Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1855

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
o422 AND 6423 OF THE GEN
ERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
DEER DOING DAMAGE TO
CROPS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State OF Vermont:
Section ]. Section o4a2 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows;
Sec. 6-l22. A person who suffers
damage to crop, fruit tree or shrub
berry by deer on land not posted against
the hunting of deer, may, within ten
days after such damage occurs, notify
i'll writing the chairman of the board OF
>electmen OF the town wherein such
damage was done, who shall proceed to
the premises where such damage was
done and determine whether the same
was caused by deer and on land thar
was not posted against the hunting Of
deer; and, if he SO determines, he shall
notify the county fish and game war
den: and, if said warden also deter
mines that such damage was caused by
deer said se]ectmen and warden shall
appraise such damage and give imme-
date notice to the claimant OF the
amount thereof and return certificate
therefor under oath to the state fish and
game commissioner to whom the claim
ant may appeal within ten days if not
satisfied with the amount allowed. The
commissioner shall make final adjust
mem of the claim and shall forward it
to the auditor Of accounts, who shall
draw an order in favor Of such person
for the amount approved by the commits
sioner. In case said selectnlau and war
den fail to agree, they shall appoint
disinterested person. with whom they
shall appraise the amount of such dam
age and return a certificate as herein
provided. Said selectnaen and third ap-
praiser if appointed, shall each receive
for such services one dollar, and twelve
cents mile one way for necessary
travel, to be paid by such town On
the failure Of said selectman to per
form the duties herein prescribed, the
party suffering such damage on such
land may recover the same OF such town.
with costs, III all action of tort, on this
statute.
Sec. ;. Section 6423 Of the General
Laws is hereby amended 80 as to read
as follows:
Sec. 6423. A person may take on
land owned or occupied by him, deer
which he can prove was in the act of
doing substantial damage to fruit tree
or a crop, except grass; and he may
authorize member of his family or a
person employed by him to take such
deer. A person by whom, or under
whose direction, such deer is wounded
or killed, shall, within twelve hours, re-
port all the facts relative to such act,
i'll writing signed by him, to the most
available fish and game warden. Such
report shall state the time and place of
such wounding or killing and the amount
of damage done by the deer A person
who so kills deer shall Immediately
properly dress the carcass and care for
the meat Said fish and game warden
shall Immediately investigate the case
and if he is satisfied that the deer was
taken as herein provided, he shall give
said person a certificate of his finding
in the matter. Such certificate shall
entitlc said person to the ownership of
the carcass but said person shall not
sell the same. A person who violates
provision of this section shall be fined
one hundred dollars for each offense.
Approved March IS, 1910