The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-05-06
NEW STATE GAME LAW
Hunters Will Have 70 Pay License
Season is Also Shortened
Wardens to Enforce Laws.

S1CdL QCdl VI SOll1uoIOlI dS WCl1 do
interest in the minds of the public
as to the provisions of the Fish
and Game laws recently enacted by
the Legislature, and which is now
in force, we are publishing a short
explanation of same, which may
be of some benefit to those inter-
ested.
This law creates the Office of
State Fish and Game Commission
er, with headquarters at Jackson,
Fwho is paid a salary of So, 10000
per year. 1t is his duty to appoint
game warden for each county in
the State, who will be under his
supervision. The County Game
Wardens receive as their compen-
sation one half of the fines and
penalties collected by them for vi
olations of the State Fish and
Game laws, and it is their duty to
see that the laws are enforced.
They also receive $500 per day
when acting under special instruc-
tions from the State Fish and Game
Commissioner.
Each hunter must pay a privi-
lege tax of $500 where he hunts
in one county; or SIS. 90 for Ii
Lcense to hunt anywhere in the
State; and nonresident hunters
must pay a tax of $500. These
privilege taxes are to be collected
by the sheriff of each county, and
the hunter must have his license
with him while hunting. He must
also wear tag or button that will
be furnished him when he secures
his license. A license issued to
the head of a family may be used
by all minor members of his fami-
ly.
Section 20 of said Act is as fol-
lows:
The following months shall be
open season for quail, partridges
or bobwhites, from November
18th, to February 18th; for doves,
July 1st, to October 1st; for tur
key gobblers, from November 18th,
to May 1st. And no turkey hen
shall be killed within five years
from the passage of this bill. And
therefore no turkey shall be killed
except during the months of De-
cember and January. The follow
ing shall be open season for trap
ping and hunting for ur-bearing
animals, from December Is, to-
February 1st. Opossum and rab-
bits not included in this section,
and may be hunted at any time.
That all trappers for fur bearing
animals resident of this State shall
be required to pay an additional
Trapper's State license of So. so to
be paid to the sheriff as heretofore
provided. Non-residents are pro-
hibited from trapping in the State
of Mississippi. The following
shall be open season for squirrels,
from October 18th, to January 1st,
and deer from December 1st, to
January 1st, inclusive. And no
person 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 twenty
game birds in any one day, nor
more than ten squirrels in any one
day. That it shall be unlawful to
trap, shoot, dig out of ground or
dens, or in any way kill or catch
any fox, except in regular chasing
where the fox is actually overtaken
by the dog, or dogs. There shall
be no chasing. catching or killing
in any way of said fox during the
following months, to wit: April,
June and July of each year.
Any restaurant or hotel serving
birds or game, the killing or sell. !
ing of which is prohibited by this
act, shall be. guilty of a nlisde
meanor, and it is unlawful To sell
any game in the State or ship any
game out of the State. All hunt
ing licenses run for a period of
one year from date. The penalty
for violating this law is "a fine of
not less than ten dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the county Jail
for not less than thirty days nor
more than sixty days, in the dis
cretion of the court.
It will be of interest to people
near here to know that Commits
sioner z. A. Brantley this week
appointed as wardens for counties
adjoining Lincoln, ellis Cato, of
Hazlehurst, for Copiah; T. H.
Brinson, of Monticello, for Law
renee; and E. E. Blount, of Sum-
NIT, for Pike.
The provisions of the new law
will be looked after in Lincoln
county by Leon P. Oberschmidt,
of Brookhaven, who stated yester-
day that with the assistance of ev-
cry constable in the county, whom
the new law authorizes as his
aides, he expects to strictly en-
force all of the provisions of the
new game law in Lincoln.