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me and Fish
Laws

Of the State of
Louisiana

PUBLISHED BY THE
Board of Commissioners for the
Protection of Birds, Game

and Fish

New Orleans
1909 |

WALLE & CO. LIMITED, N.O.

Game and Fish
Laws

Of the State of
Louisiana . >.

PUBLISHED BY THE

Board of Commissioners for the
Protection of Birds, Game
and Fish ©

New Orleans
1909

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

Act No. 278 of 1908.
By Mr. Veutress.

AN ACT.

To establish a ‘‘Board of Com-
missioners for the Protection
of Birds, Game and Fish’’ of
this State, defining their duties
and empowering them to em-
ploy game and fish wardens
and such other clerks, officers
and assistants as may be
necessary, and to provide the
means to carly this Act into
effect.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, That the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint a Board
of Commissioners for the Protec-
tion of Birds, Game and Fish,
composed of three (3) persons,
residents of the State, the members
to be chosen as follows: One from
the western, one from the central
and one from the eastern portion of

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the State. The persons so eppoint-
ed shall hold office as follows:
One member for two (2) years, and
one member for three (3) years,
and the other member for four (4)
years after which their successors
shall hold office for the term of four
(4) years, are until their successors
are appointed, confirmed and quali-
fied. Any vacancies occurring in
the membership of said Board shall
be filled by the remaining members
of said Board, provided the person
or persons so elected shall reside
in the same part of the State as his
predecessor resided.

Section 2. Be it further enacted
etc., The Board of Commissioner’s
above named shall be domiciled in
the City of New Orleans, and shall
hold an annual meeting at its dom-
icile on the last Monday of March,
but may hold meetings at such
other times and places within the
State as the Commissioners shall
deem necessary for the transaction
of business.

It shall be the duty of said B ard
to protect the birds, game and fish
of the State and see that all laws
relative thereto are enforced.

It shall be the duty of said Board
to collect, classify and preserve
such statistics, data and informa-

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tion as will tend to promote the
objects of this Act, and to take
charge -of and keep all reports,
books, papers and documents
which shall, in the discharge of
their duties hereunder, come into
their possession or under their
control.

It shall be the duty of said Board
on or before the last Monday in
April each year, to prepare and
present to the Governor of this
State a printed annual report,
showing what has been done by
them during the previous year,
ending December 31st, the amount
of money received by them, and
from what sources, and the amount
expended by them and for what
purposes, and such recommenda-
tion for legislation action, if any,
as the Board may deem wise for
the better accomplishment of the
purposes of this Act. The Gover-
nor shall lay copies of said reports
before the General Assembly con-
vening next after their receipt.

Section 3. Beit further enacted,
etc., The Board of Commissioners
above named shall have power and
authority to appoint 6ne or more
competent men in each parish in
the State, whose powers and duties
shall be to enforce compliance with

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the Gane Laws of the State and
who shall be known as game and
fish wardens, ‘‘and who shall give
bond in favor of the Board of Com-
missioners in the sum of one thous -
and dollars, conditioned to pay all
damages they may be liable for
and which may be sued upon by
any person injured by them.’’
They shall also appoint a compe-
tent man as chief warden, who
shall have general supervision of
the parish wardens and the work
of the said Board throughout the
State.

Section 4. Be it further enacted,
etc., The game and fish wardens
sO appointed shall hold office dur-
ing the pleasure of the Board of
Commissioners. Said Board may
summarily remove any of the war-
dens, and appoint another in his
place. Said wardens shall enforce
all laws relative to the protection
of birds, game and fish, and the
provisions supplemental thereto,
shall serve and execute all legal
process, and shall have the power
and authority to arrest at any time,
without warrant, any person or
persons found by them in the act
of violating the laws now in force,
or that hereafter may be enacted
for the preservation and protection

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of birds, game and fish; and take
such person or persons forthwith
before any justice of the peace or
other magistrate having jurisdic-
tion, who shall proceed according
to law to hear, try and determine
the case; the person or persons so
arrested may be released on bond
conditioned as the law directs; and
in case of forfeiture of any bond
given by any person or persons,
charged with violating any of the
provisions of this Act, the amount
realized .from said forfeiture shail
be paid to the State Treasurer and
placed by him to the credit of said
‘‘Board of Commissioners for the
Protection of Birds, Game and
Fishy??

Section 5. Be it further enacted,
etc., The said Board shall have
full power to fix the amount of
salaries of the chief warden and
other ward:ns and of all its clerks
and employees; provided that none
of the game and fish wardens shall
be paid an annual salary in excess
of eight hundred dollars- ($800),
and shall have power to require
any or all of its employees to give
bond and solvent security for such
amounts as it may deem fit.

Section 6. Be it further enacted,
etc., All salaries and other ex-

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penses of said Board are to be paid
by the State Treasurer, on war-
rants issued by the said Board of
Commissioners, from a fund kept
by him of moneys received from
the sale of State Hunting Licenses,
fines for violations of the bird,
game and fish laws, from the for-
feiture of bonds, as provided in
Section “*4’’ of this Act, and from
moneys which may be appropriated
by the General Assembly or the
Police Juries of any of the parishes
of the State. If the Police Jury of
a parish appropriates money for
the protection of game or fish, the
same shall be used exclusively in
such parish and be paid out by the
proper parish official on warrants
issued by the Board of Commis-
sioners for the protection of Birds,
Game and Fish.

