The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-28
THE FISH AND GAME LAZY.
Whom You o1ny Hunt nnd Fish In We.
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Whom You n1ny Hunt nnd Fish In West
Virginia md Under What Conditions.
In response to many requests from
fishing and hunting clubs the ISTELL1-
6EScER publishes the following abstracts
Of Sections l, 2 and ! OF Chapter O. OF
the Code Of West Virginia, which con.
tains the provisions OF the latest enacted
fish and game law in this State, passed
by the Legislature OF 1886: 5z
& l. No person shall hunt, kill, chase or
wound, any deer from the fifteenth day
Of December to the fifteenth day OF Sep.
TENDER following. No person shall hunt
or chase any deer with dogs within this
State for the period OF five years from
the passage Of this act. -
2. II any person shall shoot, hunt,
range, fish or fowl, within the enclosed
lands OF another person without permits
sion from the owner, occupicr or agent
thereof, he shall forfeit three dollars for
each otlense to the owner. When any
person is convicted third time of said
oaense, tho justice rendering Judgment
therefor shall require him to give a re.
cognizance, with good security, in sum
Of not less than one hundred dollars, for
his good behavior for year; or, il he
fail to give such security, commit him
to jail for one month unless it be sooner
given. a'gS.. sl
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4. It 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, TAPS, BY sledging, shooting or
other devices Except by hook and line.
gig and spear); nor shall it be lawful to
place In the rivers, creeks or streams Of
this State, at any time, any fish pots,
wiers or traps; nor shall it be lawful for
any person to catch or destroy auy Of the
fish in the rivers Of this Stats, by means
OF drag or other nets, sledging, shooting,
Beines or other devices Except by hook
and line and spear) from the first day OF
April to the first day Of December OF
each year. Itshall not he lawful to catch
or destroy any jack salmon, or white aal.
mon, in any manner, between the first
day Of April and tho fifteenth day OF
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stroy any brook trout or land locked
salmon. in any manner, between the first
day OF September and the first day Of
January Of each year; nor shall it be
lawful Tor any person to kill fish ut any
time with cOcculus indicus, or other poi
son, or by the use Of explosives. 1t shall
not be lawial for any person, engaged At
any time In catching fish, to trespass
upon or 20 into any enclosed field, ad.
Joining or near to tho stream in which
said person Is fishing; nor to pass
through any enclosed field for the pur-
pose OF fishing, without permission from
the owner or occup:e. OF such field ! nor
shall 1t be lawful for any person, at any
season, catch or destroy fish in any dam
or pond, tho property Of any person. ex.
cept with the consent Of the owner OF
such dam or pond, unless such dam or
pond be in some OF the rivers OF this
State. But nothing in this act shall be
SO construed as to prevent the catching
OF minnows or small fish Except salmon,
shad and trout by means Of hand or
cast nets to be used for angling or scien.
tific purposes.
! The penalty for violation OF the above
section is fine Of not less than $40 nor
more than $50 for each otlense, and, at
the discretion OF the court, confinement
In jail not exceeding two months. ~ n