EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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2. That no person shall hunt for, shoot at, catch or kill

in any manner, or have in possession dead or alive, any part-

Closed seasons
for hunting.

ridge or quail, in said county, between the fifteenth day of Jan-

uary and the fifteenth day of November following; or any

woodcock between the first day of January and the fifteenth

day of June following; or any dove between the fifteenth

day of January and the fifteenth day of August following;

or any wild duck between the first day of April and the first

day of October following; or any wood or summer duck

Between the first day of January and the first day of Septem-

ber following ; or any wild goose between the first day of April

and the first day of November following; or any rabbit

between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of

November following; or any squirrel between the first day

of December and the first day of September following ; or any

muskrat between the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth

day of December following, in each and every year, or any

pheasant within three years after the passage of this Act, under

a penalty of five dollars for hunting for, with dog or gun,

or shooting at any of the aforesaid game birds or animals,

within the foregoing prohibited periods and under the pen-

alty of five dollars for each of the aforesaid game, birds or ani-

Penalty for
violation.

mals so shot, caught, killed or had in possession within the

above prohibited periods, provided that it shall be lawful to

bring into the said county any live game, birds or animals

and to have the same in possession at any time for purpose of

propagation.

3. That no persons shall at any time wilfully destroy, in

said county, the eggs or nests of any of the game, birds or

Cannot de-

animals mentioned in the aforegoing section under penalty

stroy eggs or
nests.

of five dollars for each and every violation of this section.

3A. That any dog or dogs which may be found pursuing

or destroying any of the aforesaid game, birds or animals or

Public nuis-
ance.

their eggs or nests within the aforesaid prohibited periods,

are hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be killed

by the owner, agent or tenant of the lands on which the depre-

dation is committed, and the owner of such dog or dogs shall

have no recourse at law whatever.

4. That no person shall trap, net or ensnare any partridge,

quail, woodcock, pheasant or water fowl, or have in possession

any trap, net or snare with intent or purpose to capture or kill

any such birds or water fowl, under a penalty of five dollars

for each bird or water fowl so trapped, killed, netted or en-

snared, and under a further penalty of twenty-five dollars for