The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-29
PROPOSED TERRITORY GAME LAW
Drafted and Forwarded With Request
for Immediate Passage.

The following bill has been drafted
by Messrs. T. A. Samson, W. c. Jack
son and thomas owen. assisted by
Messrs. c. l.. Jackson and William
T. Hutchings. the committee appoint
ed for that purpose by the Territor
ial Bar Association:
An Act for the Protection of Game and
Fish in the Indian Territory.
BE II Enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Con.
gress Assembled.
l. That IL shall be unlawful in the
Indian Territory for any person OF
persons, to take. wound or kill. in
any manner whatsoever, any OF ,he
following named game birds or ami
mails, except between the dates herein.
after mentioned:
Wild buck. deer or fawn. except
during the months of November De.
cember and January of each year and
it shall be unlawful at any jimc t.
chase the same with dogs or bounds.
Wild turkeys. except during the
months of November, December. Jan
uary. February, March and April IN
each year
Prairie chicken or grouse, except
during the month of September IN
each year
Quail. except from October 18th to
February 18th in each year.
2. It shall be unlawful for any per
son or corporation to ship or convey
from the Indian Territory beyond its
limits any game whatsoever
3. It shall be unlawful at any tim ,
for any nonresident of the Indian
Territory. to hunt, take. wound or
kill in any manner whatsoever. any
game bird. animal or any fish whats3-
ever, without having first obtained
from the United States Indian Agent
for the Union Agency, a permit to
hunt or fish. as the case may be-, in
the Indian Territory and said permit
shall be issued to one person only and
such person and the days for which
the same are granted, and in no case
to exceed ten days. And any person
to whom any such permit to hunt in
shall be subject at all times to all OF
the provisions of this act. Provided
that the Indian agent shall not issue
any permit to any person 20 hunt un
ill said person has deposited with said
Indian agent the sum of five dollars
per day for each and every day GOV
cred by said permit. and that all sums
of money derived from such deposits
with said Indian agent on account OF
said permits shall be retained by saiC
} Indian agent in a separate fund to be
paid out by him upon the certfcat,
of any United States marshal in tn,
Indian Territory. 1t shall be the duty
of the United States marshal to issue
certificates upon the Indian agent tt
every person who shall first give in
formation to said marsha or any of
fcer within said district, which shall
lead to the apprehension and con
viction of any person found violating
any of the provisions OF this law an,
in the said certificates the said mar
shall shall state that the said inform
ant is entitled to a reward of twenty
five dollars from and out OF the tunt
so realized from said permits by sal,
Indian agent.
4. No person, company or corpora
tion, or the agent thereof, shall at an,
time catch, kill or have in possession
any of the birds or game animals o
this, the Indian Territory, the Kill
ing of which is prohibited with inten
to ship the same from the Indian Tel
ritory.
5. It shall be unlawful to take O
catch any fish in any of the rivers
streams, lakes or ponds in the India
Territory with nets or seines.. excep
to catch and take minnows for bal
fish
6. 1t shall be unlawful for any pc
son at any time TO net or trap any {
the various kinds of birds mentione
in this act.
Z. 1t shall be unlawful for any pc
son or corporation to have in its poi
session any of the birds or animal
mentioned in this act except durin
tAe time when, under the terms of thi
act, it is lawful for such birds or an
mails to be killed.
s. 1t snail be unlawful for any pc
son, with the intent to Kill, main q
paralyze any fish or other water an
NAL, to cast, drop or otherwise depos
in any river, creek, lake or pond, c
in any other stream or body of waite
within the Indian Territory, any G.
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