The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-27
THE t,sH AND GAME Law

The Fish and Game Law passed
by the legislature has probably
come in for more discussion than
any law passed by that body and
is perhaps less understood.
We publish below the main
sections of this act. There is no
part of this law prohibiting one
from hunting on his own lands
without license. He has that
privilege buto course must hunt
certain game only in season
rabbits and possums at any
time.
1t does not provide for license
to fish. Every man has a right
to fish as heretofore, but the
game warden must enforce the
laws we already have relative to
SEEMING, dynamiting, trapping
and putting nets in running
streams. There is no part of the
bill that places a tax on your COW
eted dog.
There is another bill that places
a tax of one dollar on female dogs
but it is not this, the Richardson
act.
There is nothing in the bill TAX
ing away the rights of any man,
and if the act is enforced will we
believe become a popular meas
ure. Below are the three vital
sections of the bill:
Section Is. That all licenses
shall be dated when issued and
shall be accompanied by a num-
Der tag or button to be worn on
hunting coat while hunting.
Said licenses to be issued on
payment of $500 for county lie
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tnis state shall have a license 70
hunt, to be dated when issued and
good for one CD year from date;
such license shall be on forms
provided by the State Game and
Fish Commissioner on the filing
by applicant for Identification tt
be prescribed by the State Game
and Fish Commissioner and or
forms supplied by him and shall
be non transferable. Persons
hunting shall have license on the
person and display same when
called upon to do so by any war
den or other officer.
Provided that a County Lie
ense, secured as above provided,
and issued to the head of the
family and also by all minor
members of said family residing
with him.
Section 20. The following
months shall be open season fol
quail, cartridges or bob whites,
from November 18th TO February
18th; for doves July LIST to Oct |
for turkey gobblers from Nov.
18th to May 1st. And no turkey
hen shall be killed within five
years from the passage OF this
bill. And thereafter no turkey
shall be killed except during the
months of December and Jan.
uary. The following shall be
open season for fur bearing AMI.
mails, from December 18th tC
Feb. LIST; o'possum and rabbits
not included in this section anc
may be hunted at any time. That
all trappers for fur bearing AMI.
mails resident of this state shall
be required to pay an additional
trappers state license Of So. so te
be paid to the sheriff as hereto.
fore provided. Non-residents are
prohibited from trapping in the
state of Mississippi. The follow
ing shall be the open season fol
squirrels, from Oct. 18th to Jan
LIST; and deer Dec. 1st to Jan.
1st., inclusive. And no one per-
son shall be allowed to kill more
than one deer in any one day,
nor more than five in any one
season nor shall any person be
permitted to kill more than &c
game birds in any one day MOI
more than ten squirrels in any
one. day. That it shall be I'M
lawful to trap. shoot, dig out Of
the ground or dens or any other
way kill or catch any fox, except
in regular chasing where the foz