The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-09
THE NEW FISH AND GAME LAWS.
Many Changes are Noted in the New Act
This Will Prove Interesting Reading to
Sportsmen, Who Should Cut it Out
for Future Reference.

The full text of the new game laws
signed by Governor VOORHEES, is given
below for the benefit of sportsmen. The
new laws make many interesting chang
es, and it will be we'll for sportsmen to
clip them out in full and save them for
future reference.
The law is a codifcation of all the
bills that were introduced in the Legis-
lature and is as follows in full
An act for the protection of certain
kinds of birds, game and fish, to reg
ulate their method of capture and
provide open and close seasons for
such capture and possession.
Be it enacted BY the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey
MUST BE HUNTED.
Sec l. 1t shall be unlawful to pursue
with intent TO kill or injnre, or in any man.
ner to attempt to take or injure, and it shall
also be unlawful to kill or destroy or injure
any hare sometimes called rabbit), quail
sometimes called partridge), ruff1ed grouse
sometimes called partridge or pheasant),
pinnated grouse sometimes called prairie
chicken), English pheasant, gray snipe
sometimes called English or Wilson sn1pe).
duck, brant, goose, dove, swan, gray, black
or fox squirrel, Woodcock, reed bird, rail-
bird, marsh hen, grass or upland plover, or
other game bird or game animal, in any
manner whatsoever excepting IN the man
ner usually known as hunting with gun,
the gun being such as may be held at arm
length and fred from the shoulder without
rests, and at such times as may be permit
ted in this act, under a penalty of twenty
dollars for each offence.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful to AXE, kill,
injure or destroy, or to have in possession
any rufied grouse Frequently called par
tridge), hare Frequently called raboit), or
any gray, black or fox squirrel, or any Eng
fish or ring-necked pheasant, excepting
during the months of November and De-
cember; or any woodcock excepting dur
ing the months of July, October, Novem-
Der and December, under penalty of TWEEN
ty dollars for every rufled grouse, quail,
hare, squirrel, English pheasant. rlng-neck-
ed pheasant or woodcock SO taken, killed,
injured or had in possession.
FARMERS MAY TRAP.
Sec. g. Nothing IN this act shall be so
construed as to prevent farmers and fruit
growers from trapping rabbits IN box-traps
during the months OF November, Decem-
Der, January, February and March provi-
ded, however, that snch trapping shall be
done on property owned or leased for the
raising OF fruit by the person so trapping /;
provided, that the person so trapping shall
first have made an affidavit before justice
Of the peace that rabbits have injured fruit
trees such fruit trees being on the prop
erty of the person SO trapping, and shall
have notified the nearest fish and game
warden of his intention TO SO trap; and
provided further, that no person shall be
permitted to barter or sell any rabbits so
trapped.
sec. a. 1t shall be unlawful to capture,
kill, -iujure or have in possession any gray
snipe sometimes called English or Wilson
snlpe), excepting only during the months
of March and April and from the twenty
fifth day of August to the thirty-hrst day OF
December, both dates inclusive, OF each
year or any rail bird, reed bird or marsh
men excepting only from the twenty-htth
day OF August to the thirty-hrst day OF De-
cemner, both dates inclusive, of each year /;
or any dove or upland plover excepting IN
the months of August and September OF
each year or any flicker or highholder ex-
cepiing during the months OF September
aud October in each year, under penalty
OF twenty dollars tor each snlpe, reed bird,
rail bird, marsh hen, dove, or upland plov-
er captured, killed, injured or had IN pos
session.
UNLAWFUL TO SNARE.
Sec. s. 1t shall be unlawful to kill,
wound, trap, snare, catch with blrdllme or
other substance, poison or drug, or have IN
possession any blue bird, blue jay, brown
III rasher, cardinal DirG, cedar bird, CHAT,
cnew1nk, ch1ckadee, COW bird, brown creep
er, CUCKOO, egret, finch, fly catcher, yellow
DIrd, grosbeak, gull, night hawk, hnmnilug
uITd, kiDglet, MARTINI. meadow lark, indigo
ord, king bird, orlole, oven BIRD, phoebe
Dlrd, pewee, redslarl, room, sbrike, snow
olrd, sparrow 1.-THE English sparrow, how
ever, excepteo), swallow, swift, tanagef,
tern, tltlark, v1reo, warbler, thrush, wh1.-
poor-will, woodpecker (the yellow-bellieo
or sap-sucker, however, ex-.
wren or yellow throat, under
penalty of twenty dollars for each oird
with bird-hme or other substance, poison
or drug, or had IN possession.
RoBBING NESTS
Sec. s. 1t shall be unlawful to rob the
nest or take or destroy the eggs OF any
Wild bird whatsoever, excepting the ness
or eggs of the English sparrow, under
penalty of twenty dollars TO- each nest so
robbed and each egg SO removed or de-
stroy ed.
Sec. 7. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son hunting or cunning after geese, ducks,
Drant or other web-iOoted wild fowl, TO
place the boat, sink-box or other vessel or
IN which such person may
lie in wait to kill such geese, ducks, brant
or O. her web-footed wild fowl, at distance
of more than one hundrs feet from ice,
or from marsh or meadow, bar or bank or
heaped seaweed not covered with water at
nigh tide, and every such boat, vessel or
other structure so used shall be attached
securely to such ice, marsh, meadow, bar
or bank or heaped seaweed by line, and
it shall be unlawful for any person or per
sons, with intent to capture or kill geese,
ducks, brant or other web-footed wild
fowl, to hunt after or pursue the same in
any manner except ony between one
hour, before sunrise and one hour after
sunset, under penalty OF twenty dollars
for each offense.
PURSUERs OF wEB-FooTED.
Sec. s. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
other web-footed wild fowl, or to shoot at
or XII. or wound the same in any boat.
vessel or other structure anchored or
staked upon the water of any of the bays,
sounds, coves, ponds, rivers, creeks or
streams of this state al greater distance
than one hundred feet from ice, marsh or
meadow bar or bank, or heaped seaweed
not covered with water at high tide, under
a penalty of twenty dollars for each
offence.
Sec Q. It shall be unlawful to catch, kill
or injure, or have unlawfully in possession
after the same has been caught, killed or
injured, any goose, duck, brant or other
web-footed wild fowl, excepting only from
the first day of September to the last day
of April, both dates inclusive, under pen
atty of twenty dollars for each goose, duck,
brant or other web-footed wild fowl killed
or injured or had unlawfully in possession
of any such goose, duck, brant or other
web-footed wild fowl during the period
prohibited in this section shall in every
court and place be deemed prima facie ev-
idence that the same are unlawfully in pos
session.
POSSESSION OF GAME.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son to capture, kill, injure or destroy or
pursue with such intent, any of the
game birds or other animals enumerated
in this act, on his or her own property, or
on the property of any other person or per-
sons, except during the seasons and at the
times and in the manner in this act pro-
vided, aud any person violating any of the
provisions of this act shall be liable to the
penalties provided by the act for the vio-
lation thereof.
Sec. II. 1t shall be unlawful to have in
nossession. sell or offer for sale, any hare