The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-05-14
SENATE BILL NO. 2.

e 4
ALTIES FOR VIOLATION, AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCE
* 1IENT THEREOF.
be II Enacted by the People of the
4 state Of Oklahoma:
: ARTICLE l. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. All wild animals and
oTwild birds, resident or migratory,
found in this State are the property of
The state,
e Section 2. For the purpose of this
Act the following meanings, unless
determined by the context,
lly shall govern the language of any sec
zion:
g. The term person" shall include
hrm, corporation or association. and
shall also include principal agent or
employee.
Di The term game animal" shall in.
rlnde all animals protected by this Act
anu any part of such animal,
The term game bird" shall include
nkkpail, partridge, pheasant, grouse,
Is prairie chicken, wild turkey. ployer,
q snipe, sandpiper, tatlers, curlew. wood
tock, ducks, geese, brant, crane,
swans, wild pigeons and turtle doves.
Ii shall also include any part Of any
such bird.
The term "non-game bird shall in
e.lude all birds not included in the
definition of game birds, and any part
of any such bird.
a. The terms "sell" and sale shall
= snclude barter and exchange.
IA The terms possession" shall in
y plude both actual and constructive
possession and any control of the ar.
ticle referred to.
The terms transport" and trans
portation" shall include all carrying or
e moving or causing to be carried or
q moved
The term hunt" shall include seek
ing, pursuing, wounding Of killing with
a gun or other destructive instrument
The term "open season" shall mean
the season during which the killing of
game is lawful; and the term 'close
season shall mean the season dur
> Ing which the killing Of game Is un-
lawful
The term bag limit" shall mean the
humber of any kind of game permitted
TO be killed in one day or one year as
the case may be.
Whenever any period is named dur
\ ling which an act is permitted or
prohibited. the first date shall be in
kluded within and the last excluded
! I'm such period
Section 3. II shall be unlawful to
sell or offer or expose for sale at any
time any game animal. game bird or
non-game bird, or the nest or eggs
of any bird protected by law, except
that all game seized under the proyis-
: ions Of this Act shall be sold, and the
proceeds shall be paid out, one-half
to the officer seizing the same and the
other half to the State Game Warden
Tor the benefit of the game protection
fund Provided however. that all live
birds seized by any officer of Game
Warden shall be turned loose In some
suitable locality, Provided, that this
section shall not apply to animals or
birds held in captivity in accordance
J with the laws of this State
Section = Il shall be unlawful to
transport, or have in possession with
Intent to transport. from the State of
! Oklahoma TO any point beyond It's
boundaries any game animal. game
bird or non-game bird, or the nest or
eggs OF any bird, except as provided
ly the laws of this State or to trans
port or have in possession for the pur-
pose of transportation such game, or
pon-game birds, to any point within
tbs otate: except that persons may
carry with them to any point within
the State all game or fish lawfully
purchased, taken or killed
Section b. Any railroad or express
company or other common carrier
which receives for transportation or
tfaAsports any of the birds or animals
mentloned In this Act except as pro.
sided by law shan forfeit to the Game
Protection Fund as hereinafter pro.
Eyided for. sum of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than FIVE
hundred dollars
ANY agent. servant or employee of
hny such company or any individual
who receives for transportation or
Mho does transport any Of such birds
bf animals, or any person offerlne for
shipment any Of such birds or ami
Inals. shall be deemed guilty Of a
knisdemeanor. and upon conviction
Shall be fined not less than fifty dol
@ars nor more than five hundred dol. |