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than five hundred dollars for each and every offense, or be
imprisoned for not less than one year in the County Jail, or
by both such fine and Imprisonment as aforesaid.
Provided, further, That nothing in this Act contained
shall prevent the owner or owners of any quartz mill or re.
duction works in this State, now located, or to be hereafter
located upon any natural stream or lake, from operating or
working said quartz mill or reduction works, where the said
owncr or owners thereof shall build or cause to be built a
suitable dam to be used IN connection with sad quartz mi,
or reduction works, and which dam shall be so constructed
as to prevent any tailings or substance from passing into the
stream or lake which will destroy or drive away the fish or
any number of them from said stream, lake or waters.
See. 10. That a fishing tackle, consisting of a rod or
pole, line and hook, shall be the only lawful means by which
fish may be taken from the waters of the State. The said
hook shall not be baited with any poisonous drug or sub
stance, and It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
use any net, seine, gill nets, fish traps, grab hooks, spears,
snare. or similar means for catching fish, and no Spccklcd or
Mountain Trout. California Trout or any game fish shall be
caught at any time during open season for speculative pur
poses. or for market, or for sale, and it shall be unlawful for
any person to sell or offer for sale any Speckled or Mountain
Trout caught in the waters of this State: Provided, That
the State Fish Commissioner may upon petition of fifty citi
zens of the County wherein is located any lake or lakes
which have been stocked with food fish, such as Lake Trout.
White Fish and Carp and upon the recommendation of the
Board of County Commissioners of said County, permit Cit
zens Of this State TO fish for said Lake Trout, White fish
and Carp with Il gill net with mesh not less than two and
one-half inches, said net to be exhibited to the Fish Commits
sioner or his duly authorized deputy and by him ap
proved, and it is further provided, that fish so law
fully taken shall not he shipped out of the State of Wyo
ming, but persons having more of said fish than can be used
for their own consumption may sell the same to residents
of the State of Wyoming, and provided further, that the
State Fish Commissioner may at any time revoke said per
mission if in his Judgment it is necessary in order to preserve
the fish in said lakes.
Any person or persons, company or corporation offend
ing against this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any
sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars,
or shall be imprisoned for a period of not more than three
months, or by both such fine and Imprisonment.
Sec. II. 1t shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to kill or take Speckled Trout or other fish from any private
waters used for the propagation of such fish, except by the
consent of the proprietor of such private waters. 1t shall
be the duty of the proprietors of such private waters, who
are engaged in the propagation of fish, as contemplated by
this Section, TO put, or cause to be posted. in a conspicuous
manner, public notices. painted on boards in large plain
letters, that the owner, naming him. is engaged in such
business, and warning all persons from killing or taking any
fish in the waters named in such notices.
Sec. -. No person shall kill, net or trap within this
State, except 'as hereinafter provided, any Snipe, Green
Shank, Taller, Godwit, Curlew. Avoset. or other wader or
plover, nor Quail, Lark, Whippoorwill, Finch, Thrush, Snow
bird, Turkey Buzzard, Robin or other insectivorous birds,
except that cartridges, Pheasant. Prairie Chicken. Prairie
Hen or Grouse may be shot from August 18th to December
LIST of each year, and Sage Chickens may be shot from July
10Th to October 10Th of each year; and if at any
time any person shall be found in possession of any
Partridge, Pheasant, Prairie Hen, Prairie Chicken, or
Grouse, or Sage Chicken at any other time, than be
tween the dates above mentioned, or any other of the
fowls or birds mentioned in this Section, except in
the season, it shall be prima facie evidence that the
same was killed, netted, ensnared or trapped by such person
in violation of the provisions of this Act.
Provided; That Snipe, Green Shank. Taller, Godwit,
Curlew. Avoset. or other wader or plover NAV be shot from
the first day of September to the first day of May, in each
year; provided also: That this Section shall not be con
strned to prohibit any person from importing or dealing in
Quail. Partridge, Prairie Chicken, Prairie Hen, Pheasant, or
Grouse imported into this State from any other State or Ter.
ritory, said person to furnish proof that such game birds
were killed out OF TINS state. Any person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined in any sum not less than ten, nor more than fifty dol
lars, together with costs of suit, and shall be prosecuted and
punished in the same manner as in other cases of misde-
meanor.
Sec. 13. No person of persons shall ensnare, net or trap
within this state any Wild Duck, Wild Goose, or Wild Swan
at any time. Any person or persons who shall violate the
provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less
than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each Duck, Goose
or Swan so ensnared, netted or trapped. There shall be es
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of May, an open season in which Ducks, Trant or Geese may
be shot, killed, or taken by means of gun shot, but nothing
but shoulder guns may be used at any time. And it shall
be unlawful to kill any of the above mentioned water fowls
specified; provided: That on and after the passage of this
Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill any
Wild Swan in the State of Wyoming. Any person or per
sons who shall violate the provisions of this Section, shall be
deemed guilty of Il misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
OF, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty-five
dollars for each ohcnse, and may be imprisoned in the
County Jail for not more than sixty days.
Sec. IA. 1t shall be unlawful to kill any Moose within
the State of Wyoming until the first day of September, in
the year 1902, after which date only one male Moose may be
killed during the hunting season of each year by any person
hunting legally. 1t shall be unlawful to pursue, hunt or
kill any Deer, Elk, Mountain Sheep, Mountain Goat or Ante
lope at any time, except from the first day of September to
the first day of December of each year. 1t shall be unlawful
at any time whatsoever to kill or capture any of the above
named animals mentioned in this Section by means of any
pit, pitfall, trap or snare. Any person may, during the pc
riod permitted and prescribed by this Section, pursue, hunt
and Kill any of the animals mentioned in this Section, under
the conditions and restrictions hereinafter imposed.
Any person who is a bona fme citizen of the State of