Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-04-15
FULL TEXT OF
NEW GAME LAW
Laws Of the State AS They Are Since
The Legislature Changed
Them.

den the following text OF the same
laws OF the state as passed by the
recent legislature is published:
BE it enacted ny the legislature of
West Virginia.
l. That sections nineteen and
forty-nine OF chapter sixty OF the
Acts OF the Legislature OF West Vir-
ginia, session OF nineteen hundred
and aine, be amended and re-enact-
ed so as to read as follows, and that
section 25a be and the same 10 here
by repealed
Sec. 49, No person, not citizen
and resident OF this state, shall at
any time, hunt, pursue, kill or catch
any wild game animals or wild game
birds il this state. without first hav-
ing secured a license SO to do, and
then only during the respective per-
iods when it shall be lawful to hunt
such game animals and game birds.
Such license shall be procured in
the following manner. to-Wit:
The applicant shall go before the
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within this state and fill out a blank
application, stating his name, age
occupation or profession, weight,
height. place OF residence color OF
haid, eyes and complexion the ap-
plicaton shall be subscribed in ink
and sworn to by the applicant, said
applicant making oath that his state
ments are correct and true TO the
best of his knowledge ald belief,
before the county clerk issuing said
license; the applicant shall at the
same time pay to the county clerk
the sum of fifteen dollars as IL
cense tax, and fee of fifty cents to
said clerk for Issuing such license
provided, however, that any such
nonresident may fill out said appli-
a notary public or any other official
Of any foreign state whose centifi-
cate is authorized to be accepted for
the recordation of deeds to be re-
corded within this state. and which
said official shall afix his official seal
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shall then send the said application
to the county clerk OF any county
within this state, together with the
tax and the fee hereinbefore pro-
vided fer, and such clerk shall send
said applicant such license.
Said license shall bear the seal OF
the county court of the county in
which it was issued and shall be
signed by the clerk. All such license
tax shall be paid by the county clerk
to the state treasurer on the first
day OF each month for the next
preceding month, and a report there
OF be made to the forest, game and
fish warden. Such license shall en-
title the person to whom it is is
sued to hunt and kill game in any
county in this state at any time
when it shall be lawful to hunt, pur-
sue and kill such game; and 10
person to whom such license has
been issued. shall be entitled to
hunt, pursue or kill. game in this
state, without at the time OF such
game, he shall have such license in
his possession: and he shall exhibit
the same to any officer OF this state,
or owner, tenant or lessee of any
land on which such person or per-
sons are hunting on demand CT such
shall be good and valid in the
county where issued for the period
OF enc year next preceding its is
sue Any person required by law to
have and claiming to hold a license
to hunt in this state, having in his
possession any gun or other hunting
paraphernalia in such woods or
fields, shall on failure to produce
such license FOR inspection TO any
warden OF this state, or owner or
agent Of the owner OF such woods
and fields on demand be deemed
guilty Of a misdemeanor and shall
be punished on conviction as pro-
vided later in this section. All
nonresident members of any club
or organization owning or leasing
game preserve in this state shall
each be required to secure hunt
er's license as hereinbefore provided
for. Any person found guilty Of
violating any OF the provisions OF
this section shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof. shall be fined not less
! than twenty-five nor more than fifty
dollars for each and every etfe1se. in
addition to the costs of the prose-
cution, and in addition thereto may
be confined in the county Jail for a
period not exceeding thirty days, in
the discretion OF the justice or court
trying the case, and upon failure to
pay any fine or costs, the person or
persons so convicted, shall be con-
fined in the county jail until such
! fine and costs are paid, but such I'M
prisonment shall not exceed twenty
/ days for any one offense No hunt