The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-09
when TO HUNT AND FISH
Compilation Of the Game Laws
as Amended by the Last
Legislature.

y o. loJ0,-fOr luc DcilS-
NJ Oh spontsmen and others interested in
hunting and fishing, the following care
fully prepared synopsis of the game laws
as they are now in force is given
In the first place the State is divided
into two districts. the northern district
consisting of the counties of Sussex.
Warren, Hunterdon. Somerset, Morris,
Passaic. Bergen. Hudson. Essex, Union,
Mlddiesex ana Mercer. and the southern
district all of the other counties. This
draws a line across the narrowest part of
New Jersey in a southwesterly direction
from near Matawantt to Bordentown. The
first section of the new law forbfds the
killing OF any game, bird or animal, or
any water fowl. except by the legitimate
means of shooting with a gun which can
DE fired from the shoulder under a PEN
atty of 500.
Deer can be killed only from October
Is to November S. inclusive. Penalty,
S1ea-
In the northern district the open sea-
son for shooting hares, rabbits, quails,
woodcock, ruffed grouse, gray, black or
fox squirrels, European pheasants, or
European partridges. is from October
p to December 10. inclusive. Penalty,
$40. In the southern district, which in
cludes Monmouth county, the open sea-
son for the same game is from Novem
Der Is to January /, inclusive. English
or Wilson snipe may be killed only dur
between august 81 and December 10. in
elusive. Penatty. $40. Grass or upland
plover and doves, open season Novem-
Ger No / e o PfsSla sEAs =: Pf FISH 'r SGSi
1t is unlawful at any time to kill. cap
ture or have in poSsession any night
lark, finch, martin. barn swallow. wood:
pecker, robin, oriole, red or cardinal
bird, cedar bird. tanager or other insesc-
every bird SO captured, killed, injured or
PAD IN possession; provided that nothing
10 prevent re the taxing 1idia e or K Rillsng Of ofs Eng g.
glish sparrows, cnanesys hawkes., crows,
ravens. crow-blackbirds, kingfishers or
red-wniged. blacllbirds. z
Twenty dollars penalty is provided for
robbing birds nests or destroying eggs.
Reed birds and marsh hens are pro,
December Is. Rails are not provided for
U I1rl his sseaon q the aee 1
The law provides a penalty of $40 for
game in possession after it has been so
Web-footed fowl may be killed only
September 30 End May inclusive, and
Section Il provfdes-That it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to
with such intent any of the, game birds
or other animals enumerated in this act
on his or her own property or on the
property of any other person or persons,
excepting during the season and at such
times and in such manner as provided in
this act; any person or persons 50 doing
for ~ said act in the violation thereof.
SUNDAY Laws.
Seet99 n 70 pTro M that It snail De an an
or with any firearms or or to
carry a u in the fields or in the woods
on the, Sabbath day. Commonly called
Sunday under a penalty of $40 for each
a2d every offence.
The section eliminates and is supposed
was in the former law and which was
violated with impunity everywhere and
most unpopular with a large portion of
The fish laws are almost unchanged.
The open season for black bass is May
s 5o e Trl De IS Bass !. u aqd f9 nsne erG ineh Apr and !
trout Under six inches are still protected.
There is a new. section Which prohibits
rnary 20 and May /, under a penalty of
No SET LINES ALLOWED.
Another clause, which has been NTH
erto indefinitely provided for. is the fol
"And be it enacted, That it shall be
in any of the fresh waters of this State
inhabited by pickerel, black bass, perch
or trout, amy set line or set lines, or to
put or use in such waters any line or
lines not under the constant and imme-
diate supervision of the person SO placing
atty Of twenty-five dollars for each
offence
This section settles the mooted aues-
ton whether q man may put out a dozen
or a hundred poles upon q wharf or
float, and let them fish for themselves,
while he sleeps or attends to other affairs.
Another section states definitely that
fishing through the ice for perch or pick
erel may be done only. with one, hook
uoon a line. Another law passed pro-
hfbits fishing with fylse-nets or similar
nets above Trenton falls in the Delaware,
under penalty of 500 fine or six months
-imprisOnment,