Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1908-09-19
Game Laws

| The interest being taken in the new
Gun Club; the fact that we are to have a
! special officer to arrest vio1ators of the
law and in order that no one may plead
ignorance of the. law, we publish d.
gest of the game laws, prepared for us
by Attorney N. w. Willis, which will
later be published in pamphlet form:
Statutes 1908, page 200.
Section / makes it unlawful to kill at
any time any bluebird, bluejay, thrush,
nockingbird, yellowhammer, oriole,
hummingbird, or swan, robin, meadow
lark, or any insectivorous plume or song
bird within this State.
Section makes it unlawful to kill airy
pheasant within this State before Sep
TENDER 1, 1906.
Section makes 1t unlawful to kill
any sage hen after February Is and be-
fore July IS of each year.
| Section d makes it unlawful to kill
grouse or mountain quail between the
1st day of March and the 18th day of
September of each succeeding year
Section S makes it unlawful to kill, at
any time after the 1st day of March and
before the 18th day of September of
each year, ANY wild duck, sandhill crane,
plover, curlew, snipe, woodcock, valley
quail, or prairie chicken within this
State.
Section s makes it unlawful to destroy
nests and eggs of game birds.
Section 7 makes it unlawful to use a
shotgun of larger calibre than No. 10
gauge.
Section 8 provides that the open sea-
son for deer and antelope in this St;te
shall be from September 18th till No
vember 18th of each and every year;
and make it unlawful for any one per-
son to kill more than three OF either |
deer or antelope for any one open sea-
son or year. 1t is also made unlawful
at any time to kill any female deer or
antelope or spotted fawn.
Section makes it unlawful for any
person or persons to have in their poses
sion any deer or antelope from and after
December 18th of each year and until
September 18th of the year next sue
ceeding 1t is also made unlawful for
any one to offer for sale any number of
deer or antelope in excess of three dur
ing the open season.
Section 10 makes it unlawful to hunt
deer, antelope, elk, caribou, mountain
sheep or mountain goats with hound or
hounds.
Section II makes it unlawful to have
in ones possession more than twenty
ducks, twenty mountain quail, twenty
six grouse, twenty valley quail,
FIVE plover, or fifteen snipe in any one
day; and also makes it unlawful to deal
in game for commercial purposes.
Section IL provides penalties for the
of the Act, which are as fol-
lows: On conviction fines ranging from
a minimum fine of $50 to the maximum
fine of $500 may be collected, or inn
prisonment in the county Jail for any
period up to six months or both such
fine and Imprisonment, may be imposed. |
This section also provides that possession |
of game, contrary to the provisions of
the above shall be held to be proof of
guilt.
Section IS prohibits railroad and ex-
press and stage companies carrying game
out of this State, under penalties.
Section 14permits County Commission
ers to shorten the open season, or change |
the time of the open season, but in no
case are the County Commissioners al
lowed to shorten the time of the close
season. Also provides for permits from
the Governor for scientific research,
allowing persons strictly in pursuit OF
scientific knowledge to kill or trap any
bird or fowl, and take any nest or eggs.
Section IS, repeats all other Acts in
conflict with this Act.
The fish laws of the State OF Nevada
provide: Close season for trout, bass,
and white fish from LIST day of Novem-
Der to the 18th day of March, each year.
Also it is made unlawfel to sell, buy or
expose for sale any trout under six
inches in length. 1t is also made un-
lawful to take fish within 100 feet of any
dam containing fish ladder. Penalties
imposed are fines of not less than $40
or more than 500, or imprisonment in
the county Jail not less than ten Or more
than fifty days, or both.
Ali Acts in conflict with the above Act
repealed. Page. ia to III, Statutes
Nevada, 1908.