The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
NEW CAME AND FISH
 LAW FOR GEORGIA Proposed Measure Is Modelled / After Alabama Law REAL PROTECTION IN PLAN Game and Fish Warden John H. Wal lace of Alabama Addresses ceor-
 sa Legislature and Tells Ben
 efits of Alabama Law.
REAL PROTECTION IN PLAN

introduced and champloned by Repre- sentative Fraser of Liberty. is set to come up as the special order in the house of representatives immediately ! following disposition of the convict question. and it is probable that one of the early days of next week will De given to it.
 This measure is modelled after the Alabama law and has grown consider ably in favor since the address of Game and Fish Warden Wallace of that state before the general assembly. His discussion and illustration of its practical workings made many friends for it from among those who were either opposed or indifferent
 The Fraser bill does not inject many new features into the present Georgia laws, outside of the chief new feature of them all-making provision for the enforcement of the law. It raths" i unites and brings together the preseat l Georgia laws relating to fish and game, and in addition provides for the crea- tion of system which will see to 1t that the law is obeyed
 The law proposes to give real pro- tection to game by the creation of the office of game and fish warden, who will have under him local wardens, aud the creation of a game protection fund from the fines and forfeitures result- ;, ing from violations of the act. 1 The first section of the bill practical 1 ly puts the title to all game and tsh 1 in the state, for the purpose of regu-
 lating it's use and disposition. No per son is allowed to have any game O. 1 fish in his possession except in accord ance with the terms of the act. 1 Section fixes a fine of $25 for ur- lawful possession of game or for nee1- l lessly destroying the nest or eggs of any wild bird. Section makes eX- ceptlon in case of persons actually en
 gagged in scientific researches. These i persons must have certificates from tn
 game and fish warden and must give bond in the sum of $200.
 Section exempts English or house sparrows, coopers hawk chicken hawk. l goshawk, sharp shinned hawk. great l horned owl and crow, from among th
 
 Section g. for violation of which | there is fine of s25 to $50 for each
 offense says
 "No person or persons shall hunt, in- | jure, kill or destroy by any means whatever, or have in his possession, the following named birds, except between ] the following named dates: Wild turkey 1 gobblers from December 1 to March l. following; quail (Bob White partridge) l from November 15 to March 15 follow ing; ducks, geese, rails, coots, mud hens, sandpipers, woodcock, curlews or | other shore birds, November 1 to March
 following; snipe and blower Novenl-
 Der 1 to May l following; doves Au- gust to March 1 following. No ruffed 1 grouse (pheasant) Mongolian, Chinese English pheasant other imported game birds can be taken, killed or de- stroyed before December l, 1912, and
 tn ereafter only from November Is 10 December 15 following"
 1 Section 10 prohibits the use of snaros and pitfalls of all sorts, and makes t penalty of $25 to $100 for hunting be- 1 tween sunset and sunrise. The deer
 season is fixed from November 1 .o
 January l following and it is made un-
 lawful to kill any deer under l year
 old. The use of artificial lights in at-
 tracting deer is prohibited Squirrels
 may be killed only from September to February 1 following but at no time | in a public or private park. The right l to kill for food purposes is limited to
 one deer, two turkeys and 25 birds per
 person per day and under no circun- l stances will the killing of more than 1 double that number be permitted. 1 Dealers and commission houses must | immediately notify the game and fish warden of the receipt of consignments l of birds and fish such as are protected
 under the act. Possession during the | closed season, for any other than scien-
 tific purposes is punishable by fine of 1 $50 to $100
 l Section Is prohibits the sale or bar 1 ter of any birds or fish protected un-
 der the act at any time of the year,
 under penalty of $50 to $100. In aJ-
 dition to the fines imposed, costs a~e
 to be taxed which shall constitute the
 fees of the warden making the arrest.
 Attempted violations of the act are pun ! ishable the same as violations Failure
 to pay a fine imposed shall result in
 sentence to jail or workhouse. Prose-
 cutions under the act may be com-
 menced within one year from the viola l tion.
 The use of dynamite or any other explosives in any of the waters of the
 state is wholly prohibited except under
 special permission of the game and fish | warden and then only for mining aud | mechanical purposes or to recover the
 bodies of persons who have been
 drowned
 Section 2S makes it unlawful for any
 person to catch any fish in the waters
 of this state except shad, by the use
 of seines or nets, or by any oth CT
 means than hook and line, gig, spear
 and trot line. This law does not apply
 to ponds or reservoirs on private prem
 ises nor to the salt waters Penalty $50
 to $200.
 The game and fish warden is to be a
 man skilled In matters relating to birds.
 game and fish, appointed by the gov
 ernor at a salary of $2500 a year pay
 able from the game protection fund. He
 is to be allowed a clerk and must ac-
 count regularly for all moneys ex- | ,andad EfR nn11at oiva bond In II, v,,,,