The Green Forest tribune., 1915-03-26

All vouchers shall be signed by the chairman and secretary and sealed by the seal of the Commission. All vouchers shall be presented to the Auditor, who shall examine same, and if in accordance with law, he shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer, who shall pay the same out , of the Game Protection Fund, but in no instance shall any warrant so drawn be paid out of any other fund. The word Commission as used in | this Act shall mean the State Game and Fish Commission. The words, deer, turkey and bear," shall mean wild deer, turkey and bear.
 All violations of this Act, when not otherwise provided herein, shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars.
 Section 13 It shall be unlawful to take, hunt, kill or otherwise destroy, any quail from the first day of Feb ruary to December first of each year.
 Section IA. That it shall be unlaw- ful to kill or have in possession in any one day more than fifteen quail and twenty-five ducks.
 Section Is. That it shall be unlaw- ful to hunt on any enclosed land with out first procuring written permit from the owner or manager of said land, which written consent shall be upon the person who may do the hunting.
 Section 16 Hereafter it shall be un- lawful for any person or persons to use sein, net or other device, other than hook and line, for the purpose of catching fish for market purposes, without first procuring a license, for which license they shall pay an annual license fee of $25.0O
 Section r. It shall be unlawful to use any kind of artificial bait, such as is commonly known as fly fishing bait or bait casting, without first pro- curing an annual license to do, for which license each person shall pay the sum of one dollar
 Section 1S That hereafter 1t shall be unlawful to place, maintain, erect or cause to be placed or erected in any of the waters of this State, any sein, net, trap or any other device, for the purpose of catching fish from the 1st day of March to the 18th day of June. It shall also be unlawful at any season of the year to place. matn- tain or erect, or cause to be placed or erected in the waters of this State, any sein, net, fish-basket or any other device, with meshes less than three inches square. Any person who shall find in any of the waters of this State any illegal sein, net, fish-basket or other device for catching fish is here by empowered and authorized to de- stroy the same, and he shall not be liable to the owner in any action, civil or criminal, for damages for so de- stroying such illegal device.
 Section 19. That it shall be unlaw- rul for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to ship, export or carry beyond the line of the State any game or game fish, and any railroad com pany or express company or boat, or individual, who shall ship, export or carry, or receive for shipment or car ry beyond the State line, any game or game fish, upon conviction shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and fined not less than S1OO.OO nor more than s500.00, or ninety days in jail, or both.
 Section 20. That all moneys aris- ing from fines, forfeitures or licenses under any law for the protection of game and fish, now existing or here. matter enacted, shall be collected in lawful monty of the United States and be paid immediately by the collecting officer to the State Treasurer, and said moneys shall be set aside, to be known as the Game and Fish Protec. tive Fund, and shall be available for expenses in enforcing the various pro- visions of the law for the protection or the game, the birds and the fish. Section 21. There shall be an an. nual tax of on dollar on all dogs used for hunting quail There shall be a tax of 5000 on all trappers for fur bearing animals using more than ten traps.
 Section 22. It shall be unlawful to hunt, kill, trap, or othrwise destroy beaver and otter in this State for a period of five years.
 Section 23. That any game warden deputy game warden or other execu tive officer, having authority to enforce the game and fish laws, is hereby au thorfzed to search any person he may suspect of having violated this Act | in order that he may determine fo, himself whether or not the law has been violated. Further, they shal have the right to search packages O. express or freight in any station, ol any package on any boat for the pur pose of ascertaining violations of fisI and game laws.
 Section "A. This Act is intendei to be supplemental, and repeals only such laws as are in conflict herewith