Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — New Game Law. [ARTICLE]

New Game Law.

The following extract of the new game law is self explanatory, and by keeping this issue of the paper on file for ready reference, our sportsmen may never run up against prosecution. We consider the new law a good one, in fact the most sensible legislation we have had npon the subject in some time. It may damage the business of boarding and club house keepers, but it will benefiit the masses of our people at home: Senate Act No. 73 provides for the protection and preservation of game. It is made a misdemeanor to shoot, pursue or have in one’s possession any quail, ruffled grouse, prairie chicken or pinnated grouse between January 1 and November 10 of any year. It is also made a misdemeanor to shoot more than twenty four quail in one day. A fine of $lO is provided and imprisonment not to exceed ten days. Whoever offers for sale or sells at any time any quail, on conviction, shall be fined $lO for each quail to which may be added ten days’ imprisonment. It is made a misdemeanor for any railroad company or other common carrier or person to transport beyond the limits of the state any wild deer, quail, 'ruffled or pinnated grouse, prairie Chicken, woodcock, wild turkey or pheasant of any kind. Whoever shoots, pursues to shoot or has in his possession any squirrel between January 1 and June 1 and from October 1 to November 10 shall be fined $lO for each squirrel, to which may be added ten days in jail. A wild goose, wild duck, brant or other water fowl shall not be shot from April 15 to September 1, and from October 1 to November 10, and they shall not be shot any time between dusk and dawn. Not more than twenty-four shall be shot in one day. Wild doves shall not be shot from January 1 to August 15, and from October 1 to November 10 it is made unlawful to shoot any kind of pheasant, and it is made meanor to shoot or hupt with dogs on any inclosed land without the written consent of the owner or tenant, or to shoot or hunt on Sunday. It is unlawful to hunt with dog and shotgun any kind of game from October 1 to November 10, except as provided in Section 11. Section 11 makes it lawful to hunt squirrels, wild ducks and other water fowls from October 1 to November 10, provided a license is secured from the commissioner of game. Where prosecutions, assisted by the game commissioner, are successful, he shall receive a fee of $25 as part of the costs,to be turned into the state treasury to be expended in paying rewards for convictions of violator of the fish and game laws. It is made unlawful for any non-resident to hunt in this State any game protected for part of the year without procuring a license, and then he may hunt only in open seasons. The license is issued for one year by the county clerk for $25.50, $25 of which shall go into the state treasury.