Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. 500, ST. Published July 10, l9O|'
CHAPTER $50, LAWS OF 1907.


AN ACT to create section 4o6Oa-2Z OF
the statutes, relating to the number OF
game birds to be killed or possessed ana
regulating the transportation Thereon ana
repeating chapter 406, laws OF 1903, sec
ton II, chapter 81, laws of 1899 and
section Is, chapter 81, laws OF 1881 as
amended.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, 90
enact as follows:
Section l. There is added to the stat
utes, new section to read sectlo9
456oaL22 It shall Ii, pc -, ub nav IN n ama
session, or ship to any point either WITHIN
or without this state, by common carrier
or convey or cause % be conveyed Dy PR
vate carrier, during any one day,
(a) More than ten of any variety OF
grouse, prairie chicken, or woodcock; or
more than ten wild geese or brant
(b.) More than fifteen partrldge,;a a,,o,,
(c.) More than twenty-five wild duck
of any variety, (including American coot or
mudhen), plover, snpe, rail and rice hens
Id ANY Monaghan, Chinese OF, English
pheasant. swan, bob-whlte Or quall
(e.) The possession OF any protectea
game birds by any person who Is not IN
possession of hunting license then In
force shall be unlawful,
g a resident of this state may carry
with him as baggage or express or in his
personal possession, the full limit OF any
one kind of game bird provided IN TINS act,
or a mixed bag containing not more tn MAJ
the bag not to contain more than the limit
fixed herein for any one variety OF SAID
game birds; and provided that the same
be carried or conveyed only to points WITH
in this state, and that same must be &C.
companied by the shipper from point OF
shipment to point of destination;
3. A nonresident may take thirty game
birds and carry. convey or transport the
same under the limitations and restrictions
provided for residents in subsection two
of this act, to points within or without
hot nj
more than thirty game birds, shall be con
veyed, carried or transported by any non
resident beyond the borders OF this state,
in any one year.
prohibited for any common carrier, or
agent. servant or employee of a common
carrier to receive for transportation or to
transport beyond the borders of this state,
any birds protected by the laws of this
state except when the same be IN the
personal possession Of or carried as bag,
gage or express by the owner thereon, ana
such owner shall have in his possession
at the time of such taking out of the
state a non-rehident license, then in force,
duly issued to him under provision OF law,
and shall accompany the sald olros, lows
or animals on the same train or other con-
veyance of the common carrier beyond the
borders of this state.
s. 1t shall be unlawful and is hereby
prohibited for any person, to snip Wltnlh
this state any birds protected by the laws
Of this state, except when the same snail
he in the personal possession of or carried
as baggage or express by the owner thereon,
and said owner shall have in his possession
a hunting license, then in force duly issued
to him under the provision OF law, ana
shall be only one shipment each day by
train or other conveyance; provided, there
shall be only one shipment each day by
any one person and that the number of
birds carried at any one shipment shall not
exceed thirty, as provided in subsection
two of this act All game killed, shipped
or had in possession in violation of this act
may be seized, confiscated, and disposed OF
by the state fish and game warden or either
of his deputies as provided ny law.
g. Any person who shall violate any
Of the provisions of this act, or has in
possession with intent to ship or convey
to any point either within or without TINS
state any game protected by the laws OF
this state, or any part thereor IN VIOLA
ton of any Of the provisions Of this act:
or any common carrier, or agent Thereon
who aids or abets any person or persons
In shipping such game birds or mas the
same in possession with intent TO snip or
convey, to any point within, or without this
state, contrary to any of the provisions OF
this act, shall be punished by me OF
not less than twenty-five nor more than
one hundred dollars and the costs or prose
cution or by imprisonment for not less
than ten nor more than ninety days ana
In addition thereto shall pay a penalty OF
five dollars for each bird or part thereof
taken, caught, killed, transported or offered
Violation 1fo H' of t provisions of this act
Section 2 Chapter 400, laws of 1905 ;
section II, chapter 312, laws of 1899, and
section 1S, chapter 312, laws OF 1899, as
amended, are hereby repealed.
Approved July Il, 1907.