The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-03-20
HUNTERS MUST HAVE LICENSE
All Residents of the State Must Pay a Dol
lar and Non.residents $2S-PenaIty for
Violation of the Law $500

| The new fish and. game law passed by
the recent legislature is now operative
and sportsnlen in the state must procure
license or the game warden or his
deputies may cause them trouble. All
male residents of the state can obtain a
license BY paying fee of 81, all female
residents may take game or fish without
license and non-residents must pay $25
a year for the privilege. Following are
some of the provisions of the law:
1t shall be unlawful to hunt or fish
for any kind of game under this act until
license is first procured as provided
herein and upon request of the game
warden or his deputy such license must
be procured for inspection.
| Any male resident of the state over II
years of age can procure license upon
the payment of Fl from any justice of the
county i'll which he resides, or the
warden or any deputy warden which
will permit him to hunt or fish in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the law.
Non-residents can procure license
upon payment of $25, which will entitle
them to all the provisions under this act,
and upon payment OF IS to hunt game
birds and catch fish with hook and line.
All female persons may take game and
fish under the provision of this act with
out procuring a license. as provided by
this act.
All licenses will expire on February IS
folio ing date of issuance.
1t shall be unlawful during the open
season of each year for any person to
hunt. kill or capture, more than one male
| elk, two deer, one mountain sheep, one
| ibex and one mountain goat
Everyone having license is entitled
| 10 the use and possession of the whole or
any part of the animal killed. and nom
resident shall be entitled to keep, and
cary or ship out of the state the skins,
heads or horns, or other parts of animals
killed in compliance with the provisions
Of this act. But no person. corporation
or agent may sell, or keep for sale, any
portion of the carcass, skins. headgear,
antlers of any animal mentioned in this
act, or to offer or expose for sale, or have
in possession for the purpose of selling
or offering for sale any specie of fish pro-
tected by this act, or any part of CARCASS
of any of the animals mentioned in this
act at any time of the year
Ii is made unlawful for any railway,
express C mpany, stage line, or any other
common carrier TO transport or have in
posses ion, any OF the game animals or
birds mentioned Ill this act.
1t is made unlawful to hunt, kill,
capture or destroy any song, iusectivor-
Gus or innocent bird, except English
sparrow, magpie or bee bird at any time
of the year or to destroy the eggs or nests
of such birds.
1t is made the duty of the state fish
and game warden and all deputies and
every sheriff, d putty sheriff. city marshal,
constable and police officers within their
respective jurisdiction to enforce all the
provisions of the law and such officers
excepting the warden and his deputies
are created ex-oficio fish and game
wardens for their respective jurisdiction,
and are given authority to inspect all
places where they have good reason to
believe the law is being violated, with or
without search warrant.
For the protection of game it is neces
sarv to protect the forests from the raw
ages of fire and it is made unlawful for
set on fire, any timber, underbrush or
grass on the public domain, or leave or
suffer fire to burn unattended near any
timber whereby such timber is set on
fire The violation of this section is pun
ishable by fine of not exceeding 5000,
or imprisonment in the county Jail not
exceeding six months, cr both fine and
Imprisonment. Parties failing to wholly
extingui h fires built near such places
will be guilty of misde meanor and will
be fined as above.
portion of this act is punishable by fine
not exceeding $500, or imprisonment for
six months, or both in the discretion of
the court.
The salary Of the warden is fixed at
1900 per year and 5000 for travelling
expenses. Deputies will be allowed $3
day for ae.aal services, but NJ travelling
expenses, and shall not receive pay for
more than go days in one year.
The law also makes provision for the
trial of cases, the manner of keeping the
records and for turning the money into
the state treasury.
Fred Fem and wife of Boise passed
through the city Wednesday en- route to
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