The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-05
Section 1O-Close season by proc
lamation.
Section 11-Penalties.

OSCliOu i. 1JtunAllOHS. WUIQo as
used in this act shall be construed
as follows:
Close season-That period of time
during which hunting or fishing is
prohibited.
Open season-That period of time
during which hunting or fishing is
permitted.
Inclusion and exclusion of dates
Whenever a period is named during
which an act is permitted or prohibit
ed, the first date shall be included
within and the last date excluded
from such period.
Angling-Means taking fish by hook
and line in hand or rod in hand; or
IL from a boat not exceeding two
lines with or without rod to one per-
son.
Observation-Disclosures the great north
ern pike, pond pickerel, grass pickerel,
chain pickerel or banded pickerel.
ikeperch-Includes wall eyed pike
or yellow pike.
Black Bass-Includes Oswego or
large mouth bass and small mouth
baij
Person-Includes firm, corporation
or association, and also principal,
agent or employee.
Game-Means both game quad
rupeds and game birds.
Game quadrupeds-Me moose,
caribou, deer, hare or rabbit, gray
squirrel.
Game birds-Means quail, rufred
grouse or partridge, woodcock, pleas
ant. European partridge, plover of
any kind, Wilson snipe, other shore
birds, rail, coot, gallinule, ducks and
geese.
Non.game birds-Means all wild
birds not included under the term
game birds"
Quadrupeds-Me game quad
rupeds, and fur-bearing animals.
Furbearing animals-Means beaver,
otter, marten, mink, raccoon, fisher or
fisher-cat, fox, skunk, muskrat.
Enclosed land-Where lands are re-
ferred to as enclosed the boundary
may be indicated by wire, ditch, fence,
hedge, road, highway or by water of
a pond, lake or stream when said wa
ter is of such extent as to obviate the
necessity of fence for the confine-
ment of horses or cattle.
Whole to include part-Every pro-
vision relating to any fish, bird or
quadruped shall be deemed to apply
to any part thereof with the same
force and effect as it applies to the
whole.
Sell and sale-Includes barter. ex-
change, and Offering or exposing for
sale.
Possession-Means both actual and
constructive possession and any con-
troll Of things referred to.
Transport and transportation
Means all carrying or moving or caus.
ing to be carried or moved
Take or taking-Includes pursuing.
shooting, hunting, killing, capturing,
trapping, sharing and netting fish,
birds and quadrupeds, and all lesser
acts. such as disturbing. harrying or
worrying, or wounding, or placing,
setting, drawing or using any net or
other device commonly used to take
fish, birds or quadrupeds, whether
they result in taking or not, and in
cludes every attempt to take and every
act of assistance to every other per-
son in taking or attempting to take
fish, birds or quadrupeds provided
that whenever taking is allowed by
law, reference is had to taking by
lawful means and in a lawful manner.
Bag limit-The number of any kind
of game or game bird permitted to be
killed in a specified time.
Resident-The word resident as
used in this act is intended to cover
all citizens of the United States who
have lived In this state for not less
than six months prior to date of MAX
ing application for a license.
Non-resident-Thet term nonresident
as used in this act, shall include all
persons not coming within the def
milton of resident as set forth in
this act
COMMISSIONERS synonymous with
commission or fish and game commits
sioner or state fish and game commits.
sioner.
Sec. 2. Taking, possession. sale and
transportation of fish, quadrupeds, and
birds restricted. No person shall at
any time Of the year take, in any man.
ner, number or quantity, fish. quad
rupeds or birds protected by law. or
buy, sell, offer, or expose for sale the
same or part thereof, transport or
have the same in possession except as
permitted by this act; and this prohi-
bition shall be read and construed as
a part OF each permissive section or
part thereof, provided that fish ex.
cept pickerel less than twelve inches
in length and black bass, may be TAX
en- by angling in Lake Champlain at
any time. and such fish may be nos
sessed, transported and sold at any
time. A person doing anything prohib-
tied or neglecting to do anything re-
quired by this act with reference to
such fish, quadrupeds or birds shall
be deemed to have violated this sec
ton. A person who counsels. aids or
assists IN a violation of a provision
of this act, or knowingly shares I'm
any Of the proceeds of said violation
DIV receiving or possessing either fish.
quadrupeds, or birds shall be deemed
guilty of n misdemeanor and fined or
imprisoned as provided in this act in
the case Of person guilty Of such VIC
lation.
Sec. 3. Manner OF taking game and
fish.
a. Manner Of taking game. Game
shall be taken only in the day time
after sunrise and before sunset with
a gun fired at arms length. unless
otherwise specifically permitted by
this act. A person may take quad
rupeds and birds during the omen
season therefor, with the aid Of n dog.
unless specifically prohibited by this
act
b. Manner OF taking fish. Fish
shall be taken only by angling. un-
less otherwise specifically permitted