The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27
GAME LAW OF LOUISIANA.
An Act for the Protection of the Game OF
the state, and Fixing Penalties
for Violations.

for Violations.
Section q. Be il enacted by the gen
eral assembly OF the state OF Louis
lana. That all wild deer, game birds
and fowls, both resident and migra-
tory, found in this state, shall be, and
are fereby declared to be, the property
Of the state.
Sec. 2. Il shall be unlawful in this
state to catch, kill or pursue with such
intent any wild deer, nor any OF the
following game birds: fowls, swans,
geese, brant, wild ducks, rails mud
hens), coots poule d'ean1s galiliunes,
surf birds, snipe, sand pipers, Choir
ooks, papabottes, tettlerss cufleWs,
p1overs, grosbecs. wild turkeys qnalls,
doves, prairie hens, Woodcock and
woodduck, or have same 10 possession
after they have been killed or caught,
except as herein after provided. ).
Sec. 8. There shall be period OF
seven months ia each year IN which It
shall be unlawful for any person 20
kill, snare or trap, hunt with hounds
or Ia any way annoy or destroy any
wild deer, and that the police 1urles
of the parishes are hereby empowered
TO set the date on which the closed
season shall begin and end. provided
th at the closed season SO fixed BY SAID
police iuries shall be for a less period
than the seven months before men
toned. And provided further that
north of the 31st parallel OF latitude
the months Of May, June, July and up
to August Is Of each year shall ~
every instance be included in the
closed season.
Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any
person to kill at any time q doe or q
faWn.
Sec. S. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person TO kill, snare or trap, or II any
way destroy any Of the following
named, game birds and fowls between
the dates Of the closed season herein
named, doves, rails mud hens !, eoots
(poule d'eau), gallinules, surf birds,
sand pipers, chorooks, tattlers, cur
leWs, grosbec, from March | TO Aug
ust |; snipe from May ! to September
IL: wild ducks, swans, geese, and
brant, from April l5 to September i:
quails from March / to November Il;
turkey from April to December !.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person TO snare or trap any wild tur-
kew or to kill or have il their posses
sion wild turkey hen, at any season
OF the year.
Sec. I. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to catch or Kill or
have in possession any prairie hens,
or woodduck (branehu at any time
during the next five following years
after the passage of this act and there
after between N arch and September !.
Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any
person to rob or destroy the nest or
eggs Of any birds or fowls named in
this act.
Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to kill
any of the animals, birds or fowls
named in this act IN the open seasons
noted herein by any means other than
by an ordinary gun capable Of being
held to and shot from the shoulder.
Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any
person to kill or destroy more than
twenty five of the birds or fowls men
toned in section Of this act Ia any
one day during the open seasons
named herein; nor more than seventy
five snipe and wild ducks, nor more
than six wild deer during the months
from September / to February 4.
Sec. IL. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to sell, exchange,
expose or offer for sale or exchange
or have in his possession any OF the
game birds or fowls mentioned in sec
ton 5 of this act, in the period
during which they are intended to be
protected by the provisions Of this act,
and this irrespective of the time or
place they were killed or caught. 1t
shall also be unlawful for any person
or persons or any corporation acting
as a common carrier, to trans port any
of the game animals, birds, and fowls
enumerated IN this act, which shall
have been killed in this state, beyond
the confines of this state at any time,
except TIL at during heaseason in which
game animals, fowls and birds may be
killed. It shall not be unlawful for a
hunter or a sportsman to carry with
him beyond the confines Of this state
one wild deer or twelve game birds.
Such hunter 10 make affidavit before a
notary public that he has killed said
game and that it will not be sold.
Sec. y. All packages containing
dead game birds or parts thereof,
when shipped within the state, shall be
plainly and clearly marked with the
names OF the eonsigner and consignee,
with an itemized statement Of the NUM-
Der of birds and the names OF the
species, and said package shall be so
constructed as to plainly show its con-
tents.
See. Is. Itshal1 be unlawful fer any
nonresident or unnasuralized foreign
horn resident Of Louisiana to hunt
within the state unless he has il his
possession, ready to exhibit to any
warden or officer upon request, Ii
cense issued to him by the sheriff of
the parish in which he may be hunting.
Such license shall be issued upon the
payment of fee of $40, shall be non
transferable, and shall be good during
the open season Of the year in which
issued, and shall contain his signature
as q means OF Identification. Every
nonresident and nnaturalized foreign
born resident found hunting without
the aforesaid license may be arrested
on sight by any officer or warden and
shall be liable to a fine Of not less
than $50 nor more than $50, or impris-
onment in the parish Jail not exceed
inc sixty days, or both fine and i'm
prisonment, at the discretion OF the
court.
Sec. H. Il shall be unlawful for
any nonresident or nnn aturalized
foreign born resident to kill game
birds or animals in this state for profit
to himself or others, unless he has in
his possession, ready to exhibit upon
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