The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
CHANGES IN CAME LAW
SEASON OF 1907 AND 1908
Law Concerning Licensing of Hunters-Abstract of
 the Laws.

and Bay Snipe shall be from January 1st to August S1, both inclusive, limit ing 50 birds in one day. The close season for Rail shall be January 1st to September II both inclusive, S5 Rail being limited in any one day. The close season for Wild Ducks, Geese, Brant and Swan, January 1st to August 31, both inclusive.
 There has been a misunderstanding about the opening of the game law, regarding the above game, the law for hunters not being off until Septen- Der 12.
 The abstract of the game laws of Connecticut for the season of 1907 and 1908 follows
 English sparrows, crows and great horned owls and hawks other than the fish hawk or osprey are not pro- tected at any season.
 All other wild birds except game birds Enumerated below) are pro- tected at all seasons.
 Taking in night season viz: Between an hour after sunset and an hour be- fore sunrise, prohibited.
 Quail, Woodchuck and Partridges- Close season December 1st, to Sep tember 3Oth, incl. Sale prohibited. Only five cartridges to be killed or possessed in one day and only s6 in one year.
 Plover or rail to be killed in one day fifty,
 Pheasants, Mangolian, Chinese and English-Close season December 1st, to September 3Oth incl.
 Trapping, snaring or netting of birds, for which a close season is pro- vided, prohibited.
 Trap shooting with live birds pro- hibited
 Sunday hunting prohibited.
 Deer-Close season until June 1st, 1911.
 Gray Squirrels-Close season Dec. 1 to Sept. 30, incl,
 Rabbits-Close season Dec. 1 to Sept. SOth incl.
 Use off ferret prohibited,
 Mink and Otter-Close season Apr. i to Oct 31 incl.
 Trespassing on Private Land with out permission forbidden.
 Occupant of land may arrest with out warrant.
 The act concerning the licensing of hunters, enacted by the State and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened follows
 Section 1. No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or kill any bird or quad ruped protected by law without hav- ing first obtained a license as herein after provided; provided, that no- thing in this act shall be construed as dent of this State, or ms lineal de- scendants, to hunt without such si cense on land owned by him or on land leased by him and on which he is actually domiciled, and which land Is used exclusively for agricultural purposes, and not for club shooting purposes, nor as affecting in any way the provisions of the general statutes relating to trespass, nor as authoriz- ing the pursuit, taking, wounding or killing, or the possession of birds or quadrupeds, contrary to any laws, now in force or which may hereafter be enacted, nor shall the possession of such license grant or confer any privilege not enjoyed prior to the passage of this act.
 Sec. 2. The clerk of every town, city or borough shall, upon the appli- cation of any person and the payment of the license fee and recording fee hefeinafter provided, issue to such person a license, In the form prescrib- ed andsupon blanks furnished by the commissioners on fisheries and game, which license shal bear the name, age, occupation, place of residence, and an identifying description of the li- censee, and shall authorize the per son so licensed to hunt game birds and quadrupeds during the period when the same, respectively, may lawfully be killed, and at no other time, and only subject to the restric- tons and conditions provided by law Said license shall be valid for and during the term of one year from the date of issue thereof, and no longer shall not be transferable, and shall be produced for examination upon de- mand of any commissioner of fisheries and game, game warden, game pro- tector, sheriff, constable, police officer or other officer authorized to arrest for crime, or of the owner or lessee in actual occupancy of any land upon which such licensed person may be found. Failure or refusal to produce said license upon such demand shall constitute a violation of this act
 Sec. 8. Every citizen who is a bona fide resident of this State shall pay for such license q fee of one dollar and a recording fee of 50 cents; every cit izen not a resident of this State shall pay a license fee of ten dollars and a recording fee of twenty-five cents; every aline, whether resident or non- resident, shall pay a license fee of fif- teen dollars and a recording fee of twenty-five cents.
 Sec. 4. Every town, city and bor- ough clerk shall keep record of all such licenses issued by him, which re- cord shall be open to inspection by all officers authorized to make arrests, and by the State treasurer or his agents, and the commissioners of fish cries and game; and such clerk shall on the first Monday in every month, pay to the State treasurer all moneys, except recording fees, received by him for such licenses issued during the month preceding, All moneys so re- ceived by the State treasurer shall be set apart as a fund to be used for the protection and propagation of game,