The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-02

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Section SO. Be it further enacted
that 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to hunt, kill or
capture at any season of the year
any of the animals or birds classed
as game by this Act on any of the
farm lands, wood lands or coal
lands owned by the State of Tennes-
see and in the actual possession and
occupancy by the State or it's agents
and commissioners, including the
Brushy Mountain tract, the tract
known as the Herbert Domain, the
State Prison farm and woodlands,
and the farm and woodlands of the
several hospitals for the insane, the
Soldiers Home and Normal School
School tracts; but not including the
Reelfoot Lake tracts, which are ex-
pressly excepted from the inhibi-
lions contained in this section. Any
violation of the provisions of this
section shall be a misdemeanor pun
ishabla with fine of not less than
five nor more than twenty-five dol
lars. The State Warden under di-
rection of the Governor, may make
any regulations they may deem need
full to promote the best enforcement
of this provision by means of direc-
lions to the persons acting for the
State on said properties.
Section "a. Be it further enacted,
that any person or persons who shall
kill or capture any game animal or
wild bird declared to be game in this
Act otherwise than in the open sea-
son therefor, or period during which
it may be lawfully hunted or killed,
or who shall kill or capture any of
the non-game birds, protected by the
laws of the State at any season of
the year, or who shall take or de-
stroy the nest or eggs of any wild
bird Except as expressly provided
by the law shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall
BIT punished by fine of not less
than five nor more than twenty-five
dollars, provided that the following
named land birds shall be excepted
from the protection of this Act and
it shall not be unlawful to kill, take,
or capture the same, namely, the
turkey buzZard, crow and members
of the crow family-the owl, Cooper's
hawk, the Chicken hawk and all of
the hawk family, except the sparrow
hawk (the sparrow hawk being pro-
tected by this Act.)
Section 35. Be is further enacted,
that the following only shall be con-
sidered game birds, namely: The An.
atidal, commonly known as swans
geese, brant, and rived and sea
ducks; the rallidae, commonly known
as rails, coots, mudhens, and GALL
meles; the limicolae, commonly
known as shore birds, surf birds,
plovers, snipe, woodcock, sand pipers,
tattlers and curlews; the gallinae,
commonly known as wild turkeys,
grouse, quail or partridge, and pleas
ants; and the species of Columbia,
commonly known as turtle or mourn
ing doves, but for objects and pur-
poses of this Act, the particular
species of pheasant known as the
ring-neck or Monaghan pheasant
shall be classed among the non-game
birds the killing of which is forbid
den at all times.
Section SO. Be it further enacted,
that it shall be unlawful for any per-
son to injure, kill, destroy, or hunt,
by any means whatsoever, or to have
in his possession any such that have
been killed or taken in this state, ex-
cept as expressly permitted by an
other section of this Act, any of the
following named game animals or
birds, except between the dates here
in set forth as applying to them res
pectively, amely: Quail, cartridges
from November Is to January l next |
following, excepting the following
Counties: Hardiman, Chester, Hay
wood end Fayette Counties, from De-
cember 18th to March list, swans, |
geese, brant and ducks, October l to
January Is next following; rails or
sara, mudhens, coots, sandpipers,
curlews, September l to December /,
next following; woodcock, November
to January next following; snipe
and plovers, October l to December
l6 next following; doves, August Is
to January next following; squir- |
rels, June l to January / next fol. |
lowing, and on wild turkeys from
November Is to January LIST follow
ing, and on Cobblers from April LIST
to 25th of each year. There shall
be an absolutely closed season on
deer until October l, 1917.
Section 81. Be it further enacted, |
that any person who shall at any
time make use of any pitfall, dead
fall, scaffold, cage, snare, trap, net,