Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
NEW HUNTERS LAW.
Text of New Iowa Law Demanding
License for Hunters.

OWLS d Sn0t gun or rifle, is the resi-
dent and nonresident hunters license
law, enacted by the thirty-third gen.
eral assembly. 1t went into effect
ON the Fourth of July, and provides
for hunters license which are obtain
ed from the county auditor.
Section l of the new statute
provides that section 2563-a to
2563-h, inclusive shall be repealed
and the following enacted in lieu
thereof:
Section 2--No person shall hunt,
pursue, kill or take any wild animal,
biru, or game in the state, with a
gun, without first procuring a license
as herein provided.
Section 3-No license shall be
granted any person under Is years of
age unless written consent of his
parents or guardian Is attached to
the application.
Section 4-The state fish and game
warden shall furnish county auditors
with application blanks for a license
and license blanks. These blanks
shall provide for the insertion of the
name. age, sex, and place of resi-
dence of the applicant and the Ii
cense.
The license shall authorize it's
holder to hunt in accordance with the
provisions of this act in any county
in the state, but not on enclosed or
cultivated lands without permission
OF the owner, or the tenant, or upon
any public highway; and shall bear
facsimile signature of the state fish
and game warden and the seal and
signature of the auditor of the coun-
ty in which it is issued.
Section Am applicant for a Ii
cense shall fill out an authorized ap-
plication blank and subscribe and
swear to it before the county audi
tor, or notary or justice of the peace
before the license is issued, the ap-
plicant, if resident of the state of
Iowa, shall pay the county auditor
the sum of one dollar ($1.OO) as Ii
cense fee. and If nonresident of the
state of Iowa shall pay him the sum
of ten dollars ($1O.OO) as a license
fee. These fees the county auditor
shall pay at the end of each month
to the state treasurer who shall place
them TO the credit of a fund known
as the fish and game protection fund.
Section GA nonresident holding
valid license may take from the
state not to exceed twenty-five (25)
game birds or animals provided they
are so carried to be readily inspected
and his license shown on request.
Section THE state fish and game
protection fund shall be used for the
payment Of the expenditures made
necessary under the provision of sec
tion 1888 of the code, for the travel
ing. contingent and Office expenses
OF the warden; for deputy wardens'
salaries and expenses; for the pro-
lection and propagation of fish and
game; for gathering and distributing
fish in the public waters of the state !:
for the care and preservation of the
lakes OF the state; for the expendi-
lures necessary under the operation
or enforcement of this statute or any
other laws enacted affecting the fish
and game service: and shall be paid
out only on verified vouchers ap-
proved by the executive council.
Section S-The county auditor
shall keep record of the license he
issues. which shall show the date of
issue, the name and address of the
person to whom issued. and the date
OF revocation, if revoked.
Section 9-The license shall he
signed by the licensee in ink. and
shall entitle the person to whom is
sued TO hunt, pursue and kill wild
animals. birds or game within the
state at any time when it shall be
iawful TO hunt. pursue and kill such
wild animals, birds or game, but ii
shall not entitle the person to whom
issued to hunt. pursue or kill wild
animals. birds or game in this state
without being prepared at the time
or so doing to exhibit it for inspec-
ton and permitting it. on demand
10 be examined by any person. All
licenses shall be void after the first
day or July next succeeding issuance.
provided, however. that owners of
farm lands, their children, and ten
ants, shall have the right without
procuring license, to hunt and kill
wild animals, birds or game upon the
lands owned or occupied by them.
Any person found guilty of violating
"-Ny - INV PiONioiouo vi IulS S6cIlOn
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not less
than $50 or more than $50 for each
offense. and shall stand committed
TO the county Jail until such costs
and fines are paid, but such imprisop-
ment shall not exceed thirty days for
each ofense. Any person who shall
alter or change license in any ma
terial manner shall be deemed guilty
OF forgery and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to the penal
ties provided for the commission of
forgery. Any person who uses or
attempts to use the license of an
ether. or altered license, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon
conviction shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars $(25.OO)
nor more than fifty dollars ($5O.OO)
for each offense and shall stand COM
mitted to the county Jail until such
hne and costs are paid. but such i'm
prisonment shall not exceed thirty
days for each offense.
Section 10-A license in possess
sion OF any person other than to
whom first issued, and on complaint.
the license of any person hunting on
enclosed or cultivated lands, with
out permission of the owner or ten