The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-11
The New Game Law.


About every other paper you pick up
nowadays has a new version of the
game law passed by the last legislature.
The following synopsis will be found cor
rect in every essential feature, and it
would be we'll to keep il for future refer
ence:
The first section forbids hunting or
shooting on Sunday under a penalty of
S25, or imprisonment for period of one
day for every dollar of penalty imposed. |
The second section provides that no |
person in this commonwealth shall kill. |
wound, trap, net, snare, catch with bird |
lime or any similar substance, poison or |
drug any bird of song or any warbler,
linnet, titmouse, blue bird, sparrow, yell
low bird, thrush, downy woodpecker,
red-bellied woodpecker, pieated wood
pecker, red-headed woodpeclier, cat bird,
pewee, vireo, martin, tiltup, blue finch,
indigo bird, oriole shrike, kildeer, gnat-
catcher, snow bird, hair bird, grosbeak,
whip-poor-wil cuckoo, chewink, chick
adee, chat, phoebe bird, red start, finch,
humming bird, cow bird, shore lark,
wren, swallow, robin, grackle, meadow
lark, nuthatch, least bittern, swift, night
hawk, startling or bunting. Nor shall
any person purchase or have in possess
sion or expose for sale any of the afore-
said song or wild birds, or the game
mammals killed or taken in this state
except as hereinafter provided but moth
ing herein shall be construed to prevent
the keeping of song birds in cages as do
mestic pets. No person shall take or
needlessly destroy the nest or eggs of any
song or other wild birds except as here
matter provided. This act shall not ap-
ply to any person holding a certificate
| giving the right to take birds aud their
nests and eggs and game mammals for
scientific purposes IN accordance with
certain provisions. The English or
European house sparrow, the kingfsher,
cooper's hawk, sharp-skinned hawk,
duck hawk, pigeon hawk, great horned
owl, green heron and night heron are not
to be included among the birds protected
by this act The penalty is $40 or ten
days in Jail for each offense.
Section three forbids the killing or hav-
ing in possession after having been kill
ed any wild turkey, pheasant, quail, par
fridge, woodcock, prairie chicken, En-
glish, Mongolian or Chinese pheasants,
save only from the 18th of October to the
10Th of December, inclusive, in each
year: Provided, That it shall be unlaw-
full to catch, take or kill any Chinese or
English pheasant for period of five
years from the date of the approval of
this act. And provided further, That it
shall be lawful to catch and kill wood
cock during the month of July of each
and every year in addition to the above
specified. Penalty S25, or twenty-five
days in Jail.
Section four forbids the killing of elk,
deer or fawn, save during the month of
? November in each year. Penalty 500.
Section five forbids the killing or trap
ping OF any game for the purpose of SELL
ing the same. Penalty for deer, 500 !;
and turkey, ETC., s25 for each offense.
Section six forbids the shipping of
game out of the state. Also that it shall
be unlawful for any one person to kill
in any one day more than ten rufTed
grouse, commonly called pheasants, or
more than Is quail or Virginia partridge,
J or more than 10 woodcock, or more than
two wild turkeys, or TO kill in any one
season more than two deer.
Section seven forbids the hunting or
having in possession after having been
J killed any hare or rabbit, save only
from the first day of November to the
fifteenth day of December, inclusive, in
, each year, or black, gray or fox squirrels,
save only from the fifteenth day of Octo-
Der to the fifteenth day of December, in
elusive, in each year. Penalty S25, or
twenty-five days in Jail.
Section eight forbids the hunting OF
: hares or rabbits with ferret or ferrets
! under penalty of S25 for each and every
hare or rabbit caught or killed by the aid
Of ferret or ferrets, and the fact that a
person or persons while hunting las IN
his or their possession or under his on
their control a ferret or ferrets, shall be
Q deemed prima iace evidence of using
q the same. Penalty $25, or twenty-five
days in Jail.
Section nine iorbds the use of traps
s snares, nets, ETC., except that decoys NAV
IS be used in hunting ducks and wild geese
!. Quail may be trapped between the frs
= OF January and fifteenth of February fol
. the purpose of keeping them alive dur
u ing the winter but they must be liber
L ated when the weather is suitable in In,
?. same locality where they were caught.
The remaining sections provide for en-
" forcing the penalties for violation of tn,
II act. One-half Of the fine goes to the in
d former.
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