The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-08-04
TO ENFORCE THB LAW
Must Take Out License to HINT
Game Birds.
me MAN who Wants to do Any
Hunting Had Better Comply
With the Law,

Sheriff Canutt has been appointed
game warden for this county and saws
that it ls his intention to enforce the
law to the letter in the matter OF pro-
curing licenses TO hunt. Below we print
copy OF the law as passed by the last
legislature. and published in the Session
Laws OF the State OF Washington for the
year 1903. Ii anyone has trouble in
making sense out OF the law as published.
and needs few periods, commas semi
colons, colons, question marks, etc, that
were inadvertently left out by the author
OIL the Dill and by the publishers OF said
law, we have an extra box of the afore.
SAID punctuation marks that we will
loan out.
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to hunt for, pursue, catch or
Kill any oil the game animals or birds
protected by the laws of this State dur.
ing the open season when it ia lawful to
Kill the same, without such person have
IN bis possession at the time OF such
taking, catching or killing a license there.
Tor, duly issued to him by the auditor of
one OF the counties of this State or by
the state auditor. The county auditor
OF each county in the State of Washing
ton, upon the payment of one dollar by
and resident of this State, five dollars
by any nonresident of this State or fifty
dollars by any nonresident alien, shall
issue TO such person a license which said
license shall entitle the holder to hunt
Tor, take, catch or kill any of the game
animals or birds protected by the laws
OF the State of Washington within
the county where such license ia
issued, during the open season, when il
is lawful to kill the same, for the term OF
one year, in any lawful manner: andethe
state auditor, upon the payment OF five
dollars by any resident OF this State,
ten dollars by any non resident of this
State, or fifty dollars by any non-resi.
dent alien, shall issue t. such person
license, which said license shall entitle
the holder to hunt for, take, catch or kill
any OF the game animals or birds pro-
tected by the laws OF the State of Wash
ington, within the State during the open
season, when it is lawful to kill the same.
for the term OF one year. in any lawful
manner. The county auditor shall paw
to the county treasurer all such fees
collected by him, to be placed in the
game protection fund, to be used by the
county commissioners for the propaga-
tiOn and protection OF game in said
county, and the state auditor shall paw
to the state treasurer all such fees col
lected by him TO be placed in the game
protection and propagation fund All
fines collected under the provisions of
this act shall be paid to the county treas
urer of the county in which said fnes are
collected, and placed by him in the game
protection fund.
Section 2. There is hereby created
State fund, which shall be used only for
the protection and propagation of game
animals; game birds and game fish in
this State.
Section 3. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof. for each and
every offense shall be subject to fine OF
not less than ten dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars, together with the
costs OF prosecution, or imprisonment in
the county jail where the offense is COM
mitted tor not less than five days nor
more than thirty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment in"the discretion
of the court.
Passed the Senate February %, 1905.
Passed the House March z, 1905.
Approved by the Governor March 8,
1905