Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-09

making IN aladavit, and sAxss penalty
Tor violation,
Sec. 1850 provides penalty Of 40
for using any device to kill, trap, en-.
snare. buy. sell. ship or have In bio
possession or ship any birds or
animals, or destroy any eggs or nests.
uniawfully.
Sec. 1857 prohibits transportation
companies from receiving hsh, birds
or animals for shipment, during the
period limited, under penalty OF from
500 to 1900. and imprisonment.
Sec. 255s defines what guns may
be used.
Sec. 1850 tells how prosecutions
may be made, and that the attorney
general shall give opinions.
Sec. 1850 declares that hunting
on cultivated or enclosed land 10 tres
pass.
Sec. 1861 provides for the protection
of non.game birds; prohibits destroy
ing Of eggs and nests Of wild birds,
and prohibits shipment, except under
certain conditions; tells how permits
may be issued for scientific purposes
only; names the English, or European
house sparrow, great horned owl.
sharp skinned hawk, Cooper's hawk
and blackbirds and crows as birds that
are not protected. "A fine Of IS and
imprisonment is fixed for violating
any Of the provisions Of this section.
Sec. 1862 provides that the fish and
game warden may appoint deputies
and fixes their compensation at $3.50
per diem and actual expenses; that
they shall have power to serve and
execute warrants, and can call on the
sheriff and other officers, and requires
deputies to give bond.
Hunters License Law.
The resident and nonresident
license law provides that no person
shall hunt, pursue, kill or take, any
wild animal, bird or game In Iowa
with gun, without first procuring a
license, and that minors must have
consent Of parents or guardians.
Wardens shall furnish applications
and licenses to county auditors. who
shall issue licenses after applications
have been sworn to, on payment OF II
by residents and SO by non-residents.
A nonresident can take only % game
birds or animals from the state.
The license funds shall be used to
pay expenses of the warden and his
deputies and for gathering and dis
fish in the public waters. and
for the care and preservation OF the
lakes of the state.
County auditors are required to
keep record of licenses issued;
hunters must have license in posses.
sion while hunting and provides for
revocation Of license; states that
owners and tenants Of farm lands
shall have the right, without securing
a license, to hunt and kill wild
animals, birds or game, upon lands
owned or occupied by them. A
penalty Of $25 to $50 is fixed for
violation.
Under Sec. 2563-I it IL declared un-
lawful to use any live bird for the
purpose of q target, under penalty
Of from SO to 500, or imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
Sec. 2563-U protects pheasants I'M
til October /, 1915, and fixes penalty
for violation Of fine not exceeding
500 or imprisonment. Il
Lacey Federal Bird Law. !,
The Lacey bird law provides that
the duties and powers Of the depart
ment Of agriculture are thereby en-
larged SO as to include the preserva,
ton, distribution. Introduction and re-
storation Of game birds and other wild
birds.
The secretary of agriculture 10 au-
thorized to adopt such measures as
may be necessary to carry out the
purposes Of the act and to purchase
such game birds, and other wild birds
as may be required therefor, subject,
however, to the laws Of the various
states and territories.
The object and purpose OF the act
is to aid in the restoration Of such
bird in parts of the United States
adapted thereto, where the same have
became scarce or extinct, and to re.
gulate the introduction Of American
or foreign birds If animals in locali-
ties where they have not heretofore
existed. ,..5
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