Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-10
THE CLUB MEETING.

No shooting Until the First OF 0e-
tober.
'rhe Capitol Hunting and Fishing
Club held a meeting Tuesday night
= tie court 4.,:''s. that ex =: moe
emil ,aam tn IL sry meet g held in
q number Of years. The report had
gone out that Theodore Winters, the
owner OF the tule fields over which the
club shoots. intended preventing
shooting Of any character on his pos
sessions until the first of October. M.
Winters came in to attend the meet
ing. as he is one of the members,
and to fully explain the action on the
affair.
Mr.. Winters stated point blank that
there would be no shooting on his
fields until the first day of Octobet',
and at that time only such people who
had a permit to hunt on the grpun1
would be allowed to fire a shot. Per
mits will be issued only to those who
Mr.. Winters believes are worthy the
same, and no boys will receive per-
NIT, as ne has put the age limit at 20
years, and no youngster under that
| age will fire a gun on the premises.
Mr. Winters does this as much as a
protection to the boys as anything
else. He does not believe in young
sters carrying gun larger than them
! selves, and he does not intend that
| they shall fill his cattle full of shot
in the way of experimenting with a
gun.
! Mr. Winters stated that if the
hides could be taken off his cattle
and the shot saved, there would he
enough to fill several sacks, as he has
found shot in nearly every beef killed
at his ranch. He stated that the boys
| and some Of the men have been IN
! the habit of shooting at the cattle
when they could find nothing else to
shoot at, and he intends to put stop
to the practice Further, he stated tn t
the ducks and other wild fowl was
raised on his possessions, and as he
had them fenced, he proposes to sta Q
who shall fire gun at the birds.
Mr. Winters owns from Washoe City
to near this end of Washoe lake, AMI
as he has placed three men on the
patrol list to arrest offenders. it is
likely that anyone disObeying the or.
ders will find themselves in bad
mess. as the last Legislature passed
a bill known as the Riley Law" in
= which parties shooting over another
mans land without a permit, is liza
BILE to fine or Imprisonment. The
law reads as follows:
An Act for the protection of own
ers of enclosed property, and to pre-
vent hunting or shooting within Its
enclosures.
Approved March 16. 1908.
; The people of the State Of Nevada
: represented in Senate and Assembl,
: do enact as follows:
1 Sec l. 1t shall be unlawful fo
any person to shoot or discharge fire
arms or TO hunt upon or within an.
5 enclosed ground which are privat,
property, and where signs are dis
5 played forbidding such hunting 0
? shooting, without permission obtain
ed from the owner, or person in thu
possession of such enclosed ground
= Sec 1t shall be unlawful Tor an.
2 person to maliciously tear down, mt
tilate or destroy any sign, sign-board
or other notice forbidding hunting O
Y shooting within enclosure.
+ Sec. 3. Any person who shall vic
+ late any of the provisions of tn:
e act shall be deemed guilty of mis-
) demeanor and shall, upon convictio
J. thereof, be punished by a fine in
o sum not less than fifty ($5O) dollar:
t nor more than two hundred ($2O0
g dollars, for each and every offens,
It or by imprisonment in the county ia
s in which said conviction is had, fo
lany term not exceeding six month
u or by both such fine and impriso,
j ment; and in addition to the cost
: now allowed by law, on criminal pros
e cution, twenty-five ($25) dollars, liqu
IS dated damages shall be entered II
e as costs against each defendant, an
l. collected in the manner now provide
Is by law for the collection of costs
civil actions; which said sum OF 5;
r shall be paid to the party instrume
L tai in securing the arrest and convi
X ton of the defendant.
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