The record-union., 1897-02-18

day of October and the 10Th day of
July OF the following year; every per-
SON who shall at any time hunt, pur-
sue, take, kill or destroy or have in
his possession, any female deer, or
spotted fawn, or any antelope, elk, or
mountain sheep; every person who
shall at any time buy, sell or offer for
sale, the hide or meat of any deer, elk.
antelope or mountain sheep; every
person who shall buy. SELL offer or ex-
pose for sale, transport or carry, or
have in his poss sesssion, the skin. hide
or pelt of any deer from which the evil
dence of sex has been removed, is
guilty of a misdemeanor: provided.
however, that the right of possession
for the purpose of propa ga thon shall
first be obtained by a permit in writ
ing, from the Board of Fish Commits
Sioners of the State of California. Any
person found guilty of a violation Of
any of the provisions of this section,
shall be fined IN a sum not less than
$50 or more than $500, or DE imprisoned
in the County Jail in the county in
which the conviction shall be had, not
less than ten days or more than 100
days, or be punished by both such fine
and imprisonment. 1t Shall be no de-
fense in a prosecution for a violation
of any of the provisions of this section
that the birds or animals were taken
or killed outside this state: provided,
however, that nothing in this section
shall be held TO apply TO the hide of any
of said animals taken or killed in Alas
ka or any foreign country.
Section IL Section 62T is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section G21. Every person who shall
use a shotgun of a larger caliber than
that commonly known and designated
Is a number ten gauge, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. The proof of the
possession Of said gun in the field, or
marsh, bay. lake, or stream, shall be
prima facie evidence of its illegal use.
Every person who, upon any inclosed
or cultivated grounds which are pri-
vate property, and where signs are dis
played forbidding such shooting, shall
shoot any quail, bob white, pheasant,
partridge, grouse. dove, wild duck, or
deer, without permission first obtained
from the owner or person in the pos
session Of such ground, or who shall
maliciOusly tear down, nlutilate, or de-
stroy any sign, sign board, or other no.
tice forbidding shooting on private
property, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanOr Every railroad company, ex-
press company, transportation COM
pany, or other common carrier, their
officers, agents, and servants, and every
other person who shall transport. carry
or take out of this State, or who shall
receive for the purpose Of transporting
from the State, any deer, deerskin,
buck, doe, or fawn, or any quail, part
ridge, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken,
dove. or wild duck, except for purposes
Of propa CATION, or who shall transport,
carry, or take from the State, or re-
ceive for the purpose of transporting
from this State, any such animal or
bird, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;
provided, that the right to transport
for the purpose of propagation shall
first be obtained by permit, in writing,
from the Board of Fish Commissioners
Of the State Of California. Any person
found guilty of a violation of any of the
provisions of this section shall be fined
in a sum not less than $50 or more than
$500, or be imprisoned in the County
Jail in the county in which the convic-
ton shall be had, not less than ten
days or more than $50 days, or be pun
ished by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
(Sections - to Is repeal Sections
62Ia anl 621b)
Section IL. All Acts and parts of Acts
in conflict with this Act are hereby re-
pealed.
Section IL This Act shall take effect
from and after its passage