Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-03-07
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Fish And CANE LAWS
Ones Recommended by Fish and Game
Commissioners.

Senator ] 5 Warren Davis, of Salem
county, has furnished a synopsis of
the fish and game laws recommended
by the State Fish and Game Commis-
sioners. For the benefit of our read
ers we publish the later list of recon-
mended bills, some of which have
either Deen passed or defeated. The
list is as follows
ASSEMBLY BILLS.
No /. An act to prohibit the pollu-
tion of the waters used by State fish
hatchery
No. 2. Will permit officers charged
with the enforcement of the fish and
game laws to make complaints against
offenders on information and belief.
No. 8. Prohibits the sale of all pro-
tected game except ducks, geese, brant
and other wild water fowl
No. 5. Prohibits liberating foxes.
No. 49, Provides for a closed sea-
son for two years on female English
or ring-neck pheasants.
No. so. Provides for a bounty on
foxes, weasles, goshawk, Cooper's
hawk, sharp-skinned hawk. duck hawk
and great horned OWL
No. go Amends the nonresident
| license act so as to permit nom
resident holding a license to remove
from the State reed-birds, and rail-
birds to number not exceeding fifty
of each species.
Amends section twenty-five of the
general fish and game act, and allows
the taking of eels by eel weirs one
month earlier than is now fixed by
law.
No. so. Prohibits the use of auto
matte and repeating shotguns in hunt
ing wild birds and game.
No. 133 Exempts the members of
the Board of Fish and Game Commits
sioners and its salaried wardens from
jury duty.
| No. 1874. Prohibits any person rep
resenting shimself to be or imperson-
ating either regular or deputy fish
and game warden
! No 1885, Prohibits the hunting for
! or capturing or killing of any wild
! birds or animal or game by any un-
naturalized foreign born person, and
| forbidding the ownership or posses
I sion of any shot-gun or rife by any
unnaturalized foreign-born person.
No 1877 Provides that the Board
of Fish and Game Commissioners with
4 the consent of the Governor may issue
4 permits to salaried wardens of the
Board to carry firearms and other
weapons in the performance of their
duty, and is an exact copy of the law
/ in force in other States.
No. 155. Provides that each deer
hunter shall wear bright scarlet
sweater and cap exposed to view,
No. 161. Makes penalty of fifty
dollars for any person trespassing on
lands on which a fish hatchery or
game farm is located, or for defacing
removing or damaging a notice or
sign-board on any such property.
No. 1872 Provides for acquiring
lands for the propagation of fish and
game, in accordance with the State
law.
No. 176 Provides for proper pro-
cedure in enforcing the act relating to
arrest for violation of the AIenhaden
act, but makes no change in the meth
! cd or manner of fishing for menhaden-
No. 202. Provides that the Board
of Fish and Game Commissioners may
issue licenses to persons to keep game
birds or animals in captivity for pro-
pagating purposes, when the appli-
cants for license shall satisfy the
board that they intend in good faith
to increae the supply of game in the
State; regulates the sale and ship
ment of game, dead or alive; provides
for Identification tags to be attached
4 to said game; and provides for per-
mits. to dealers, hotel keepers and res
taurants to handle said game.
No. 207. Makes one law in the
State for all upland game, including
woodcock, making the season from
i November tenth to December twelfth.
No. 20S. To amend section eight of
the general act and provides for an
open season on ducks, geese, swan,
brant and water fowl from November
i to February L.
No 211 Prohibits the taking of
bluefish under ten inches in length.
No. 212 Makes the season for game
fish in fresh waters of the State June
Is to November 30
No. 213. Makes the season on shore
birds and English snipe from June
first to December thirty-first.
No. 214 Adds water fowl and Hun
garian partridges to the list of game
which cannot be removed from the
State Except by nom residents hold
ing license).
Il No. 2S1 This bill provides for
shooting from floating structures, a
method of waterfowl shooting which
has been found popular in other
States, and viii permit shooters who
do not possess private property shoot
ing points to hunt for wild water fowl
No. 307 Prohibits fishing of any
kind through the ice expanf for cells
No. - Provides for license of
two hundred dollars for pounds in the
Atlantic ocean, and one hundred doll
Hook bays.
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Correction.