The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-10-08
OUR GAME LAWS.

Il OUR GAME LAWS.
For the benefit of our readers who
hunt and the general public we repro
duce below the Ventress Bill (the one
dealing with feathered game) which ap-
peared in our columns last week. It is
given again this week on account of the
unusual demand for such. 1t follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
That all wild game birds, both resident
and migratory, found in this State, are
hereby declared to be property of the
State. And no person shall at any time
or in any manner acquire any properly in
or subject to or in his dominion or con-
troll, any game birds or any part thereof
of the species herein mentioned, but they
shall always and under all circumstances
be and remain the property of the State;
except that by killing the same during
the periods when their killing is per-
mitted the same may be used by any
person at the time, in the manner and
for the purpose expressly authoized.
And whenever any person catches,
kills, ships or has in possession or under
control any Of the birds or any part
thereof, mentioned in this act, at any
time or in any manner prohibited by this
act, such person shall thereby forfeit
and lose all his right to the use and pos
session Of such bird or any part thereof,
and the State shall be entitled to the
sole possession thereof.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That for the purpose of this act, ETC.,
the following shall be considered game
birds: Geese, brant, wild sea and river
ducks, wood ducks, rails (mud hens),
coots (poule d'eau), gallinules, snipe,
woodcock, sandpipers, chorooks, papa
botte, tattlers, curlews, plover, wild
turkey, grouse, prairie chickens, i'm
ported pheasants, quail and doves.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That it shall be unlawful for any person
to kill, snare, trap or in any way take,
capture, annoy or destroy any of the
following named game birds during the
closed seasons noted herein: Doves,
from March list to September 1st; geese,
brant, wild sea and river ducks, rails
(mud hens), coots (poule d'eau), galli-
mules, tattlers, curlews and plover, from
March list to October 1st; wild turkey
cocks, from April 18th to November list;
quail (Bob Whitley and wood duck, from
March ;1ss. tot Noyembsr ist;s ssnipe, pan
abotte, sandpipeFs and chorooks, from
May 18th to September 1st; winged
teal ducks, from April 18th to October
!. 1st.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That woodcock and prairie chickens
shall not be killed nor had in possession
at any time until December /, 1910, .and
thereafter from February 1st to Decem-
Der list of any year.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.
. That it shall be unlawful for any person
to kill or destroy more than twenty-five
of the birds mentioned in section three
. of this act in any one day during thu
, open seasons named herein; nor shal
,, any hunting be done between the hour
: of sunset and sunrise.
; Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc.
!, That it shall be unlawful for any perso1
> to capture or attempt to capture any o
= the birds mentioned in this act, or t.
!, take, or attempt to take or destroy tn
: nest or eggs of any of the birds men
toned in this act.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, etc
That it shall be unlawful to kill any Q
the birds mentioned in this act in tn
open season noted herein by any othe
means than by an ordinary gun capabl
of being held to and shot from tn
shoulder.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc
.lQdG IL Shall UC uuldW1ul lOl 1ly pOAoO
to sell, offer for sale, or have in posses
sion for sale any game bird protecte
under the provisions Of this act after tn
list day of March of any year and unit
the opening dates of the fall season,
well as during the closed seasons note
herein.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc
That it shall be unlawful for any perso1
firm or corporation, their agents, office
or employees, to sell, exchange expos
offer for sale, or exchange or have
possession either for himself or other
any of the game birds mentioned in tn
act during the closed seasons name
= herein, irrespective of the time when
! place where such birds we're killed
I captured.
! Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, ett
! That it shall be unlawful for any perso
/ or any corporation acting as comm'