LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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15 O. No person shall, in this State, at any time molest or
destroy the nests or eggs of any of the aforesaid birds, except
those of hawks or other birds destructive to domestic poultry
and game birds, or those of English sparrows, crows and black-
birds, under a penalty of not less than one nor more than five
($5.00) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars for
each and every such offense.

15 P...No person shall kill or injure by poison any domestic

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poultry or any golden, English or Mongolian pheasants, or any
of the aforesaid game birds not the property of said person,
but upon the premises of and belonging to some one else, under
a penalty of not less than ten ($10) dollars, nor more than
three hundred ($300) dollars.

15 Q. No person shall trap, net or ensnare any partridge or

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quail, pheasant or ruffed grouse, wild turkey, woodcock or water
fowl of any kind, or have in possession any trap, net or snare
with the intent or purpose to capture or kill any such birds
under a penalty of ten ($10.00) dollars for every such bird
so trapped, killed, netted or ensnared, and under a further pen-
alty of fifty ($50.00) dollars for the having in possession any such
trap, net or snare, and every snch trap, net or snare shall be
forfeited and destroyed.

15 R. Any person in this State above the age of eighteen
years, engaged in the killing of birds or mammals, or the collect-

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ing of eggs for purely scientific purposes, shall be exempt from
the provisions of this Act, provided that said person shall first
obtain a certificate in writing from the State game warden to
the effect that such person is engaged in the scientific study of
ornithology or mammalology ; and to obtain such certificate,
such person must first file with the State game warden an appli-
cation and an affidavit to the truth and bona fides thereof, made
by the person requesting the same, and taken before any officer
authorized to administer an oath in this State, which applica-
tion and affidavit shall be retained and kept on file by said
State game warden ; but the possession of such birds, or their
eggs or mammals without certificate, during any of the afore-
said dates, between which, it is hereinbefore made unlawful to
shoot and collect the same, shall in all cases be prima facie evi-
dence against such person.

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15 S. The justices of the peace of this State, in and for the
city or county wherein the offense shall be committed shall
have jurisdiction to hear and determine all prosecutions for the
purpose of enforcing tines and penalties, collectible under the

Jurisdiction
of justices
of the
peace.