Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-01
NON RESIDENTS BARRED.
Provisions of the De Rossitt Law as Signed by Gov. Davis Now in
 Force.

Little Rock, April Ex-Governor Davis yesterday signed the DeRossit, game act, and it is now law. The full text of the act follows:
 An act to be entitled, sAn act to protect the game and fish of the state and provide for the appointment of game wardens."
 Be it enacted by the general assem- bly, of the state of Arkansas:
 Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to trap, net or shoot, or kill by any method whatso- ever, any quail or partridge from the fifteenth day of February until the first day of November in each year.
 Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to shoot, kill or pursue by dogs any deer or fawn from the first day of February until the first day of September in each and every year.
 Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to trap, net, shoot or kill by any method whatsoever any wild turkey from the first day of May until the first day of September in each and every year.
 Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person who is resident of the state of Arkansas to shoot, hunt, fish, or trap at any season of the year.
 Sec. 5. The sheriff of each county, or any constable thereof, is hereby constituted ex-officio game warden for his respective county, and his dep uties shall be deputy game wardens by virtue of their appointments as depu- ty sheriffs. It shall be the duty of the game warden, or any constable or deputy, to make arrests and prosecute offenders under this act as in other misdemeanor cases, before any justice of the peace and without being re- quired to give bond for costs, and it shall be misdemeanor in office for any game warden or deputy to fail to prosecute violators of this act. All fines collected under this act shall go to that game warden or deputy con- stable making the arrest and securing the conviction.
 Sec. 6. Any justice of the peace, upon information received that any of the provisions of this act have been or are being violated, shall issue his warrant of arrest, directed to any sheriff or constable or other peace of icer, commanding that said offender be at once arrested and held for trial. No bond shall be required for costs. Any constable, sheriff or other officer failing or refusing to serve said war rant shall be guilty of non-feasance in office, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and be removed from office.
 Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot after sunset or before sunrise upon any waters of this state, nor shall any person shoot any wild duck or geese before sunrise or after sunset.
 Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporation to ship, export or carry beyond the lines of the state, any deer turkey, wild fowl, game fish or game of any des- cription.
 
 Sec. g. Any railroad company, ex- press company, corporation or indi- vidual who shall ship. export, carry or receive for shipment or export or carry beyond the lines of the state of Arkansas any game. fish, deer, turkey or game of any kind shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred nor more than five hun dred dollars for each separate offense.
 Sec. 10. Any person or persons violating any section of this act (ex- cept section thereof) shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon convic- tion fined in any sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dol lars for each offense.
 Sec. II. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after it's pas sage. Mississippi county is exempted from the provisions of this act.