The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-05-11

In view OF the facC LnaL the -cOmplet
edition of the new fish and game law
will not be printed for some time, Presi
dent B. @. Kuser, Of the Fish and Gam
Commission, has had prepared circula
giving a synopsis of the changes, togeth
er with information concerning the issu
ance of resident hunting licenses, unnat
uralized foreign-born resident hunting
licenses and nonresident licenses. No Ii
cense is required for fishing.
The law requiring hunters to take ou
licenses will become effective July next
In summarizing its provisions the circu
lar says:
''No citizen of this state is entitled tC
hunt any of the game birds, wild animals
or fowls protected by law without frs
procuring license to do so, and then on
ly during the respective periods and
places when and where hunting is law
full. The word citizen shall be con
strued to mean any person, male or fe
male, who has resided or shall reside bons
hde in this state for period of one year
Immediately preceding the application fol
license"
The law provides that the occupant Of
any farm in this state and the immediate
members of the family of such occupant
residing on said farm shall have the right
without q license to hunt on the farm
when hunting thereon is lawful. The
words members Of the family of said
occupant" however, shall not be taken to
include any employee or tenant of said oc-
cupant. The license shall be procured
from any county, city, borough. town,
! township or village clerk, to be furnished
to such clerks by the Board Of Fish and
Game Commissioners through the county
clerk. All licenses expire December 81.
Every applicant for license shall prove
to the satisfaction of the clerk that he is
citizen of this state within the meaning
of this act. The license must be exhibit
ed by the licenses on demand of any per.
son, is not transferable, and gives no right
to trespass. The penalty for violation is
$50; cost of license, 81; clerks fee, 10
cents extra Further information con-
corning hunting licenses is given as fol-
lows:
There is no prohibition against grant
ing license to a minor, nor is there any
prohibition against hts hunting in law
full manner.
when a man believed to be an alien
applies for resident hunting license, he
should be made to show his naturaliza-
ton papers or produce other proofs to
show that he is entitled to a resident hunt
ing license, and the clerk should refuse to
issue resident license If he is not thor
oughly satisfied that the applicant is en-
titled to take out such license. He must
have taken out his full naturalization pa
pers before he is entitled to a resident
hunting license Residence in the state
does not entitle foreigner to take out a
resident hunting license any more than 1t
entities him to vote.
"Non-residents are not permitted to
hunt without license. The fact that an
applicant owns property In this state, or
that he has summer residence in the
state, does not entitle him to take out a
resident hunting license, If he has not
lived in this state one year preceding the
application for license. Only county
clerks are authorized to issue licenses to
non-residents, which cost $1,000. County
clerks will furnish the application blanks
for a nonresident license. Ones fixed
permanent abode determines his resi-
dence.
''When a hunting license has been lost
a duplicate or certificate cannot be issued.
A new license must be obtained at the
original cost.
The season for killing rabbits In all
parts of the state is from November Is to
December 81, inclusive. The only changes
made in the laws relating to fishing, were
to the Delaware river laws, which changes
apply to the entire river under the juris-
diction of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.