Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-22
GAME AND FISH LAWS.
valuable Suggestions in Relation 10
the Open Season.

the Open Season.
Now that the hunting season has
opened It is good time to consider
legislation governing that sport. Game
| and FISH laws are designed primarily
| to prevent the extinction of game and
| under existing circumstances and CON
ditions. these laws must OF necessity
contain prohibitive features.
A resident citizen who desires TO
hunt. If he keep within the scope of
the Inv. must first procure a hunters
license. which he may obtain from
the town clerk Of the town in which
no resides ut n cost Of nifty cents or
this fifty cents the town clerk receives
! ten cents for his work and the re-
naming forty cents Is rcmitted to the
state treasurer and placed to the credit
| OF the fish and game commissior. An
alien or nonresident may procure
what Is known as a nonresident or
allen hunters license at n cost of
| $1h.50. of which amount tho town clerl,
retains nifty cents for his trouble, tho
remainder being finally placed to the
| credit of the commission. other
sources of revenue are fines collected
for violation Of the law the sale Of
se'nes and the like unlnwfully spread.
and the sale Of deer illegally killed.
hunters license law has been in OPP
for number Of years. and this method
of raising funds for the enforcement
Of tho game laws has proved very sat
| isfactory. Tho price of the license in
| Vermont is much lower than in most
other states.
The organization of the commission
| consists Of commissioner who is APP
pointed to serve for period of two
years, and such county and deputy
wardens as he may appoint. County
wnrdens have general supervision of
tho county in which they reside deputy
wardens are residents of the town in
which their work Is to be performed
County and deputy wardens receive
pay only for time actually spent ana
necessary expenses.
To secure q proper Observance OF
the law, penalties have been pre-
| scribed for violation. For instance, n
rcsident hunting without a license "a
| subject to fine of not more than ten
dollars for each offence and nom
resident or alien to a fine OF not less
than nifty dollars. The license permits
the taking only OF such animals as are
in open season. that Is, between CIR
tain specified dates. No privileges OF
any other kind are allowed Neither
can the holder of license transfer It
to another person nor allow another
person to hunt with his license. An
other provision Of the law is that
licenses must be carried by hunters
and must be shown to any person ask
ing to see the same: this saves argu-
| iiiNhts us 10 WHetueT certain
persons are officers Of the law or
otherwise.
So thorough Is the law IN its scope
and application that even transportn-
ton companies are under penalty for
carrying game out OF the State with
out complying with certain restric-
tions. This is an important feature Of
| the law. and undoubtedly proves Il
! strong check for no"-residcnts who
might be tempted TO violate II.
The so-cnlled "close season" on any
game Is that period Of time during
which an act is prohibited. If nm act
! is prohibited between two dates. the
prohibition includes the first but not
the last date
In creating proper laws for the
preservation of Ash and game. Yer
mont Is in line with other progressive
states. That the operation of these
| laws has resulted IN better hunting
and fishing is unquestioned, Better
hunting and nshing tend 10 bring
money into the State, not only in the
amount which the casual nonresident
may leave with him but in tho attrac-