Jail for one month unless
it be sooner given. AS to unenclos-
ed lands, petition has to be made to
the county court, and notice given
by publication in newspaper.
1t shall not be lawful for any per-
son to catch or destroy any of the
fish in the creeks or rivers of this
State by means of drag or other nets,
fish pots. weirs, traps, by sledging,
shooting, or other devices Except by
hook and line and gig and spcar) nor
shall it be lawful to put in the rivers,
creeks or streams, of this State, at
any time, any fish pots, wcirs, or
traps; nor shall it be lawful for any
person to catch or destroy any of the
fish in the rivers of this State, by
means of drag or other nets, sledg-
ing, shooting, seins, or other device
Except by hook and line and spcar)
from the first day of April to the
first day of December of each year.
1t shall not be lawful to catch or de-
stroy any jack salmon or white sal
mon, in any manner, between the first
day Of April and the fifteenth day of
June of each year, nor to catch or
destroy any brook trout or handbook
ed salmon in any way between the
first day of September and the first
day of January Of each year; nor
shall it be lawful for any person To
kill fish at any time with Coculus
Indicus or other poison, or by tue
use of explosives.
1t shall not be lawful for any per-
son, engaged at anytime in catching
fish, to trespass upon or go into any
enclosed field, adjoining or near the
stream in which said person is fish
ing, nor to pass through any enclos-
ed field for the purpose of fishing
without permission from the owner
or occupier of such field, nor shall it
be lawful for any person, at any sea
son, to catch or destroy fish in any
dam or pond, the property Of any
person, except with the consent of
the owner Of such dam or pond, nm
less such dam or pond be in some Of
the rivers of this State But moth
ing in this act shall be construed TO
prevent the catching of minnows or
small fish Except salmon, shad or
trout, by means Of hand or cast
nets to be used in angling or scien
tilic purposes; nor to prevent the fish
commissioners of this State, or any
time with nets or seines, for the pur-
pose ofpropagation, or stocking other
waters, nor to prevent any person
from taking in any way fish from
his private dam, pond or spring ut
any time. Any person. who shall
buy, or receive any brook trout, land
locked salmon, California salmon,
German carp, or any other fish
caught or taken contrary to the pro-
visions of this act. knowing the same
to be caught or taken, shall be gull
ty of misdemeanor, and shall be
punished therefor as hcreinbefore
provided.
Itshall not be lawful for any person
in any place to catch, kill or injure,
or pursue with such intent, any quail
or Virginia partridge, between the
first day of December and the tenth
day of October; or any wild turkey
between the first day of January and
the first day of October, or blue
winged teal, mallard or wood duck,
or any other wild duck, wild goose
or brant, at any time between the
first day of April and the first day
of October. And it shall be unlaw-
full for any person at any time to
catch by seine, net or trap, any quail
or Virginia partridge. And it shall
be unlawful for any person by the
use of any swivel or pivot gun or any
other than the common shoulder gun,
or by the aid Of any push boat or
sneak boat used for carrying such
gun, to catch, kill, wound or destroy
or to pursue after with such intent,
upon any Of the waters, boys, rivers,
marshes, mud flats, or any cover to
which wild fowls resort within this
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