The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-06

hereby made the duty of each of the Cir
 cult Judges holding courts throughout the
 State, and the judges of courts having concurrent jurisdiction with the various
 circuit courts in the various counties of
 the State to give in charge to each grand
 jury the various provisions of this act. and to instruct them to especially inquire into violations of the same.
 Sec. g. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to ship be- yond the lines of the State any game or | wild fowl, at any season of the year. Sec. 10. On and after the passage of this act, any railroad company or express
 company or any individual or corpora
 ton, who shall knowingly transport and carry beyond the State line of Alabama and game or wild fowl to any consignee. or otherwise. shall, on conviction, be fined in the sum of not less than $10o and no tmore than $500 for each and every conviction. Sec Il. From and after the passage of this act, each Probate Judge of the res- pective counties, shall issue huntsmen' licenses to all applicants of good charac- ter who may reside in the county. charg- l ing therefor $1 for each year, and 1t shall | be his duty to turn over 50 per cent of | said license fee to the County Game | Warden, and 25 per cent to the State Game Warden. retaining % per cent for his own fee. which said amounts shall constitute respectively the compensation
 of the county and State Game Wardens. for their services as such officials, pro
 vided that the amount so collected as a salary of the county game warden shall not exceed $500 per annum, and provided that the salary of the State Game War
 den shall not exceed s2,5o0 per annum Any amount that may be collected under
 the provisions of this section. over and
 above said sums to be paid as compen- sations or salary to said wardens. respec-
 lively, shall be covered into the State
 Treasury. Provided, however, that the
 county game warden shall receive 50 per
 cent of all fines collected from the viola
 tors of any section of this bill that may
 be convicted upon any cases reported by
 hif, or upon testimony procured by him. The balance of such fine to be carried into the school fund of the State.
 The license issued under this section shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt anywhere in this State, provided he shall
 first have obtained the permission of the owner of the land.
 resident of this State to hunt any of the
 game mentioned in this Act, without hav- ing first procured from the Probate Judge of the county in which he resides,
 huntsmans license. as provided by Sec ton Il hereof
 Sec 13. Whenever the State. or any County Game Warden shall discover any game covered in this act that is con-. signed beyond the limits of the State of Alabama. it shall be the duty of such Game Warden to immediately seize and | take possession of same, and to sell it to | the highest bidder, or to the best advant- | age. and the proceeds from such sale | shall be turned over to the State Game Warden. whose duty 1t shall be to con- vert same into the State Treasury. | Sec IA. Any violation of any section l of this bill. by shooting, hunting. trap | ping, or robbing the nests or destroying | the eggs of the game mentioned. Is here | by declared a misdemeanor, and. upon | conviction thereof the person shall be | fined not less than ten or more than one 1 hundred dollars.
 | Sec 15. All laws and parts of laws in
 conflict with the provisions hereof. are
 hereby repealed. This act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor.