The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-10-03
The New Game Law.
An act for the protection of birds in
Louisiana. and fixing penalties for
the violation of the same:

An act for the protection of birds in
Louisiana. and fixing penalties for
the violation of the same:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
rraI Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
catch, kill, pursue with such intent, any
wild ducks, wild turkey, dove, quail,
partridge or pheasant, or having the
same in possession after the same
has been killed or caught, between
the dates named in this act.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That no person shall catch, kill, pursue
with such intent or have in his posses
sion, after the same has been caught or
killed, any whipporwill, oriole, blue
bird. swallow, night hawk, knocking
bird, or red bird. except for domesticat-
ing purposes, and except when same
shall be destructive to the fruit or grain
crop.
Sec. 3. BE it further enacted, etc,
That the season for shooting wild ducks
shall open on the first day Of September
and close on the first day of April Of
each year, provided that the
season for hunting, shooting and killing
wild ducks and the blue wing teal duck
shall open on August first and close On
May first of each year
Sec. L. BE it further enacted, etc..
That the season for hunting, shooting
and killing wild turkey shall open on
the first day of October and close on the
first day Of May of each year.
Sec. D. Be it further enacted, etc,
That the season for hunting and shoot
ing dove, quail, cartridges and pheasant
shall open on the first day of October
and close on the first day of March of
each year.
Sec. 6. BE it further enacted. etc,
That no person shall rob or destroy the
nests of eggs of any of the above named
birds whatsoever.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That it shall be unlawful for any person
to expose, or offer for sale or have in his
possession any wood or blue winged teal
duck. between the first day of May and
the first day of August Of each year, the
mallard, canvas back and all other spe-
cies of wild duck between the first day
of April and the first day of September
of each year, and wild turkey between
the first day of May and the first day of
October OF each year; or any dove, wild
partridge. quail, or pheasant. between
the first day of March and the first day
of October of each year.
Sec. 8. Re it further enacted, ETC.,
That it shall be unlawful to catch or
take by snare, trap or net, any OF the
birds enumerated in section one Of this
act, at any time or season of the year;
provided that the provisions Of this act
shall not apply to catching game on their
premises.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, etc,
That no idler, vagrant, pot hunter or
professional hunter shall catch, kill. pur-
sue or be in possession of any game ia
this State, nor shall such person estab-
lish themselves upon the public or vacant
lands in this State for the purpose Of
killing any OF the above mentioned
game
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc,
That it shall be the duty of the judges OF
the district courts throughout the State
to charge the grand juries as to the
provisions of this law ut the opening OF
each session of the criminal court, and
any person or persons violating any of
the above provisions shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on
conviction. pay costs of prosecution and
a fine not to exceed Fifty dollars. or i'm
prisonment in the parish Jail not to ex-
coed sixty days, or both at the discretion
of the court. for each separate offense.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the fines imposed and collected
under the provisions Of this act. shall b.
paid into the parish school fund in the
parish in which the misdemeanor was
committed.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, etc,
That all laws or parts of laws in conflict
with or on the same subject matter be
and the same is hereby repealed.