Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
GAME
AND
FISH LAWS
OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE
1919
CContInued from Iast weekl


240O. Sec. 4S. Officer or Warden
Failure to Perform Duty a Misde
meanOr; Penalty y:-Any official, off
GER, or warden who shall fail to per
form any act, duty or obligation en-
Joined upon him by the provisions o.
the Game and Fish Laws of this State
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and, upon conviction there
of, shall be punished with a fine Of
not less than fifty dollars nor more
each offense.
24O1. Sec. A. Report of Fines and
Disposition of Cases and Fines to the
Board of Game and Fish Commission
ers:-Any Court or officer of any
Court, before whom any prosecution,
under the Game and Fish Laws of this
State, is commenced or shall 90 on
appeal, and within twenty days after
trial or dismissal thereof, shall re-
port in writing the result thereof and
the amount of fine or forfeiture col
lected, if any, and the disposition
thereof, to the Board of Game
and Fish Commissioners, remit
ting at the same time all money col
lected from fines and forfeitures.
24O2. Sec. As. Complaint or Indict-
ment May Charge Two or More Of
fenses:-Two or more Offenses may
be charged in the same affidavit, com
plant, or Indictment; proof as to a
part of bird, animal or fish shall be
sufficient to sustain a charge to the
whole of it; the violation Of the game
and fish laws of this State as to q
hon ,f 1@ E.l.
be charged in the same count, and /
punished as a separate offense as to /
each animal, bird or fish.
24O3. Sec 46. Game Warden; Costs
Of:-When an arrest for a violation
Of the Game and Fish Law is made by
any Game Warden and the defendant
is convicted, there shall be taxed as
costs in favor of such Warden making
the arrest the same fee as a Constable
is entitled to in misdemeanor causes,
except where otherwise provided, and
if collected from the defendant, shall
be paid over to such warden and shall
be his personal perquisite. No fee
shall be allowed in cases of acquittal.
24O4. Sec. AZ. Fines and Penalties; i
How Disposed Of:-All moneys col t
lected from fines, penalties or forfeit b
ures, under the Game and Fish Laws o
of this State, shall be paid to the .
Board of Game and Fish Commission z
ers of the State of Delaware. =
24O5. Sec. 4S. Violations of Sections )
l6 to AZ; Penalties ANY person con- O
,icted of having violated any of the +
of Sections 16 to AT, inclu-
i've, of this Chapter, for which the .;
,enalty is not specifically prescribed, ~ ~
hall be fined not less than five dollars a. a.
or more than twenty-five dollars and ~
osts for each offense, and failing to &c &c
ay forthwith any fine imposed under ~
he provisions of Sections 16 to AZ, y, ~
of this Chapter, together ~
18th the costs Of prosecution, unless y, 81
n appeal be taken, such person shall ~ ~
e committed to the County Jail or e &c,
IorkhOuse of the county in which a.. a.
lch offense was committed for thirty ~ ~
ays, unless said fine and costs be ~
,oner paid. o,i, o,l
IO6. Sec. 40. Unlawful for Dogs to Gle
un at Large:-It shall hereafter be tro
lawful for the owner or custodian Jus
any dog to permit such dog to run as
large off his own home premises, .
Iywhere in this State outside the 80
nits of the City Of Wilmington or 70
any incorporated Town between an
e first day of March and the first ~ IA
y of October, next following in each l;t elie
ar unless accompanied by its own va.
or custodian and under his or her .iS NE
mediate control. And it shall also Lne
reafter be unlawful for the owner i oI
custodian of any female dog to slis
rmit such dog while in heat, to pc
n at large at any time of the year oS s,:
ywhere in this State, and any such GpIi g
male dog may be caught and in1- tie
1nded by any person and if the LII LII
ner shall not redeem her immedi- anu anu
,ly after having been found guilty era era
violating this provision by paying sue sue
fine imposed, she shall then be aga
led. The person impounding her ~ ~
al receive half of such fine and sne
other half shall be paid to the IN
ard of Game and Fish Commission 20
!. If, however, the owner cannot IIoI VI
found in five days such female dog Az Az
ii then be killed and the person sue sue
ing impounded her shall be paid ueIil ZEN
; dollars $3.50 by said Board. c9I piI
t shall also hereafter be unlawful not
the owner or custodian of any exec
, to permit such dog to injure or deft
.urb any muskrat den, trap, lead Sect
house, and any dog detected in the o.1,
Of committing such injury may be ~
n and there killed by any person Jo,.t
re present, provided that nothing uelie ue.-o
his section shall prohibit the own 80 i 4
or custodian of any bird, rabbit 90, t.,
FOX dogs from training and break - toi' a
the same at any time Of the year ~ ;Ss =
provided further that if any such mss
OF dogs shall during such train 2412
wander off and out of control of Non
owner or custodian without his Boat
Il then this section shall not ap- Paw,
to such cases. resiC
!. Sec. 40. Assawaman Bay and stat,
Regulations for Hunting and
d Fowl On; Violations; Penalty: dolla
shall be unlawful for any person the
AXE, kill OF destroy, in any man stone
whatever, on the waters of the the
awaman Bay, or its tributaries, in conn
sex County, any wild goose, brant, inclu
( OF other wild fowl, between the cursi
day of May and the first day of for n
ember, in any year, under a pen of Fl
of forfeiting for every one so wear
d, taken or destroyed, five dol Conn
/, proVlueu, however tnaI uuLIie eXcul
time between the nrst day OF NO presC
Der and the frst day OF May IN shall
y year II snail be uniawIul 70 from
, XIII or destroy any wlid 1oWi; as resid,
esald, on any otner Gays Inah has c
5days' wednesdays ana Frluays boat,
acn week. respe
allow
+. Sec. so. Indian River Bay and cense
oboth Bay; Regulations for Hunt
Wild Ducks on; Violations; PEN 2414.
1t shall be unlawful to hunt Licen