Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-03-06
JOHNNY HIDE YOUR GUN.
1t Is Unlawful TO Hunt Game in This
State.

Stdte,
Hang the gun on the rack; the am
munition bag on the peg; for the hunt,
ing season for quails, wild turkeys and
pheasants is over in this section. This
may be an old law to the majority, but
it has never been fully enforced and
by constant abuse of the same, the
quails have suffered greatly. The law,
however, is not as general as it might
be and the consequences are that game
is not protected. But the law covers
this county, and should any more quails
or live turkeys be seen on the market
they will be brought from other coun-
ties. This is the most general protect
ing game:
Section /. Be il enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Tennes.
see, that it shall be and is hereby de-
clared unlawful for any person to hunt,
kill, or trap deer for profit in the State
of Tennessee; provided, however, that
all citizens of Tennessee be allowed to
hunt, kill, or capture deer for their own
consumption from the first day of Au.
gust to the first day of January of each
year; and provided, further, that all
citizens of Tennessee may kill or cap
ture deer for profit on his own land,
but not elsewhere, from the first day of
August to the first day of January of
each year.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that it
shall be and is hereby declared unlaw-
full for any person to hunt, kill, net,
trap or capture quail or partridge for
profit in the State of Tennessee; pro-
vided, that any citizen of this State
may hunt, kill, trap, or capture quail
or partridges for profit on his own land,
but not elsewhere, not any other season
of the year than from the first day of
November to March the first of each
year within the time limited; provided,
that it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to net partridges or quail at
any season of the year.
''Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that
any person violating the provisions of
this act, upon conviction, shall be fined
for the first offense not less than five
nor more than twenty five dollars, and
for each subsequent offense, not less
than twenty five nor more than fifty
dollars, and imprisonment, at the dis.
cretion of the court, not exceeding three
months.
"Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that
the constables and justices of the peace
of each county be gamo wardens to
prosecute violations against the provis.
ions of this bill.
''Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that
grand juries shall have inquisitorial
power of all violations of this act.
"Sec. 6. Belt further enacted, tn the
following counties are hereby exempted
from the provisions of this act: Carroll,
Benton, Henderson, White, Cumber-
land, Van Buren,, Smith, Cannon, Dyer,
Cooke, Bradley, Washington, Scott,
DeKalb, Blount, Maury, Sullivan,
Unicoi, Grundy, Sewer, Fentress, Lin
coin, Putnam, Pickett, Johnson, Car
ter, Franklin, Humphreys, Hickman,
Lauderdale, Crockett, Lewis, Perry,
Decatur, Greene, Granger, Hawkins,
Jackson, Polk, Warren. Robertson,
James, Meigs, Rhea, Weakley, Hardin,
McNairy, Campbell, Union, Bledsoe,
Sequatchie, Overton, Claiborne, Ches-
ter, Marion, Williamson, Marshall,
Morgan, Bedford, Monroe, Lawrence,
Wayne, Macon, Clay and Gibson"
Passed March &, 1899.