The weekly soliphone., 1915-01-15

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 .;u came The introduction of the h;,, in the general assembly VIII probably be made by some memoe' ether than senator Futrell Ihe measure in full is as follows
 A, act entitled An Act for the protection of Wild Deer, Turkey anu Bear ,sau- Re it enacted by the General Assem-
 hlv of the State of Arkansas.
 Re if enacted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 Section i. The open season TOT hunting. chasing and killing deer, turkey and bear shall be the last twenty days of November; provided, turkey gobblers may be hunted ana killed from the 18th day of Aprll uh- til May 31st of each; all of Decehi- her and the first ten days or Janu- ary of each year.
 Section g. Deer, turkey ana oea, may be killed, taken, hunted anu chased during the open season oy persons having license
 Section 8. Every person peiore hunting. chasing or killing or oeln2 interested directly or indirectly n k;lling. chasing or hunting any wllo daar turkey or bear shall first pay to the state of Arkansas as hereln- after nrovided an annual license ice ;n Inc snm of S2.50. All license ls- snad under the provisions of this act shall expire on December 3lst oi each year.
 Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use any dog in hunting,, chasing or scen'iiiS any wild deer, turkey or pear or u7 interested as lender or otherwise, ui- rectly or indirectly, in dolng so' uh- less there has first been paid as q license fee upon said dog the sum ol $2.50. or
 Anv person knowingly seeking or trying to kill any deer, turkey or bear being run by dog upon WHICH license has not been paid as re- ouired by law will be hunting wlth dogs contrary to law within the meaning of this act.
 Section ,. All licenses upon dogs required by this act shall be take, ont in the name of the owner o1 owners or in the name of any hun!- inc club being the owner; all appli- cations for license for dogs shall Dc made to the State Game X Fish Com mission provided for in this act, a ac- companied by receipt of the state treasurer showing that the required fee has been paid. The application shall contain the name and age of the dog. if known, whether male or female and an accurate and detailed description of such animal. If the dog has previously been licensed h the name of former owner that fact shall be stated and the name of the former owner given. It shall give the residence of the owner and the place where the dog is usually kept. All licenses shall be number ed consecutively beginning with num- Der 1 and with each license shall be delivered a metal tag bearing the ln- itials of the commission, the year n figures when issued, the number of the license. The tag shall be attach ed to a collar which shall be placed around the dogs neck before using such dog to hunt under the provis- ions of this act.
 Counterfeiting initiating or sub stituting any license or tag provided for herein, shall constitute the crime of counterfeitins and be pun ished as such.
 The stealing of a dog upon which the license fee has been paid shall constitute the crime of grand lar ceny.
 Section 6, No person shall be li- censed to hunt except he be bona fide citizen and resident of the state, and shall have, previous to the issn- ance of the license resided in the state twelve months; provided, that persons whose domicile is in this state and who are temporarily ab- sent from the state may be licensel to hunt
 No person shall be licensed to hunt, who has been twice convicted of violations of the provisions of this act.
 No habitual drunkard or person who has been convicted of grand lar ceny shall be licensed to hunt
 Each person desiring license to hunt under the provisions of this act shall pay to the state treasurer the sum of $2.50, taking duplicate re- ceipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the auditor of state and one with the secretary of the com mission, and in addition shall make application to the commission, giY- ing his name, residence, occupation and if previously licensed to hunt shall give the number of deer killed