People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02


marshals, and police officers in the
state OF Kansas, are hereby cOnsti.
tuted and appointed game wardens,
whose duty it shall be IT, diligently
inquire into and prosecute all viola
tors OF this act, and any such officer
hereinbefOre named, having notice
and knowledge OF any such violation
OF any OF the provisions of this act,
shall forthwith make complaint
thereof, before some court of cOmpe-
tent jurisdictions: Provided further,
That such game wardens shall In no
event be Liable for costs unless it shall
be found by the court or jury that the
complaint was fled FOR malicious DUR
poses. and was without probable
c'use: Provided further, That any
officer, so hereby created a game war
den, who shall neglect or refuse to
prosecute any viOlatOr OF this act.
upon proper information being laid
before him, shall himself be deemed
guilty Of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished as pro.
yided in section eight.
IL will be observed that section 6 OF
said act absolutely prohibits any per.
son, company or corporation, at any
time, to buy, sell, barter, ship or
offer for barter, sale or shipment any
Of the birds named ia section one OF
said act. Add section I of said act
makes it unlawful for any railroad or
express company, their agents, EN-.
pl0yees or managers to accept for
shipment or transfer any Of the birds
mentioned in section / OF said act.
Section provides penalty for the
violation of the foregoing provisions,
tOwit: A fine of not less than five
dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, together with costs and an at
toTney's fee of ten dollars, and stand
committed until such fine, costs and
attorneys fee shall be paid. Section
10 constitutes all marshals, cOnstables
and police officers game warden, whose
duties it is to see that the law is en-.
forced.
In connection with the above I'll
say that there was organized a few
days ago what is known as the
"SpOrtSman's Protection Association"
with n. Fl. C0yerdale as president.
This association has selected an off,
Ger whose special duty it will be to
apprehend and prosecute any and all
persons violating this law. And we
earnestly request the cooperation of
the farmers Of the county 10 the en-.
fOrcemeut of this law and the prOtec-
tiOn of our game. The express COM
panieS at this point have agreed 10
cooperate with the association and
render all assistance possible to pre-
vent violations. We expect to have
a representative at every shipping
point in the county, and l violate no
confidence when | say that we ex-
pect to make it exceedingly interest
ing for Mr.. Pothunter if we yet hold
of him. And l call the special atten
ton OF the cOnstables of the various
townships to section 10. Anol her
thing, all those persons who were
guilty of the fragrant violation Of the
game law last year are known to the
members of this association. The
attention II keepers of lunch cOun-
tiers, cafes and hotels is directed to
section 6, and they will do we'll to
govern themselves accordingly. In
short, it is unlawful for ANY person
at ANY tine to buy, sell or ship, or
offer to buy, sell or ship any of the
birds mentioned in section one of this
at. Now, 1t is not the object of this
association or any of its members to
Interfere with any person who ia a
SporLsmanlike way, with the consent
Of the land owner, shoots a little game
for his own table. There is an abun-
dance of quail and we can all have d
little sport and an occasional quail
on toast" if the marketing and ship
ping OF quail is stopped.
j. A. BURNETTE,
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