Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-22
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Health
Economy.
THE new GAME Law IN
NEW MEASURE THAT PROPOSES
TO ENACT NEW GAME LAW
FOR THE STATE.
COMMITTEE ON FISH AND GAME
IN THE SENATE PRESENT
THE PROPOSED MEASURE.

The committee on game and fish
has introduced in the senate an en-
tirely new game law, prepared by the
law committee of the North Dakota
state sportsmen's association, and
Clarence A. Hale, game warden for
the first district.
The new law provides for the divi-
sion of the state into two districts,
as at present, and gives the governor
power to appoint a warden for each
district, he to appoint deputies and
special deputies as provided by the
present law.
The permit system is practically
the same as now. resident permits
being sold at 81 each, instead of rs
cents, and nonresident permits at $25
each.
Under the present law 20 per cent
of all fees collected go to the state,
into the general fund; 40 per cent to
the regular deputy wardens, 30 per
cent to the district game warden, and
10 per cent to the county auditor is
suing the permits. The new law pro-
vides that 10 per cent shall go to the
state be credited to a fund known
as the game and fish fund for each
district, so per cent to the regular
deputies, 30 per cent to the district
game wardens and 10 per cent to the
county auditors. The new fund Gre
ated is to be used for fish and game
propagation, paid on recommendation
of the district game wardens, sane
toned at all times by the governor.
The new law gives wardens and
deputies more power than the old in
the matter of making arrests, and
also gives deputies authority to act
any place in the dis riot, not confined
to the county from which they were
appointed as in the present measure.
Driving across fields, off the public
highway, with hunting dogs and guns,
will be deemed prima facie evidence
that those so caught are violating the
provisions of the act. The game sea-
sons are the same in the new as the
old law; with the exception that the
chicken season will close Nov. 1, in
stead of Oct. Is, thus conforming with
the Minnesota law, opening Sept. 1.
The limit of the number of birds
that may be shot each day is not
changed in the new measure-25
prairie chickens or grouse, not rs of
each. twenty-five ducks and Is
geese is also the daily limit.
The proposed law in protecting
wild and song birds is much more
stringent, this including the destruc-
ton of nests and eggs. This portion
of the bill has the endorsement of the
staote Audubon society. English spar
rows, red-winged blackbirds, brewers,
and yellowheaded blackbirds, sharp
Skinned and coopers' hawks and the
great-horned owl are not included in
the protection given to wild and song
birds.
Under tag system hunters will be
allowed to retain game killed during
the open season longer than five days,
following the close of The season, the
Minnesota system being adopted in
lieu of cards as heretofore.
Nonresidents of the state, who have
permits in their possession, may take
out of the state openly Is chickens, IS
ducks, IS geese, 50 plover and so jack
snipes, and not to exceed four deer,
during the open season for killing the
same. The sale of all game is pro-
hibited. Penalty as provided for viola
tons extends not only to the seller
but to the purchaser of game. The
provision regarding the regulations to
be observed by taxidermists is very
stringent, providing that game must
be received by them in open season
and properly tagged in closed season,
giving permission to ship specimens
out Of the state and receive game for
mounting from other states. Permis-
sion is given, under certain conditions,
to take or kill game OF any kind for
scientific or educational purposes, to
be used in this or any other state or
country. ....-
BY making satisfactory showing to
the district wardens, hunters may
bring game into this state during the
closed season here. having the same
tagged upon its arrival.
The use OF automatic shotguns is
prohibited. This does not mean the
magazine gun or mere commonly