Year: 1871

An Acr for the preservation of game


The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in


senate and assembly, do enact follows:


Sectionl. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
kill, destroy or take, pursue with intent KILL de-
stroy or take any woodcOck except between the 4th
day of July and the first day of December, or any
grouse pairie hen chicken, quail partridge ruff
fed grouse, except between the 2oth day of Angus,
and the 18th day of December.


Sec 2. Any person or persons who shall violate the
preceding section, and every person corporation,
railroad company or express company and every EN-
ployee thereof, who shall sell expose for SALE or
shall have in his their possession custody with
intent to SELL dispose of transport, otherwise
during thetimes when the killing of the is pro-
hibited by this act woodcock grouse, prairie hen
or chicken partridge, rufed grouse quail shall up
on conviction suffer fine of two dollars for each such
woodcock, grouse, prairie hen chicken, partrdg !,
rufaed grouse quail so killed, destroyed or taken
pursued with intent to KILL destroy take or so
sold or exposed for sac, had in possession to-
gether with the costs ef prosecution.


Sec. 8. No person OF persons shall kill take bv
any device, means or c,ntrvance whatever, sell or
expose for sale worry hunt the with hounds
or dogs any deer, buck doe or fawn between the ff
teenth day of January and the first day of August
No person corporatn, railroad express company
agent employee tlereof shall have in his their
possession for the purse Of transportation other
wise, any deer, buck, eoe or fawn between the said
18th day of January ard the first day of August and
every person or persons corporation or company and
every agent employee thereof who shall violate the
provisions of this sectbn, shall upon conviction there
of be subject to pen,lty of dollars for each and
every deer, buck, doe and fawn, or skin or piece
thereof killed. taken sold exposed for sale or had in
possession contrary the provisions of this section,
together with the cots of prosecution.


Sec. 4. Any persoI or persons who shall wantOnly
or malcousy break up, Destroy take away, in any
interfere with any nest the eggs therein of
any prairie chicken OF prairie hen woodcock, snipe,
partridge rutfled
duck brant wild goose, who shall have the eggs
thereof in his or Their possession or shall sell or
pose for sale the said eggs, shall upon conviction
thereof be subject to penalty OF hTe dollars for every
nest broken up, destroyed taken nterfered
with, and of one dtIar for such egg so had in
his or their possession, sold exposed for sale,
together with the cDsts of prosecution Every rail
road and every expess company, ana all employees
and agents thereof VINO shall have said eggs in its, his
or their possession shall be liable the penalty


Sec. s. Justices ofthe peace shall have cognizance
and jurisdiction of al ofenses under this act without
regard to the aggregate amount of fines imposed in
any onescase All prosecutions under this act shall
be deemed criminal edings and shall be conduct
ed provided by Law for the prosecution of ofenses
cogniz before Justices of the peace; and in all
of conviction Under this act one-haf of all fines
and penalties collected shall be paid by the jus
tce or person collecting the same, TO the person who
shall make the complaint in the


Sec. This act except the fourth section thereof,
shall affect uncivzed Indians their own reser-
vations


Sec 7. All laws heretofore passed relating to the
preservation of game, hereby repealed.


Sec g. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage and publication, and shall be published during
the 1st week of April each year in newspaper
printed and published at the county seat of each
county in the state the expense of such publication
to be paid out of the county treasures of the respect
i've counties; and it shall be the duty of the county
treasurer of each county to such publication
be made.


Approved April 8, 1867.