The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-30


! section IL, or who shall take or will
fully destroy the nests or eggs of any
of said birds, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction shall
be punished as is prescribed by sec
ton II of this act; provided it shall
hbe lawful for any person duly author
lied to hunt to personally transport,
openly, the game actually Killed by
him from the county in which it was
killed to any county of this state, or
without the state, but the person
killing said game must in each in
stance accompany the game so kill
ed Each person hunting shall car
ry with him his license and exhibit
the same promptly upon request Of
any game warden or deputy warden
or ex-officio warden.
Sec. IA. Any person who shall
hunt, kill or destroy by any means
whatsoever or who is in possession
of the following named birds or ami
mails, except between the following
dates, shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished as is prescribed in section
Il of this act: Quail, commonly
known at Bob White partridges,
doves, wild turkey gobblers, plovers,
from December LIST to March LIST fol-
| lowing; snipe from December list to
May LIST following; woodcock, a sum-
mer or wood duck, from December
LIST to January list following; deer,
fox squirrels and gray squirrels from
October LIST to January list following
OF each year. 1t shall be unlawful
any time of the year to scatter upon
the lands of any person, whether it
| be the owner of the land or not, any
corn, wheat or grain or other bait for
| the purpose of drawing to the lands
where such bait is scattered or pIac-
! ed game birds or doves at or near
such lands so baited, and shall be I'M
| lawful for any person to shoot at or
kill any dove or other game bird at,
upon, over or near any land baited
or baited field or land, for the pur-
pose of shooting or allowed to be
| shot at such game birds or doves,
and for violation of this provision
such person or persons shall be gull
ty of a misdemeanor and punished
as prescribed in section -- of Grim
| inal code.
! Sec. Is. During the open season
no one person shall be authorized to
kill more than three male deer, nor
more than three wild turkey COB
blers during any one season. Nor
more than twenty-five game birds of
| any one specie in any one day, ex-
! cept snipe or doves, of which one
person may kill forty in one day
Any person violating this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeaIor and
punished as is prescribed in section
| II Of this act.
Sec. 16. Any person who shall
catch or kill any wild pheasant,
grouse, wild doe or fawn, or wild
turkey hens, or any imported game
birds or game animals prior to De-
cember 1, 1916, shall be guilty Of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
punished as is prescribed in section
II of this act.
Sec. II. Amy person who shall
at any time kill or capture or wound
any game bird or animal by the use
| Of any pitfall, deadfaIl, snare, trap,
net, pen or other device, or by the
use Of any poison, drug or explosive,
or who shall hunt, catch, or kill any
game bird or animals at night shall
| be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction punished as is pre-
scribed in section IL of this act.
Sec. IS. Any person who shall
hunt without first obtaining a Ii
cense, except upon his own land, or
in his own militia district, or who
lends or transfers his license to an
other, or who shall hunt upon the
lands of another without first hav-
ing obtained his consent to do so, ex-
cept persons following hounds in pur-
suit of foxes or deer, or any other
animal not mentioned in this acc,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
and upon conviction punished as is
prescribed in section II of this act.
Sec. 10. Any common carrier who
shall ship or transfer or carry any
game bird or animal without the
| limits of this state shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
punished as prescribed in section 12
of this act; provided the terms of
this section shall not apply to game
in the personal possession of the
party killing the same, provided such
party has obtained a license then of
! force.
Sec. 20. Any agent or employee
of common carrier who shall re-
ceive any game bird or animals for
shipment without the state, or from
one county to another county within
this state, shall be gully of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction pun
ished as is prescribed in section IL
of this act.
Sec. 81. Any warden, deputy war
den or ex-officio warden who shall
fail to perform any act or duty plac-
ed upon him by this act shall be
guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished as is
prescribed in section IL of this act.
Sec. %. All moneys received by
the commissioner arising from the
provisions of this act shall be depos-
tied in the state treasury to the credit
of the game protection fund, and
said fund shall not be drawn upon
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