San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08

wild antelope, wild turkey, wild
ducks geese, wild grouse, wild prai-
RE chickens, wild monaghan or Eng
lish pheasants, quail or partridge,
wild ployer, snipe and jack snipe
found within this state to be the prop
erty of the people or public property.
1t also provides that none of the above
named property shall be sold outside
of the county where killed or taken,
except ducks or geese, and whoever
shall offer for sale any of said game
or have in his possession for sale, or
whoever shall buy or have in his pos
session after purchase any of the game
named except ducks and geese, shall
be punished by fine of not less than
ten or more than one hundred dollars.
1t prohibits the netting of quail or
cartridges altogether. 1t also makes
il an Offense punishable by a heavy
fine to destroy any wild geese or wild
ducks except by an ordinary gun cap
able of being held and shot from the
shoulder 1t prohibits entirely for five
years any person from killing, taking
or destroying any wild Mongolian or
English pheasants, or antelope. 1t
makes it unlawful to kill or catch any
wild deer between January LIST and
September LIST, or prairie chickens or
turkeys between April LIST and Sep
TENDER LIST, or any quail between
March 10Th and October LIST, and hunt
ing deer or, other game at night by
means of hunting lamps is prohibited
entirely, and possession of this game
during this part of the year shall be
prima-facia evidence of guilt. 1t is
made unlawful for any express COM
pany or other common carriers to re-
ceive for the purpose of transpOrta
ton or TO transport, carry or take be-
yond the limits of this state or within
this state any of the game mentioned
above except duck and geese, and the
penalty for a violation thereof is
fine of not less than twenty-five dol
lars or more than two hundred; and
each shipment is declared a separate
Offense, and such common carriers
have a right to examine all suspected
packages. This Is part of the law CIV
ing the sportsmen the most concern.
The question is, can the go out of the
county where they live and kill and
have the railroads or express compan-
les to receive and carry to their homes
the game mentioned above. The words
or within the state" clearly prohib-
its any common carrier from receiving
or transporting game either within or
without the state. This much is GER
tain and it makes no difference
whether the shipment is made for sale
or not. do not believe it will be con-
strued to prevent anyone, for example,
who lives here in BeXar county from
going to Wilson county or any outside
county and killing and bringing it
home on the train with him, for it is
each Shipment that is declared on
Offense, and it is not a shipment of
game within the meaning of the law
when il is thus carried. 1t was my
pleasure to offer the amendment pro-
Getting ducks and geese and preventing
their shipment out OF the state, but
when the bill reached the Senate,
they changed that part of the bill, and
also added the words "or within the
state" intending to prevent those liv-
| ing in cities from having any game
except what is killed in the counties
where they are situated, and permit
ting those along the coast and the
owners of private preserves to slaugh-
outside markets all our choice ducks
and geese"
Hon. A. w. Houston-"Section of
| the new game law is the subject of
much concern among the attorneys
| for railroad companies throughout the
| state of Texas. The attorneys of the
| Arkansas Pass have taken same under
! advisement and will render an opinion
| for the guidance of this system before
| October LIST. / do not think the carry.
ing clause in section Z is as sweeping
as some would suppose. | hold that
a sportsman has perfect right &c
carry game on his person which has
been killed by him for his own use il
another county and taking same OF
the train with him provided he does
not offer same to the railroad com
pany for transportation. The law
does not allow the searching of a per
son TO ascertain whether or not he has
game concealed about him, but the
shipment of such game would make
the railroad company liable"
Hon. Perry J. Lewis-"It occurs t
me that Sec. Z, of the new game Law
means exactly what it says, and tina
il prohibits railways or other common
carriers from taking or carrying the
game named in Sec. 1. The fact tina
the hunter takes the game with him il
a passenger coach can make no differ
ence. The railroad would then betak
ing and carrying both him and hi
game. Sec. in plain terms makes