SOMERSET COUNTY. 4433

1912, oh. 669, sec. 130B.

200. It shall not be lawful for any person to hunt or kill or chase with
dogs any fox in said county from the first day of March to the fifteenth day
of October in each and every year, and any person violating this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a
justice of the peace shall be fined a sum not less than ten dollars and not
more than twenty-five dollars for each and every offense, and stand com-
mitted till the fine and costs are paid, the said fine to be disposed of as in
the preceding sections. Nothing in this act to be construed to prevent
the killing of foxes at any time by any person while they are in pursuit of
his or her poultry; provided, however, that the killing of said foxes be
done within a reasonable time after such pursuit or the killing of such
poultry.*

1918, ch. 266, sec. 1.

201. From and after April 10, 1918, it shall be unlawful to sell, or
expose for sale, any fox or any fox hide in Worcester, Somerset Counties,
and it shall be unlawful to ship by freight or express, or otherwise, or to
take any fox, or any fox hide, from any place within said State to any place
outside of said State. Any person or persons violating the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof in the Circuit Court of said counties shall be fined in a sum
not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten
days, in the discretion of the Court. One-half of all fines collected under
the provisions of this Act shall go to the informer.

See sec. 199.

1918, ch. 266, sec. 2.

202. From and after April 10, 1918, it shall be unlawful for any
person to dig out or in any manner to take from any den a female fox, or
her young whelps, or kill or in any manner cause the death of such female
fox, or her young whelps, during the period of time in which she is suckling
them. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in the Circuit
Court of said counties shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more
than fifty dollars, or imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten days, for
every female fox or whelp so dug or taken out of any den, or killed or
caused to be killed. One-half of all fines collected under this Act shall go
to the informer.

1918, ch. 266, sec. 3.

203. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the killing
of foxes at any time by any person while they are in pursuit, or in the act
of killing or carrying away his, her or their poultry, and provided further
that such persons may be permitted to kill such fox or foxes within a rea-
sonable time after the pursuit, killing or carrying away of said poultry.

*Sec. 130C, ch. 669, 1912, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.