The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-28
GAME BILL NOW ON
HOUSE CALENDAR
MAY BE MADE SPECIAL WITHIN
NEXT FEW DAlS-ON
PASSAGE SOON.

The Hart-W hite game bill is now on
the house calendar, and it Is expected
that It will be made special order
in the house within the next day or
two. and an effort made TO dispose OF
1t. II this is not done. when the bill
is reached on the calendar the bill
which has passed the senate will be
substituted and the bill put on its
passage. The vote on the bill in the
senate was % TO 10, following a de-
bate of nearly a week. when very
large number of anne ndments were con-
sidered.
The bill as IL stands today is highly
regarded among the bird lovers and
sportsmen of the State. It is made
plain in the bill that the State has
vested right In all the birds and animals
within It's borders and can protect
them
The bin makes a fiat tax OF 81 on
every person who desires to hunt in
his own county or an adjacent county.
Minors living with parents can hunt
under license issued TO his father.
State License to Cost 81.
Should a man desira a State license
he will have to pay So for such priyi-
lege for a period of one year, and this
Is for residents of the State. Nonres-
idents must pay fee of $40 for the
privilege of hunting in Virginia
The Office of game commissioner is
created at salary of s2,5e0 year,
with travelling expenses. In all coun-
ties and cities there are to bet deputy
game wardens. and all county and city
officers are to be charged with the en-
forcement of the law. When deputy
game warden is deputzed for special
work he is to receive 50 a day.
Hunting licenses are TO be issued
only by the game commissioner, and
the clerks of county circuit courts on
city corporation courts. The proceeds
from the sale of these licenses. after
the deduction OF the clerks fee OF 10
per cent for each county and state
license. aud so cents for each nonree-
ident license. 1t is provided, shall be
paid. TO the State treasurer on the first
day Of each month.
The game commissioner is given wide
powers in preserving the wild life OF
the State. Section a0i7 enumerates
some of these as follows:
Given Large Authority.
HE shall have authority 10 propa-
gate game. purchase specimens. en-
gage the necessary employees, erect the
necessary buildings and Enclosures and
lease the necessary lands for THAT pur-
pose. by and with the consent of the
governor and he shall have authority
to employ lecturers, print and distri
butte educational matter pertaining 10
wild life. and to hold exhibits through
out the State and especially for' the
benefit of the school children and agri-
culturists, and all expenses of such
enterprises shall be betrayed out OF
the game protection fund. as provided
for the other expenses of the depart
ment of game He shall foster the con-
servation OF all wild life in the state
in every reasonable way.
The bill erumerates the following
birds. which are considered game un-
der the law; Geese, brant. river ana
sea ducks. rails. sora, coots, mud hens,
gallipules shore birds. plovers. surf
birds, snipe, woodcock sandpipers. tat
Tiers. willets curlews. wild turkeys.
grouse. pheasants and auails.
The following birds are not protected
hv the game law. and may be hunted
without a license English and Euro
pean starlings. coopers hawk. chicken
hawk. and all members of the hawk
family: owls--except screech owls--and
crows
II is made unlawful for any person
20 hunt or kill any protected animal
or bird, except water fowl. when the
ground is partially or wholly covered
with snow. and hunting at nigh. or on
Sunday is prohibited