Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-25
NEW GAME AND
J FISH LAWS PASSED
Eighteen Statutes Operative as
Approved by the Late Leg
islative Session.
THE SEASON FOR BASS
WILL BEGIN JUNE Is
Provision for Making Com
plants of Violations by Com
missioners or Protectors.
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TRENTON, N. j., April 25.-The
Fish and Game Commission has pre-
pared digest of the laws passed by
the recent session Of the Legislature
affecting fish and game in this State
There are eighteen new laws on the
books as the result of this years
session. all of which are now in eff
feet.
For the benefit of those who are
interested In the new legislation. the
commission is circulating synopses
Of the law in this form:
Chapter 36-Prohibits the placing
of any rye or food in salt water with
in 400 feet of any dee. marsh or
meadow, bar or bank, or heaped sea-
weed not covered with water, for the
purpose of decoying water wild fowl
so that the same may be shot at
while feeding; also prohibits the
shooting at water wild fowl while
feeding where food of any kind is
known to have been sown, deposited
or placed.
Open Bass Season.
Chapter 55-Open season for black
bass, oswego bass, white bass, calico
bass. crappie or pike perch, from June
10 to November 30, both dates in
elusive. Open season for pike and
pickerel, May 20 to November 80,
both dates inclusive.
\ Chapter 56-Provides that hatchery
raised trout may be sold at any time
for food purposes, if properly tagged,
and said tag shall be removed only by
the consumer (Open season for brook
trout, April l to July 10, both dates
incluske)
Chapter 73-Prohibits the hunting of
water wild fowl from any sand bar
rot covered by water.
Chapter 114-Permits regularly or
ganized or incorporated associations
holding what is commonly known as
field trials" but only upon license
obtained from the Board of Fish and
Game Commissioners
Chapter 120-Open season for quail,
rabbit. squirrel, only the male Eng
fish or ring-necked pheasant, ruffed
grouse, prairie chicken, wild turkey
or Hungarian partridge, from Novem-
Der 10 to December Is, both dates in
elusive. Penalty for taking any of
the above between october 10 and Mo-
vernber 8. both dates inclusive, $500.
Open season for woodcock, October
a 10
sive.
Moonlight sport Barred.
Chapter 126-Unlawful by moonlight
or with the aid of any artificial light
| to shoot or kill any skunk, mink,
muskrat or otter. or to take any of
the foregoing except by means of a
trap, or to disturb or destroy any
muskrat lodge.
Open season for trapping skunk,
mink, muskrat or otter, November 10
to April 1 following, both dates inclu-
sive.
Chapter 1S5-Unlawful to sell any
squirrel, deer. game bird or song bird,
but ducks, geese, brant and rabbit are
excepted; provided that black and
mallard ducks, pheasants and deer
raised on game preserves or coming
from another State may be sold at all
times. IL properly tagged.
Chapter 147-Provides for the issu-
ance of a license to any person desir-
ing to engage in the business OF rails
ing and selling domesticated English
ring-necked, Monaghan, and other
phea SAINTS. mallard and black ducks
and deer. or any of them, in wholly
enclosed preserve Cost of license, 81
YEARLY. Licenses heretofore granted
at s25 each remain in force until De-
cember 81. 1916.
Chapter 14S-Permits any fish and
game commissioner, the fish and
game protector, or the assistant hsh
and game protector, to file complaints
for any violation of the fish and game
laws upon information or belief.
Fox Hunting with Hounds.
Chapter 157--Unlawful to hunt with
a hound or firearms. or to go into
the woods or fields with hound or
firearms, except only during the sea-
son for quail, etc, but this prohloi-
tion does not interfere with hunting
for snipe. woodcock and deer in the
legal season therefor. BY special per
mission of the board foxes may be
hunted with hounds from December
Is to March 30. the last date men
| toned inclusive.
Chapter 161-Unlawful to possess
any lobster the length Of which from,
the end of the bone of the nose to the
centre of the rear end of the body
| shell shall measure less than 4ts
inches. or any spawning lobster.
Chapter 1e2-Prohibits the taking
of any lobster in Cape May county
within three nautical miles of the
coast line for FIVE years.
Chapter 176--Unlawful to take In
any part of the State any crappie or
calico bass measuring less than six
inches.
Chapter 1S6-Unlawful to manufac-
ture sell, barter. loan. give, buy, or
have in possession, or use or shoot
any air gun, spring gun or pistol or
other weapon. of similar nature, In
which the propelling force is spring
or air, -ejecting a bullet or missile
smaller than three-eighths of an inch
in diameter with sufficient force to
iniure a person. CThis is general
act of the State. the enforcement of
which does not devolve upon the Fish
and Game Commission).