The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-09-14

the sum Of 81. License to such resi-
dent shall be issued authorizing him
to hunt throughout the state upon
the payment of SO. License shall be
issued to non-residents Of the state
upon the payment OF the sum Of
Sic, which shall authorize such nom
residence TO hunt throughout the state.
All licenses shall be dated to bear
the date of issuance ii issued in the
open season and shall authorize the
person named therein 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 licenses
shall be countersigned by the commits
sioner and countersigned by the game
warden Of the county In which the IL
cense is issued and numbered. 1t shall
contain the residence, age, sex and
postoffice address of the person to
whom Issued; also state the race, APP
proximate height and weight, and col,
or Of applicants hair and eyes. The
license fees, less the warden's fees,
shall be RENTED by the commissioner
not later than the first Of the follow
ing month. A person may hunt and
fish in the open season In his own
militia district or tenants and their
families by and with permission Of
the owner Of the land shall be permit
ted to hunt and fish on the lands leas.
ed and rented by them without IL
cense. All licenses terminate Febru-
airy l, following date of issuance.
Sec. z. No person shall hunt or
fish upon the lands Of another with
or without license, without first hav-
ing obtained permission from such
land owner.
Sec. s. All monies received by the
commissioner arising under this act
shall constitute a fund known as
the game protection fund and shall
be devoted to the payment of the
salary OF the commissioner, his nee
essary incidental expenses and the
salaries Of the game wardens and
deputy wardens when acting under
special instructions from him. Such
salaries and expenses shall not be a
charge upon the state funds, nor pay.
able out of any other funds 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 part of the
public fund of the state.
Sec. g.. The clerk Of each court in
which prosecutions may be instituted
for violations of this act shall prompt
ly report to the commissioner the re-
suit of said trial and the amount of
fines, forfeitures and penalties col
lected, which said sum shall after the
deductions mentioned in section 5 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 ju-
ries the provisions of this act.
Sec. IL. The following shall be
deemed game birds and animals:
Quail, commonly known as bob white
cartridges, doves, snipe, woodcocks
and curIews, wild turkeys, grouse,
pheasants, deer, squirrels and sum.
mer or wood duck.
Sec. IL. Any person who shall pur-
chase or sell, or export for sale or
offer to sell any of the game birds
or animals named in section II of
this act, shall be guilty of INSIDE
ameanor, and, upon conviction, punish
ed by a fine of not less than ten nor
more than one hundred dollars and
all costs of each ,offense, or to work
not less than five days or more than
thirty days, and any one or more of
these punishments may be ordered,
in the discretion of the Judge.
Sec. 13. Any person who shall
transport or ship, or offer to trans
port or ship, any of the game birds or
animals mentioned in section IL of
this act, without the limits of the
state, or from the county in which
the game was killed into another
county in this state, or who shall sell
or offer for sale, or purchase or offer
to purchase any part of the plumage,
skin or body of any of the said birds
or animals mentioned in section IL or
who shall take or wilfully destroy the
nest or eggs of any of said BIRDS,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be punished as
is prescribed by section IL of this
action; provided it shall be lawful for
person duly authorized to hunt, to per-
sonally transport, openly, the game
actually killed by him, from the coun-
ty in which it kas killed to any coun-
ty of this state, or without the state,
but persons killing said game must,
in each instance, accompany the game
so killed. Each person hunting shall
carry with him his license and exhib-
it 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 misdemean-