Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-11
NEW GAME
LAW OF GEORGIA
Open Season for Game Birds Is
Now from Dec. | to MAI. |.
FULL TEXT TO THE MEASURE
Must Have License to Hunt and Fish.
Unlawful to XIII More Than Three
Male Deer and Three Turkey Cob
bers in One Season.

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FoIoWlhS IS the nun teNt OF Cnt S'itl ne
laws enacted by the Georgia leslS "a, I>-t 4, (
at the session Just closed; ne OH -
mere printed with the Ihai amendments Iii i -
| inserted ana noted, ana an persons III
teIeStea IN the enlofcenieht Oh ~ NV
winch IS lntehueu IoI lt5 Pio5e I'm VI
game IN TINS state SnouIu Ltdu IL "a e.
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eraI Assembly OF Georgia, mat me ue-
pdLtinehl OF game ana H9H Ne tHl"o az
! lShed, 10 pc IN charge OF me game anu
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J appointment on me governor. -,,o,, SO
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a bono IN Iite sum O. 9t,oVo, PaSt tIJ 70
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S9l ui%tleS' iot
Ialtlliui performance OF me uuues o! ms lf1
ONCE ana proper accountlhS oi on
/ moneys that may come INTO ms hanuS as
cuIillhI9SIOIltI. re SHaiI hTeP d pun
/ IeCuIG CoLI gcuy uISGIosIilS 'th IIloteSS le
CeNeu anu expended lIe huilDeI "
hunters licenses, the NUMBER OF WaFuehS
| employed; WIN thelr names, ana Couh-
Ties IN "hlcH tney serve. Also Jle name
OF each person prosecuted Tor violation
| OF inns act win tLie amount ol HleS M
puSGu anu CpIitCleu IN edCil CASE anu dAi
such otheT information as may De necea .
Sary TO the aHalrs OF the deparl hent'
me DOCKS ana accounts OF sald colhihlS-
| sloher Shali pc au9lted IN the same way
as olneF DOCKS ana accounts OF 5ne 9tTGI
! departments OF the stale are auulteu' lie
shaIl nave a seal OF once.
section 4 IL Shal De the uuty OF Sttiu
/ commissioner 10 see that the laws now
OF hereafter enacted LOT the protection
propagation ana preservation OF game
ahIhalS, game plTuS OF other pHuS anu
nsh IN TINS STATE are observed, ana lhdi
vlola uons OF sald Jaws dle promptly an
specify prosecuted. II Sililli DE me uuIy
TO seize or cause 10 be SelZeu game pifuS'
ANIMALS ana hSh caught or k!llGi at d
tilne or IN manner OF Whlch nave peeH
shipped, contrary TO the PROVISIONS OF
TINS act Such game or hSh so Selzed
shall be donated to some charitable IN
sututlon in TINS state, except i've game
BIRDS, animals or hsh, which shall be
liberated. He shall, with wardens and
deputy Wardens and eX-othclo Wardens,
be authorized to serve all criminal proc
esseS Tor violation OF TINS act Whlch
could be served by the sheriff and con-
stables OF this state.
Section .. lie shall appoint game and
fish wardens and deputy wardens in each
! county Of this state such appointees to
| hold their office for the term OF two years
! unless sooner removed Tor cause by the
| commissioner. such WardenS and depu-
| ~ wardens shall enforce all the provls-
| ions OF this act and all other laws IN
| reference to game and fish in their re-
spectiYe counties. Such WaTdens and
| deputy Wardens snail receive three dol
| lars per day while acting under the Spe-
cial directions of the commissioner with
reference to the discharge of their duties
which sum shall be paid out of the game
protective fund provided for by this act
Each county warden shall receive one
fourth of all fines and forfeitures and
penalties collected in the county in which
he holds office, imposed for violations of
evidence necessary to convict. If he does
arrest, or cause the arrest, and furnish
evidence necessary to convict then he
| shall have three-fourths of such fines,
| fOrfeitureS and penalties. Any other per-
| son arreSting or causing to be arrested
| Offenders shall receive One-half of fines,
| forfeitures and penalties imposed and
collected from Such Offenders ana legal
| fees paid to constables. The remaining
! portion of fines imposed and collected
| shall be forwarded to the state game
commissioner and by him turned into the
treasury to the credit of the game pro-
| tectiVe fund. The county warden shall
| receive twenty-five cents for each county
/ license issued by him, one dollar for each
nonresident license
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 names
of all parties holding resident county and
| state licenses issued by him. This rec
ord shall also show the Names offenses
| and fines imposed on persons convicted
! for a violation of any of the fish or game
laws of this state in the county of his
| jurisdiction.
Section g. Any resident of the state
may procure a license to hunt in his resi-
Il dent county upon the payment of the sum
Of one dollar. License to such resident
Il shall be issued authorizing him to hunt
Il throughout the state upon the payment
of three dollars. Licenses shall be issued
to non-residents of the state upon the
payment OF the sum of fifteen dollars,
4 which shall authorize such nonresident
i to hunt throughout the state. All Ii
4 censes shall bear the date of issuance if
Il issued in the then open season, and shall
\ authorize the person named thereon to
4 hunt during the then open season, and if
Il issued in the closed season shall author
ize said person to hunt during the next
! succeeding open season. Such licenses
shall he signed by the commissioner and
I countersigned by the game warden of the
| county in which tho IiCarsa i. iSSI,aI ~, nd