The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02

Islands OF the State
1t is unlawful to hunt deer in this
county at any time and in any way
SO says the law. The average leg
are islature's ability to enact laws that
either vague or ambiguous or both,
or contrary to their intent in their
effect, is something astonishing. Sec
ton 5 of the new game law, passed
last spring, says:
That every person who sLall at any time
pursue, take, kill or injure any deer, or
shall knowingly permit any dog or dogs
owned by him or under his control to
chase, injure or de stroy any of said ami
mails, on any of the islands, in the state OF
Washington. shall be guilty of a misde-
meaEOr and on conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty five dollars ($25) or more than one
hundred dollars.
If the above section as it appears
in the 19O4-5 session laws is correct
copy of the engrossed bill signed by
the governor, it prohibits the killing
of deer on any island in the state at
any time, though it is not probable
that such was the intent of the act.
The bill was framed by the committee
on fish and game, of which Repre-
sentative Shultz, of this county, was
a member, and it is his understand
ing that the committee intended only
to prohibit the running of deer with
dogs on the islands. The point was
very clear in bill introduced by Mr..
Shultz himself but for his bill and a
number of others which came before
the committee committee bill was
substituted, which evidently prohib-
its the killing of deer on any of the
islands of the state at any time.
An unofficial summary of the game
laws printed in Seattle for the con-
venience of sportsmen says:
IT Is ALWAYS UNLAWFUL:
To hunt without license.
To buy, sell, offer for sale, barter or
trade at any time, game animals or birds.
except ducks, geese and brant in Novem-
Der.
10 sell, salt or Other wise preserve game
fish for market until August l, 1908.
To transport game or fish for market
except ducks. geese, brant ard snipc. in
November, and then not over 25 can be
sold in one season.
To use any boat other than one propell-
ed by hand, or sneak Doat. in waterfowl
shooting.
To use any gun other than one fired
from the shoulder.
To fire gun or use fiashlignt on wa
ter-fowl feeding grounds, one hour after
sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.
To remove or disturb nests or eggs OF
any birds.
To in any way interfere with song birds
or have skins or plumage of same.
To have game in colu storage out OF
season.
To receive game or birds for shipment
except in open season; then affidavit must
be made that they are not shipped for sale
or profit.
To kill females of any game animal, ex-
cept deer in open season.
To hunt deer on any island ofthis state.
TO run deer with dogs, except west OF
the Cascades in October on the main land
only.
To fire-hunt, trap or ensnare, or hunt
+ for hide or horns of any protected animal
or birds.
To catc h or kill game fish by any other
means other than hook and line.
TO shoot on Mercer island in Lake
Washington
To take fish in any manner within 800
feet Of any fishway.
To pollute any stream freqaented by
game fish.
TO shoot on enclosed land without per-
mission.
10 dump sawdust or mill refuse in any
waters of the state.
To kill geese. brant and other water
fourl ~ Columbia and Snake rivers, in
Klickitat, Walla WalIa, franklin, YAK.
ma. Kittitas, Douglas, Columbia, Garneio
and Whitman counties.
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