The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-30
THE NEW GAME LAW OF GEORGIA

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Of this act, where he does not fur
nish the evidence necessary to con-
wet. II he does arrest, or cause the
arrest, and furnish the evidence nee
| essary to convict then he shall have
tnree-tourths of such fines, forfeit
ures and penalties. Any other per-
son arresting or causing to be ar
rested offenders shall receive one-haIf
OF all fines, forfeitures and penalties
imposed and collected from such Of
| tenders and legal fees paid to con-
stables. The remaining portion of
lines imposed and collected shall be
forwarded to the state game Commits
sioner and by him turned into the
treasury to the credit of the game
protection fund. The county war
den shall receive twenty-five cents
| for each county license issued by
him, one dollar for each state license
and three dollars for each non-res-
ident license.
Amend section 5 further by adding
the following to end of the section:
"All county wardens shall keep a
record in the Office of the clerk of
the court in their respective counties
which record shall be open to the
! public, giving the names of all par
ties holding resident county and state
licenses issued by him. This record
shall also show the names, offenses
| and fines imposed on all persons con-
victed for violation of any of the
fish or game laws of this state in the
county of his Jurisdiction
! Sec. 6. All licenses shall bear the
| date of issuance if issued in the
open season, and shall authorize the
! person named thereon to hunt during
the then open season, and if issued
in the closed season shall authorize
said person to hunt during the next
| succeeding open season. Such Ii
censes shall be signed by the COM
| missioner and cOuntersigned by the
game warden of the county in which
| the license is issued and numbered.
| 1t shall contain the residence, age,
sex, and postoffice address of the per-
son to whom issued; also state the
race, approximate height and weight,
and color of the applicants hair and
eyes. The license fees, less the war
| den's fees, shall be RENTED by the
| warden to the commissioner not later
than the first of the following month
! A person may hunt and fish in the
! open season IN his own militia dis
| trict or on his own land without a
license. Tenants and their families
| by cOnsiderate permission of the
owner of the land shall be permitted
to hunt and fish on the lands leased
and rented by them without a license.
,, All licences terminate February l fol-
lowing date of issuance.
Amend section by inserting the
following before the words "all IL
censes" in the first line:
ANY resident of the state may pro-
cure a license to hunt in his resident
county upon the payment of the sum
of one dollar. License to such resi-
dent shall be issued authorizing him
to hunt throughout the state upon
the payment of three dollars. Lii
cense shall be issued to non-residents
of the state upon the payment of the
sum of fifteen dollars, which shall
authorize such nonresident to hunt
throughout the state"
Sec. T. No person shall hunt or
fish upon the lands of another with
or without license without first hav-
| ing obtained permission from such
owner.
Sec. 8. All moneys received by
the commissioner arising under the
act shall constitute a fund known as
the game protection fund, and shall
be devoted to the payment of the sal
airy of the commissioner, his neces-
sary incidental expenses and the sal
aries of the game wardens and dep
uty wardens when acting under spe-
| cial instructions from him. Such sal
aries and expenses shall not be a
! charge upon the state funds. nor pay
able out of any other fund than the
! game protection fund. No voucher
| for said salaries or expenses shall be
paid unless there shall be at the time
sufficient money to the credit of said
fund in the treasury. If there should
be any money in the treasury at the
end of the year to the credit of the
game protection fund the amount so
remaining shall become a part of the
public school fund of the state.
Sec. 8. The clerk of each court
in which prosecutions may be insti-
tuted for violations of this act shall
promptly report to the commissioner
the result Of said trial and the
amount of fines, forfeitures and pen
alties collected, which said sum shall,
after the deductions mentioned in
section 3 of this act, be forwarded to
the game commissioner and be placed
to the credit of the game protection
fund.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of the
various judges of the superior courts
to specially mention in their charges
/ to their respective grand juries the
provisions of this act.
Sec. II. The following shall be
deemed game. birds and animals
Quail, commonly known as Bob
White cartridges, doves, snipe, wood
cocks, and curlews, wild turkeys,
grouse, pheasants, deer, squirrels
and summer or wood duck.
Sec. II. Any person who shall
purchase or sell, or export for sale,
or offer to sell any of the game birds