The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-25
NEW GAME Law.
Taken from the 1897 Session Laws--Oi
Special Interest

law taken from the 1897 Session Laws
will be of special interest to our local
sportsmen and we advise them to read
them over carefully and to preserve
this paper for future reference:
SECTION 2. Every person who shall,
within the state of Washington, at any
time between the first day of Deem.
Der of any year and first day of Septem-
Der of the following year, hunt. pursue,
take kill, injure or destroy any deer,
shall be guilty of q misdemeanOr, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished as hereinafter provided. Every
person who shall hunt, pursue, take,
kill, iniure or destroy any deer between
one hour after sunset and one-half hour
before sunrise of any day of the year,
shall he guilty Of q misdemeanor.
Sec. 8. Every person who shall at
any time hunt, pursue, take, kill, in-
jure or destroy any moose, elk, caribou,
antelope, mountain sheep or goat, or
deer, with dogs, or who shall knowing
ly allow dogs to chase or destroy said
animals, shall be guilty Of INSIDE
meanOr.
Sec. 4. Every person who shall dur
ing the season when 1t Is lawful to kill
same, kill more than four deer, or more
than two elk, moose, antelope, caribou,
mountain sheep or goat, or who shall
kill any spotted fawn, shall be guilty
of q misdemeanOr.
Sec. 5. Every person who shall fire.
hunt for deer, moose, elk, antelope,
caribou, moutain sheep or goat, or trap,
ensnare or set up any traps, swivel,
pivot or spring guns, pitfalls, or other
devices for the purpose of trapping, en-
snarirg or killing said animals, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor.
SEC. Z. Every person who shall
hunt, pursue, take, kill. injure or de-
stroy any grouse, partridge, prairie
chicken, sage hen, native pheasant or
ptarmigan, between the first day of
December Of any year and the fifteenth
day of August of the following year,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. 8. Every person who shall
hunt, take, kill, injure or destroy any
swan, sand hill crane, mallard duck,
canvas back duck, widgeon, teal, wood
duck, spoon bill, gray or black duck !,
sprig tail, or other game duck, rail,
plOver, or other game water fowl, be-
tween the first day of January and the
fifteenth day of August Of any year,
shall be guilty of q misdemeanor.
Sec. 8. Every person who shall at
any time, trap, net or ensnare, or
attempt to trap, net or ensnare, any
quail or Bob White, prairie chicken,
grouse, pheasant, partridge, sage hen,
ptarmigan or wild pigeon, or have in
his possession any live quail or Bob
White, prairie chicken, grouse, pleas
ant, wild pigeon, partridge, sage hen
or ptarmigan, except for the purpose OF
propagation, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanOr.
Sec. 10. Every person who shall use
any sunk box or sunk boat or sneak
boat for the purpose of shooting wild
ducks, or other water fowl, or who
shall use any battery, swivel or pivot
gun, or any gun other than one to be
held in the hands and fired from the
shoulder, at any time, for the purpose
of shooting wild ducks, geese, or other
water fowl; or who shall build any
structure for the purpose of shooting
therefrOm wild ducks or other water
fowl; or who shall at any time between
one hour after sunset and One-half hour
before sunrise fire off any gun or build
any fire or flash any light, or burn any
powder or any other inf1ammable sub
stance upon the shores of any feeding
grounds frequented by wild ducks or
other water fowl, with intent thereby
to shoot, kill, injure, destroy or disturb
any of such water fowl, shall be guilty
of q midemeanor.
| Sec. IL. Any person who shall at
any time between the first day of No
| vember of any year and the first day
lof October of the following
year, offer for sale or for market, or
sell, barter or exchange any moose, elk,
caribou, antelope, mountain sheep OF
goat, deer or other wild game animal,
or any wild duck or other game water
fowl, or any gouse or other game bird
shall be guilty of misdemeanOr: Pro-
vided, That no person shall on any one
day kill, have for sale or offer for sale
barter or exchange more than two OF
the game animals or ten of the game
birds in this act mentioned.
| Sec. Is. Every person who shall
hunt, pursue, take, kill, trap, ensnare.
injure or destroy any imported or ORR
entail pheasant, golden, silver, ring
necked, copper, bronze, Chinese OF
Monaghan pheasant, or California,
valley or mountain quail or Bob White
quail at any time after the passage Of
/ this act and before the fifteenth day OF
October, in the year one thousand and
nine hundred, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor: Provided, That thereafter
and after the fifteenth day of October,
A. d. 1900, the hunting and killing Of
all varieties of imported or Oriental
| pheasants, valley mountain, California
or Bob White quail shall be governed
by the law here enacted for the hunt
ing and killing of native pheasants and
grouse: Provided further, That it shall
Be lawful to hunt and kill California
valley, mountain and Bob White quail
in any of the counties Of this state
living westward of the eastern bound.
ary Of the counties lOf WhatcOm, Sno
homish, Skagit, King, Pierce. Lewis
and Skamania between the fifteenth
day of October and the first day Of De
cember of any year.
i SEC. Is. Every person convicted o
any of the misdemeanOrs defined in thu
foregoing sections of this act, shall b.
punished by q fine of not less than 81
nor more than 500, together with thu
cost Of the prosecution In such action
and in default of the payment of sale
fine, shall be imprisoned in the county
Jail one day for each 81 Of such fine
and upon the trial of any person, aRen
or employee of company or corpora
ton, proof of the possession of the wild
animals, or::birds, when it is unlawful t.
take, kill or have same, shall be prims
facie evidence that the said wild game
! animal or game bird, was unlawfully
taken or killed by the person having
possession of same.
SEC. q. The provision of this &C
shall not apply to persons engaged II
prospecting fur mines of precious min
erals upon the public domain to thu
Iovfont IF the nersOnal need only O