Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-04-01
= sHFpHERDsTOWN W. VA, THURSDAY. APRIL l. 1909
The New Game Law.

Great popular interest centres In
the new West Virginia game law,
which. az House Bill No 237. was
passed about as it was prepared by
the commission appointed by Gov.
Dawson The general provisions cou-
tanned in the bill may be divided as
follow:
l.t. L shall be unlawful for any
person to buy or sell any deer, squir-
rel. ducks, geese, swan, brant, sn,pe,
WOO icock. sapdpiper, Wild turkey,
rutfei grouse, pheasant, qlail, front,
salmon, pike. bass or any other birds,
fish or game prohibited to be caught
or killed at any time, under penalty OF
$25 to 800 foe.
81. No one can hunt without Ii
cense. The license tax for non-resl-
dents will be $l5 90 sDd for reei1ei t
81. The only exception to this sec
ton is that farmer, his children or
MS tenaut can hunt on his own farm
without license.
Sd. NJ person can hunt upon the
enclosed or unenclose1 lands Of aDoth-
er without permission in writing from
the owner thereof.
All. No one can hunt or 6sh on
Sunday penalty $40 to $25
5'h. Dynaml,lug tish is felony.
Ga. Sitting or giving dynamite
with reason to believe that it was to
be us.d for dynsmitlng fish, is mis-
demeanor.
7th. Shooting in or across a public
road, or within 400 feet of a school
house, ia a misdemesnJr.
9Th. Setting FIRE out in any woods
OF fields Of another, negligently or
wilfully, is misdemeanor.
9Th. The game wsrdens are all FIRE
wardens and shall extingui.h all fires
IN the forests of their counties.
10th. The forest, game and FISH war.
dens are provided for in this law and
rwo chief deputies and as many other
deputies as the warden sees it to ap-
point. Stl4ries-S;ate Warden, 81
500 and $500 mileage year two
chief d-putles. each 5000 and $4OO
Mileage; other deputy wardens, malt
be fnes collected from each prosscu-
uon.
1t is believed that this new game
law, whose chief provisions have been
briefly enumerated in the foregoing
abstract, will be strictly enforced.
The open season far game and fish
Is as folio vs.; Der, pae.sants and
turkeys, OF. Is to Dec. l quail or
partridge, Nov. l to Dec. %; -qnr-
rels, August 81 to Dec. 81; ducks,
geese aud brant, Sept. | to April 20
WOO !cock, plover, rail, ortolan, or
-4n1piper, July Is to Dec. 20 snipe,
July Is to NJ irch l ; black bass. green
oass, willow bass, rock bsss, pike
pIckerel, wall eyed pike sli ,ck
salmon, June Is TO April Is; trout OF
4 kinds or land lock salmon, April l
to Sept. l.
Ouly Two deer can be killed in any
one season. Toe limit allowed on
the amount OF other kinds of game is
AS follow: II qnail. six pheasants and
Two turkeys In any one day or SO
q ,sil, 25 pnsasants aud slI turkeys III
a season.
Rabbits can be killed and sold a.
any time.
Owners OF dams in rivers or creeks
mn put IN FISH ladders. R llroid-
must keep heir right OF way clean
and prlvIie their engines with "ir7
covering to prevent the escape OF II e
aud sparas herefrom.
There are many her things con-
tanned In this new game or hsh law
tna, relate to the forests game ami
6.h Of the State; and for their full uu-
dersta nding of the law, all persons
are referred to the printed Acts.
This new law will go into effect 80
dsy- sfer passage, or about the 26Ih
day OF My, 1909.
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