Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-08-02
FISH AND GAME LAWS.
WHEN TO HUNT AND FISH AC-
CoRDING TO LAW.
Summary ofthe Most Important Pro-
visions of the Revised stautes TO
Date.

visions OF the game and nsn laws, Dut
the following summary of these laws
win be valuable notwithstanding. Cut
them out for future reference:
Quail can be shot from November
10 to December 10.
Squirrel can be shot from July 1. to
December Is.
Woodcock may be killed from July
Is to November 1.
Ruffied grouse, pheasant and prai-
rie chicken may be killed from Sep
tember to December 10.
Wild duck can be shot from Sep
tember to April 10.
Wild turkey may be shot from Dc
tober to December 10.
Quail cannot be lawfully caught
with trap or snare.
Persons hunting on Sunday are liza
BILE to prosecution.
ANY person killing quail to be
shipped out of the state are liable to
a fine of $25 to $50.
Wild deer can be killed only be-
tween October 10 and November 20,
and the penalty for killing out OF date
is $25 to $1OO fine or 80 days in jail, or
both.
1t is unlawful to sell game out OF
season, the penalty being 90 to $25
fine or not exceeding 30 days in jail,
or both.
Any person is liable to a fine Of IS
to $25 for catching rabbits with fer
rets. For the second offense the fine
is $50 to $1,000.
Shooting or hunting on the lands
of another without permission is an
offense punishable by fine OF $5 to
$15 for first offense, and for a second
offense within a year $15 to $50.
The state fish and game commission
consists of fiv members appointed
for term of years each, who are re-
quired to give bond of $4,000. They
receive no salary, but the state pays
all legitimate expenses.
The state game warden receives
81, 200 year and not to exceed 5000
for expenses. He gives a bond of
$2, 900 and is elected for one year.
The county game wardens are
elected for two years, and receive no
compensation except in fees. County
commissioners may, If they desire,
vote their game wardens not to ex-
ceed $500.
Special fish and game wardens are
appointed for Lake Erie and Mercer,
Lewiston, Six Mile, Licking, Lara
mie and Sippo reservoirs. They may
be paid from the state fish and game
fund not to exceed $500 year.
County commissioners may, upon
the petition of not less than five free
holders, construct chute for pas
sage of fish over any dam in their
county. Only suckers, mullet and
red horse may be caught with a spear,
and these only in streams whose wat
ers flow into Lake Erie.
1t is unlawful to catch brook trout,
land locked salmon or California sal
mon between September Is and
March IA, the spowning season.
The penalty for killing fish by ex-
plosive or poisons is $100 or $500 fine
and not exceeding six months i'm
prisonment.
Six months Imprisonment or $3.50
fine or both is the maximum penalty
for poisoning water in a pond or
drawing off the water with intent to
injure the fish therein.
Suckers, mullets, red horse and Ger
man carp may be caught in the Sci
otto, Muskigmn and Miami rivers with
a dip net not exceeding eight feet in
diameter.
Neither netsnor seines may be used
in the Lewistewn reservoir for five
years from April 10, 1899.
Only hook and line attached to a
rod can be used for fishing in the
Licking reservoir.
The fyke or set net may be used in
the Mercer county reservoir from July
90 to May 20, and in Lewistown reser-
voir from October 1 to June 1.
Black bass under inches inlength
cannot be taken, except minnows for
bait.
The penalty for violation of the
general fish law is $25 to $100 fine or
not less than thirty days in Jail, and
for second offense $50 to $500 fine or
not less than sixty days in Jail.
Gil nets can only be used in Lake
Erie.
Justices of peace, mayor and police
judges have final jurisdiction of fish
and game cases. Trial by jury may
be demanded, with two peremptory
challenges for each party.