The record-union., 1894-12-18
TEE PROPOSED new GAME Law.
One the Legislature viii be Asked to
Pass.
What is There in It to Provoke the
Hostility of ANY One Who Favors
Just Regulation.

There has been such a hue and cry
raised by few journals that are-con-
sciously or notwithstanding in the
interest of the cold storage people. certain
San Francisco commission dealers and a
few market hunters, against the enact
ment of game laws that will compel these
persons to respect the rights of the peo-
pie, that the RECoRD-UNIoN proposes to
remove the mask behind which some of
them at least are masquerading.
1t has been asserted over and over
again that the gentlemen sportsmen" of
the State are going to ask the Legisla-
ture to pass a law that will "oppress"
somebody. These papers have cum
ningly conveyed the idea that the State
Convention of last spring cooked up a
bill that was wholly in the interest of
clubs and game preserve men, and that if
it should be passed by the Legislature
there would be no shooting privileges en-
Joyed by anyone else.
1t is only necessary for any Intelligent
person to read that bill for himself in
order to understand that it EN- bodies but
few new features, and none that will op-
press anyone Heretofore the restrictive
features of all game laws that have been
passed have applied to amateur sports
men, as distinguished from market hunt
ers-tor there are really but two classes
The latter have enjoyed fun swing, while
men who fish for the market have been
"regulated'' more or less at every session
of the Legislature.
Now Tor the first time, it is proposed to
place slight limit TO the wholesale
slaughtering of game by men who have
but one purpose III VieW-that of making
money out of the property Of all the peo-
pie. This action was arrived at by a
convention composed of representative e
citizens selected by the Governor and
Boards OF Supervisors, who carefully
considered the rights of ali classes Of
citizens.
In their address to the people they say:
1--WE have formulated this bill. Obiec-
tlons of local nature may possibly be
urged, but the general welfare of the
State as whole was not lost sight OF, and
this consideration guided the convention
throughout its deliberations"
THE PROPOSED BILL.
Section l. Every person who, in the
State OF California, between the 10th day
of February and the 10Th day OF October
in each year, shall hunt, pursue, take.
Kill or destroy, or have in his possession,
dead or alive, whether taken or killed in
the state OF ofCalltornia, or shipped into the
State from any other State, Territory or
foreign country, except for purposes of
propagation, any valley quail, bob white,
partridge, robin, or any kind of wild
duck, or rail, shall be guilty OF a misde-
meanor.
Section 2. Every person who, between
the 10th day of February and the lst day
OF August IN each year, shall hunt, pur-
sue, take, kill or destroy, or have in his
possession dead or alive, whether taken
or killed in the State of California or
shipped into the State from any other
State, Territory or foreign country, ex-
cept tor the purposes of propagation, any
mountain quail or grouse, shall be guilty
OF a misdemeanor.
Section 3. Every who shall take, gather
or destroy the eggs Of any quail, bob
white, partridge, pheasant, grouse, dove or
robin, or any kind Of wild duck, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor.
u Section 4. Every person who, between
the 18th day OF February and the Ist day
OF July in each year, shall hunt, pursue,
take, Kill or destroy, or have in his pos
session any doves, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Section .. Every person who shall
hunt, pursue, take, kill or destroy anv
male deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep
or buck, between the 18th day of October
and the 18th day OF July of the following
year, snail be guilty OF q misdemeanor.
Section q. Every person who shall at
any time hunt, pursue, kill, take or d g.
stroy any female deer, antelope, elk.
mountain sheep or doe shall be guilty of
mlsdemeanor.
Section Z. Every person who shall at
any tllne hunt, pursue, take, kill or de-
strOy any spotted fawn shall be guilty OF
mlsdemeanor.
Section s. Every person who shall at
any time sell or offer for sale the hide or
meat OF any deer, elk, antelope or mount
ain sheep, whether taken or killed in the
State of California or shipped into the
State from any other State, Territory or
foreign country, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor.
Sectlon y. Every person who shall
Wlthln the three years next after the pas
sage OF TINS Act hunt, pursue, take, kill
or destroy or have in his possession, ex-
cept Tor the purposes of propagation, any
pheasant shall be guilty of a misde-
meanOr.
section 10. Every person who shall at
any Tune net or pound any quail, par
trluge or grouse, and every person who
shall sell, transport, or give away. or
otter or expose for sale, or have in his
possession any quail, partridge or grouse,
thaI nave been shared, captured or
taken by means of any net or pound
whether taken in the State Of California
or shipped into the State from any other
state, territory, or foreign country, is
guilty OF a mlSdemeanor. Provided the
same may be taken for the purposes of
propagation, written permission having
nrst been obtained from the Game Ward
en- OF the county wherein said birds are
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