The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-23
HUNTERS BARRED
FROM WOODS FOR
TWELVE DAYS
Gov. PrOuty Issues PrOClama-
ton Suspending Open Season
TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES
No Kind OF Game to Be Shot in Yer
mont Until After November
Next

Montpelier, Oct. 23-After signing /
the bill to prohibit hunting during dry |
seasons, Gov Prouty issued a procla- |
nation postponing the deer hunting |
season from October 20 at midnight /
to November at midnight II. G. |
Thomas of Stowe state FISH and game |
commissioner who was in consultation
with the governor on this subject will
at once notify every game warden In
the state of the change In date for the
open season, and will have the same
posted in every town and city i'm the
state within as hours Some hunters
have already gone into the woods in
anticipation of the open season com
mencing at midnight next Sunday and
may be hard to reach.
The proclamation is as follows
To whom It may concern:
Whereas, there has taken effect to-
day an act Of the general assembly
of the state Of Vermont, approved Oc-
tober q. 1908, which is in the words
following
Section / Whenever, during an
| open season for the hunting of any
| kind of game in this state, it shall
| appeal to the governor that by reason
| of drouth the use of firearms In the
| forests is liable to cause forest fires
/ he may by proclamation, suspend the
II open season and make 1t n close sea
son for such time as he may desig-
nate
Section .. During the time which
shall by such proclamation be made a
close season, all provisions of law Gov
| ering and relating TO the close season
shall be in force. and a person yiolat.
ing the same shall be subject to the
4 penalties therein prescribed In case
any person shall shoot during the
! close season fixed by proclamation of
the governor as provided in the pre-
COOLING section, any wild animal or
bird for the hunting Of which there
is no close season otherwise provided
by law. he shall be punished by fine
of one hundred dollars aud costs
Section 3. Such proclamation
shall be pubhshed In such newspapers
of the state and posted in such places
and in such q manner as the governor
may order IN writing. A copy of such
proclamation and order. attested by
the secretary of civil and military at
fairs. shall be filed with the secretary
OF state A like attested copy shall
| he furnished to the state fish and
| game commissioner who shall attend
to the posting and publica ion of the
! proclamation All the expense there
| of shall be paid by said commissioner
| and allowed by the auditor of ac-
| counts.
Section g. In case the governor
shall. by proclamation issued under
the provisions OF this act make @
! close season which shall include the
| period which. by the provisions of sec
| tiou 1921 Of the public statutes, Us an
! omen season for the hunting OF deer.
he shall by proclamation issued and
! published as provided I'm section 3 OF
this act, fix some period Of six consec-
! utive working days. in the same year
as an open season for the hunting of
deer: and during such open season so
fixed. all persons shall have the same
right 10 hunt deer as Is provided by
section 1921 Of the public statutes for
the hunting Of deer therein specified.
An other provisions Of law relating
TO the hunting OF deer shall be of force
and effect during the open season
therefore, so fixed by proclamation.
Section g. This act shall take Ell.
fect from its passage
/ Whereas, Il appears TO me the gov
ernur of the state OF Vermont, that az
the present time. by reason of druuth
the use OF firearms In the forests OF
the state OF Vermont is liable to cause
forest fires therefore:
By the authority vested In me as
governor OF the state Of Vermont un
der the provisions OF the foregoing
act of the general assembly. | do mere
by and by this proclamation, suspend
the omen season for the hunting Of any
kind OF game IN the state of Vermont
and do make and declare the period OF
time beginning and including the 23d
dov of October. 1908. TO and Including
the Sth day OF November, 1905 q clos,
season for the hunting of any kind OF
| game anywhere within the borders OF
the state OF Vermont
And all persons shall govern them
selves accordingly and be subject ia
the provisions and penalties provided
by the ad above rccited
In testimony whereof ] have here
unto subscribed my name and caused
the great seal Of this state to be here
unto affixed
Done at the executive chamber IN
| Montpelier. this 2lst day OF October
/ In the year one thousand nine hundred
and eight and OF the independence O.
he United States the one hundred
n nd thirtythird
George II. prouty.
| Il, the governor;
Aaron n Grout
Soc, rotary Of Civil and Military Affairs