The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-20
THE CAME LAW
When Hunters Are Per-
mitted to Roam.
QUAIL TO Be KILLED
While Flying and Only 10 In
One Day. Non- Resident
Hunters Must Pay
$25 License.

very similar to that of two years ago.
While it corrected some Of the faults
of the old law, new errors crept in
that make the new measure as bad
as the old. The following are the
provisions that relate to the game that
is found in this section of the state.
Sec. 6961. No person shall, within
this state, catch, kill, injure or pur-
sue with such intent, any quail, or
wild turkey, except between the tenth
day of November and the first day of
December, inclusive; or any woodcock,
or squirrel, except between the first
day of August and the first day of
September, inclusive; or any rabbit
by the aid or use of any gun, except
between the tenth day of November
and the first day of December, inclu-
sive; or any rail plover or snipe, ex-
cept between the first day Of August
and the first day Of September, in
elusive; and between the fifteenth day
of March and the twentieth day of
April, inclusive; or any wild duck,
wild goose, wild swan, coot or mud
hen, except between the fifteenth day
of September and the fifteenth day Of
December, inclusive, on the lakes and
reservoirs of the state, and between
the fist day Of March and the twentf-
eth day of April, inclusive, on the wat
ers of the state.
NO TRAPS OR SHARES.
No person shall at any time catch
kill, injure, or pursue, any OF the birds,
game or animals mentioned in this sec
tion by the aid or use of any trap, net
or snare. or disturb, or destroy, any
of the nests, or eggs, or young there
Of; nor catch, kill, injure or pursue
any wild duck, or water fowl named in
this section by the aid or use Of any
gun except the common shoulder gun,
or with the aid or from any sink boat,
sneak boat. or battery, or by the aid
or use of any boat whatso-
ever, except a common row boat pro-
PEELED by oars. No person shall catch,
kill, injure or pursue, any wild duck,
or other waterfowl on Sunday, or
Monday, of any week; nor catch, kill,
injure, pursue, or shoot at, any such
waterfowl before sunrise or after
sunset of any day upon which it shall
De lawful to XIII the same.
SUNDAY PROVISIONS.
No person shall hunt, shoot, or trap,
or have in his possession in the open
air for such purpose, any of the imple-
ments for hunting, shooting, or trap,
ping on any Sunday. No person shall
kill in any one day more than eight
cen quail, woodcock, geese, plover, or
snipe; nor more than twenty-five
duck; nor more than ten squirrel; nor
more than six pheasant, praire chick
en-, or grouse; and no person shall
shoot at any quail except when they
are flying. Nothing in this section
shall be held to prohibit the keeping
OF squirrels or rabbits as pets, or pro-
hibit the killing of squirrels or rab-
bits, at any time, by the owner or
agent only of any prem
ises whereon they may be found injur-
ing grain, berries, fruit, vegetables,
trees or shrubbery.
PHEASANTS EXEMPT.
Section 1868. No person shall catch,
kill, injure or pursue any praire chick
en-, ruffed gouse, Mongolian pheasant,
English pheasant, ring neck pheasant
or other pheasant, before the tenth
day of November. 1904, or after that
date, except between the tenth day of
November and the first day OF De-
cember, inclusive; nor at any time
catch, kill, injure or pursue any OF tho
birds mentioned in this section by the
aid or use of any trap, net, or snare;
nor at any time disturb or destroy the
nests, or eggs, or young Of any bird
named herein.
Section 1856. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to hunt, or trap upon the
lands, ponds, lakes, or private waters
Of another Except waters claimed by
the riparian right of ownership Of ad-
jacent lands) or to thereon shoot,
shoot at, catch, kill, injure or pursue,
any wild bird, wild fowl. or wild ami
NAL of any kind, without first
the written permission from
the owner, or his authorized agent,
THE PENALTY.
In all prosecutions under this Sec
ton, the complainant shall not be re-
quired to prove legal title to the
lands or waters upon which the de-
fendant has SO unlawfuIly hunted or
trespassed, but II shall be sufficient II
he prove he Is in the lawful possession
or control thereof. Whoever violates
any provision OF this section shall be
fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than fifteen dollars for a first
offense, and not less than fifteen dol
lars nor more than fifty dollars for
any subsequent offense. and In default
OF payment OF fine and costs, shall
be imprisoned as provided in Sec. 40se,
revised statutes
Section 6967a. On and after May 1.
1909, q person who is nonresident of
the state OF Ohio, and who desires to
hunt in said state, shall make applica-
ton for hunters license to the clerk
Of courts Of the county in which he de-
sires to hunt; and for such license he
shall pay fee OF twenty-five dollars