Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-05-20
new JERSEY CUNNING LAWS
President Kuser Sets Forth Changes.
An Explanation Made As TO The Sc
curing OF Licenses.

curing Of Licenses.
In view of the fact that the complete
edition of the new fish and game laws
will not be printed for sometime, Presi
dent B. G. Kuser, of the Fish and Game
Commission, has had prepared a circu-
lar giving a synopsis of the changes,
together with information concerning
the issuance of resident hunting licen-
ses, unnaturalized, foreign-born resi-
dent hunting licenses and nonresident
licenses. No license is required for
fishing.
The law requiring hunters to take
out licenses will become effective July
next. In summarizing it's provisions
the circular says:
mo citizen of this State is entitled
to hunt any of the game birds, wild
animals or fowls protected by law
without first procuring a license SO
to do, and then only during the re-
spective periods and places when and
where hunting is lawful. The word
citizen shall be. construed to mean
any person, male of female, who has
resided or shall reside bona fide in
this State for period Of one year i'm
mediately preceding the application
for license
The law provides that the occupant
of any farm in this State and the i'm
ediate members of the family of such
occupant residing on said farm shall
have the right without license to
hunt on the farm when hunting there
on is lawful. The words members
of the family of said occupant" how
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employee or tenant of said occupant.
The license shall be procured from
any county, city, borough, town. town
ship or village clerk, to be furnished
to such clerks by the Board of Fish
and Game Commissioners through the
county clerk. All licenses expire on
December 81. Every applicant for a
license shall prove to the satisfaction
of the clerk that he is citizen of this
State within the meaning of the act.
The license must be exhibited by the
licensee on demand of any person, is
not transferable, and gives no right
to trespass. The penalty for violation
is $40; cost of license, ST.; clerks fee,
fifteen cents extra. Further informa-
tion concerning hunting licenses is
given as follows:
There is no prohibition against
granting license to a minor; nor is
there any prohibition against his hunt
ing in a lawful manner.
when a man believed to be an alien
applies for a resident hunting license.
he should be made to show his natural
ization papers or produce other proofs
to show that he is entitled to resi-
dent hunting license, and the clerk
should refuse to issue a resident Ii
cense if he is not thoroughly satisfied
that the applicant is entitled to take
out such a license. He must have
taken out his full naturalization pap
ers before he is entitled to resident
hunting license. Residence in the
State does not entitle foreigner to
take out a resident hunting license
any more than it entities him to vote.
Unnaturalized, foreign born resi-
dents are not permitted to hunt with
out license. To obtain such license
the applicant should fill out blank
application, to be furnished by the
Board of Fish and Game Commission
ers of the State on the application of
any clerk Of any county, city, town or
township, or other municipality The
cost of said license is $40, in addition
to fee of fifty cents to the clerk On
receipt of an application blank prop
erly filled out, blank license will be
forwarded by the Board of Fish and
Game Commissioners to the clerk
The clerk issuing the license shall
send the States fee of $40 to the State
Treasurer
Non-residents are not permitted to
hunt without a license The fact that
an applicant owns property in this
State, or that he has summer resi-
dence in the State, does not entitle
him to take out resident hunting
license, if he has not lived in the State
one year preceding the application for
license. Only county clerks are au-
thorized to issue licenses to nom
residents, which cost $1,000 County
clerks will furnish the application
blanks for nonresident license. Ones
fixed permanent abode determines his
residence
When hunting license has been
lost a duplicate or certificate cannot
be issued A new license must be OBJ
tanned at the original cost.
when a resident license has acct
making it out, in order to obtain cred
it for the same it must be attached to
the report of the month of issues and
forwarded with the regular returns
through the county clerk to the State
Treasurer. No explanation can be ac-
cepted if unaccompanied by the dam
aged license Licenses represent
cash. For each license issued the clerk
must return either the license itself
at the proper time or it's face value.
A license which mas once been issued
to a hunter cannot be returned as a
spoiled license, neither can a spoiled
license be returned at a later date
than the first Tuesday of each month
following the month of issuance"
The Commission calls attention to
the law regulating the taking of deer
as follows:
1T is unlawful to take any doe or
fawn. 1t is unlawful in hunting for
n