The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-08
SYNOPSIS OF THE PROVISIONS OF .
COLORADO'S NEW GAME LAWS

close of the season allowed. Fish law
fully taken and not intended to be kept
alive must be killed Immediately.
Notwithstanding at game
from a public highway; hunting with
dogs or at night, or with steel or hard
pointed bullets, or with. arms other
than ordinary shoulder gun or pistol;
batting traps or devices with Szme;
fishing with explosives or stupefying
substances. nets, seines, snag hooks.
trout lines or any device Except rod,
held In hand, and line with not more
than five hooks) or within two-hundred
feet of fishway; floating flies or timber
in fish streams; disposition OF do
large except by Donation pro-
vided that dogs. sinks. blinds
and decoys may be used in hunting
birds. Hunting and fishing on en-
closed lands in licensed private parks,
lakes and leased shooting and fishing
grounds. permitted only with consent
of owner
X-Prvate Parks and Lakes-For
propagating and selling or using game
and fish, pay license as follows: Quad
ruped parks, two-year license, $40; ten
year. 500. Bird park. two-year $40:
ten-year, $25. Lake, two-year, $40;
ten-year, $25. Additional lakes IS to
$40 each; renewals at about seventy
five per cent. of first cost. Private parks
and lakes may sell game and fish at any
time Of year by attaching invoice with
the number of license. etc. The state
gets ten per cent. OF the natural In
crease.
Duck shooting and fishing clubs
pay for two-year license $40; ten-year,
/ hut fIrv 10
limit. etc, provided for other bunting
and fishing.
Permits may be issued for seining
salmon, suckers, carp and squawtish.
| XI.-PossessiOn and Transportation
OF domestic game and fish taken at
| large allowed within the state only dur
ing the open season and for five days
| thereafter; of domestic game and fish
| from licensed private parks and lakes
! allowed at any time of the year when
accompanied by an invoice; OF foreign
game and fish allowed at any time OF
year. The time of possession and trans
portation of domestic game and fish
may be extended ninety days on the
commissioners permit.
Game and fish seized and sold by
officer and accompanied by his in
voice may be held and used for thirty
days
Transportation out of the state al
| lowed on a permit, which costs, for
each elk, $40: deer or antelope, So; lot
of fish. 81. Boxes, etc, when contain
ing game or fish, must bear a label
with the contents marked thereon.
XlI.-Storage and Use-Domestic
game and fish taken at large may be
stored for and used by any person in
lawful possession during the open sea-
son and for five days thereafter. That
taken from licensed parks and lakes
and that seized may be stored and
used on proper invoice. In all cases
the right OF storage and use may be e1-
tended by procuring a storage permit
therefor.
XIII-Hotels and Restaurants-Do-
mestic game and fish taken at large
may be served for the person lawfully
in possession and his invited guests
during the open season and for five
days thereafter That taken from IL
censed parks and lakes. that seized and
sold by an officer, and that imported
may be served at any time on proper
| invoice. also in all cases where the
right to possession has been extended
by storage permit. the game may be
served during the life of the permit.
All invoices must be preserved at least
thirty days, and delivered to the COM
missioner on demand.
XIV-Obstruction and Pollution OF
/ Waters-This is forbidden in general.
but in order to protect the mining in
dustry the question OF the relative i'm
purtance of the fish and any industry
| in or on any stream may be submitted
to and decided by the courts and such
! means adopted as they may require to
lessen the injury, or they may prohibit
! it altogether, or may permit the de-
struction Of fish if deemed for the best
| interests of the state to do so, and may
enjoin criminal prosecutions until tho
question of relative Importance is de-
cided
NN-Penalties-For the fishing with
explosives or stupefying substances, or
killing buffalo. fine $500 to $1,000, or
Imprisonment in the penitentiary six
months to two years, or both. For
other violations fine SIS to $500. or
Jail Imprisonment ten days or six
months, or both. Attempted violation
punishable the same as actual viola
ton.
NVI-Fees and Prosecutions For each
certificate and permit within the state.
81. All fines collected go. one-third
each to the person instituting the pros
ecution, the county and the game fund.
All sheriffs and constables in their re-
Ispective counties, and the commissioner
and wardens throughout the state are
required, and the United States timber
reserve officers are authorized. to en-
force the act by arrest, search. and
seizure. and where animals or vehicles
are used to transport game or fish un-
lawfully killed. may also seize and use
such animals and vehicles to transport
the game and fish to place of shipment
Ior safe keeping and to transport the
prisoners to the place OF trial.
All fees from licenses certificates and
permits go into the game fund TO pay
the expenses under the law Licenses,