The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-10-15
Caledonia Department.

Carcinoma department..
For the information OF the nu-
merous readers of The Dispatch who
live near the boundary line of Mon
roe and Lowdnes counties, and also
we will publish the Monroe county
game law in full, as 1 have a copy
of the law, given me by the game
warden, Mr.. j. A. Gay, of Aberdeen,
and he requested the writer to have
the law published in The Dispatch.
The following is a true and correct
copy of the said law:
That it shall be unlawful to kill
any quail from March 1st until No
vember 18th of each year. That it
shall be unlawful to catch quail or
any other game bird at any time by
trapping or netting. That it shall be
unlawful to seel or barter any kind
of game turkeys. squirrels, quail,
doves, or any other kind of game,
except o'possums and rabbits. That
it shall be unlawful for any express
or railroad company to receive for
shipment out of the county and State
any game of any kind, or for any per-
son to carry any any game out of the
and rabbits. 1t is further ordered
that for any violation of this order
the penalties shall be as follows: For
killing any wild turkey, $500; for
killing any quail within the period
herein made unlawful, or for selling
or bartering the same at any time,
$1,000; for selling or bartering any
squirrel, dove or any other game,
except opossums and rabbits, $1,000;
for trapping or netting any quail,
dove or other game. $1,000; for
express or railroad company or any
other persons carrying or transport
ing game of any kind out of the
county or State, $500. The above
fines shall be inflicted for each Of
fenSe, and the informer shall have
one-half of each fine when collected"
The following additional order was
adopted by the board of supervisors
at the August term, 1908:
1T is ordered by the board of SUI
from and after this date for any nom
resident of Lowndes county to hunt
or fish in Monroe county, Miss, un-
less such nonresident citizen is upon
land or water owned or controlled
by such resident citizen of Monroe
county; that any person violating
this law shall be punished as pro-
vided by the laws of the State of
Mississippi, chapter 81, code of 1906,
and amendments thereto. The pen
atty in the above case is a fine of
not less than $500 or over $4,000,
or jail Imprisonment of not less than
exceeding thirty days"
The code of 1906 provides as fol-
lows in regard to the protection of
fish under the head of crimes and
misdemeanors in section 1173, chap
ter 28, towit:
ANY person who catches or de-
gunpowder or other explosive sub |
stance, shall on conviction be fined |
not less than $1,000 nor more than |
$4,000, or be imprisoned in the |
county jail for not exceeding three |
or both. =
The code in the same chapter. sec
ton 1929, imposes the following |
penalties:
Every person who shall poison
any fish, by mingling in the water
any substance calculated and intend
ed to stupify or destroy fish, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and on con-
viction shall be fined not less than
$500 or imprisoned in the county
Jail for not less than ten days, or
Both.''
Mr.. ]. A. Gay has been appointed
game warden for Monroe county, and
will strictly enforce the statutes Of
he State and orders of the board
or the protection and increase Of
he game and fish In Monroe county. !,
lie viii be particularly vigilant in
letectipg and bringing to punishment
III persons dynanniting the waters =