kill or in any way trap or destroy any blue birds,
swallows, martins, cat-birds, woodpeckers, sparrows,
wrens, whippoorwills, or any other insectivorous
birds, at any season of the year, under the penalty of
two dollars for each bird so killed, taken or destroyed.
SEC. 194. And be it enacted. That it shall not be
lawful for any person to kill or destroy any pheasants
between the fifteenth day of January and the first
day of August, under the penalty of five dollars for
each and every pheasant so killed, taken or destroyed.
SEC. 195. And be it enacted, That it shall not be
lawful for any person to kill or destroy any partridge;'
between the first day of January and the fifteenth
day of October, under the penalty of five dollars for
each and every partridge so killed, taken or de-
stroyed.
SEC. 196. And he it enacted, That no person shall
at any time during the year, wilfully destroy the
eggs or nests of any such birds as are named in this
Act, within this county, under the penalty of two dol-
lars for each and every offence.
SEC. 197. And be it enacted, That the possession by
any person, within the county, of any of the bird'
mentioned in this Act, as shot, killed or otherwise
destroyed, shall he prima facie evidence to commit
under this Act.
SEC. 198. And be it enacted, That any person offend-
ing against any of the provisions of this Act, and
being convicted thereof before any Justice of the
Peace in this county, or by the oath or affirmation
of one or more witnesses, shall forfeit the fine or fine?.
named in this Act, one-half to the use of the school
1'iiir] of the county, and the other half to the use of
the informer, and if the offender, after being convict-
ed of the crime, shall refuse to pay the said fines, so
imposed by this Act, he or they shall be committed
to the jail of the county for every such offence for the
space of ten days, provided, however, that such con-
viction shall be made within sixty days after com-
mitting the offence.
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Penalty.
Pheasant"
Penalty.
Partridges.
Penalty.
Eggs or nests
Penalty.
Possession,
prima facie
evidence of
guilt.
Offence nnd
con iction.
Fine.
Penalty for
cicliinlt.
Proviso
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