Section 7. Be it further enacted,
etc., Said warden shall have power,
to search and examine any cold
storage warehouse, toat, store; car,
conveyance, vehicle, game bag,
game coat, fish basket or other
recepticle for birds, game and fish,
when they have good cause to be-
lieve that any laws for the protec-
tion of birds, game and fish have
been violated; and the said war-
dens shall at any and all times,

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have the right to seize and take
possession of any and all birds or
animals or fish or parts thereof,
which have been caught, taken or
killed at any time, in any manner,
for any purpose, or had in posses-
sion or under control, or have been
shipped or are about to be shipped
contrary to the laws of the State.
All birds, game or fish siezed by
the wardens shall be disposed of by
gift to the nearest hospital, charit-
able institution, or in default there-
of, to be distributed to the destitute
sick. ,

Section 8. Beit further enacted,
etc., It shall be the duty of said
game and fish wardens to see that
every person hunting in this State
has in his possession an official
hunting license, except in the case
of a resident hunting on his own
land.

Section 9. Beit further enacted, |
etc,, The Auditor of the State of
Louisiana shall, during the month
of June of each year, issue to the
tax collector of each of the parishes
of the State a book or books, con-
taining a regularly numbered series
of official hunting licenses, which
licenses are to be issued by the
said tax collector to all persons
applying for same, at the rate of

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one dollar ($1.00) for all residents
and twenty-five dolllars ($25.00)
for all non-residents and unnatura-
lized foreign born residents, who
may desire to hunt. On demand,
the tax collector shall return to the
Auditor of the State of Louisiana
all unused licenses, with a full
statement of licenses issued, to-
gether with cash remittances, in
settlement for all license that have
been i-sued, less five (5) per cent.
of the sum collected, which amount
is to be deducted in full payment
for their services in issuing said
license, and at the same time said
tax collectors must forward to the
State Treasurer and to the said
‘“Board of Commissioners for the
protection of Birds, Game, and
Fish’’ duplicate copies of said
statements.

Section 10. Be it further enacted,
etc., In orderto carry out the pur-
poses of this Act, the Commis-
sioners shall receive traveling ex-
penses while attending to all
matters connected with said Com-
mission and in furtherance of the
objects for which said Board has
been created, and sha'l have power
to incur the expenses of any of its
employees engaged in like duties,
both within and without the State.

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Said expenses to be paid by the
State Treasurer on duly executed
vouchers, from the fund kept by
him, as previously noted.

Section 11. Beit further enacted,
etc., That all laws or parts of laws
in conflict or inconsistent herewith
be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.

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GAME BIRDS.

Act No. 277 of 1908.
By Mr. Ventress.

AN ACT.

For the protection of game birds;
their nests and eggs. To de-
fine what species of birds are
game birds. To authorize the
issuing of a license to hunt and
kill same. To provide the
manner in which game birds
may be killed. To limit the
number of each species of
game birds that may be killed.
To fix the seasons in which
game birds may be killed. To
regulate the transportat on,
shipping and carrying of game
birds from within the State of
Louisiana. To make game
birds the property of the State.
To provide for punishment of
violators thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, that all wild game birds,
both resident and migratory, found
in this State, are hereby declared
to be the property of the State.

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And no person shall at any time or
in any manner acquire any pro-
perty in or subject to his dominion
or control, any of the game birds:
or any. part thereof of the species
herein mentioned, but they shall
always and under all circumstances
be and remain the property of the
State; except that by killing the
same during the periods when
their killing is permitted the same
may be used by any person at the
time, in the manner and for the
purpose expressly authorized. |

And whenever any person kills,
catches, takes, ships or has in pos-
session or under control any of the
birds or any part thereof, men-
tioned in this Act, at any time or
in any manner prohibited by this
Act, such person shall thereby for-
feit and lose all his right to the use
and possession of such bird or any
part thereof, and the State shall be
entitled to the sole possession
thereof.

Section 2. Beit further enacted,
etc., That for the purpose of this
Act, etc. ,the following shall be con-
sidered game birds: geese, brant,
wild sea and river ducks, wood
ducks, rails (mud hens), coots
(poule d’eau), gallinules, snipe,
woodcock, sandpipers, (chorooks

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and papabotte), tattlers, curlews,
plover, wildturkey, imported phea -
sants, grouse, prairie chickens,
quail, doves.

Section 3. Beit further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any per-onto kill, snare, trap or in
any way take, capture, annoy or
destroy any of the following named
game birds during the closed sea-
sons noted herein: Doves from
March Ist. to September Ist; geese,
brant, wild sea and river ducks,
rail (mud hens), coots (poule
d’eau), gallinules, tattlers, curlew
and plover, from March list. to
October lst. Wild turkey cocks from
April 15th. to November lst. Quail
(bob white), wood duck from
March lst. to November Ist.
Snipe, Sandpipers, (chorooks and
papabottes), from May 15th. to
September lst. Blue winged teal
ducks from April 15th. to October
1st.

Section 4. Be it further enacted,
etc., That wookcock and prairie
chickens shall not be killed nor
had in posession at any time until
December Ist, 1910, and thereafter
from February Ist to December Ist
of any year.

Section 5. Beit further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for

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any person to kill or destroy more
than twenty-five of the birds men-
tioned in Section 3 of this Act in
any one day during the open sea-
sons named herein; nor shall any
huntivg be done between the hours
of sunset and sunrise.

Section 6. Be it further eracted,
etc., That it shall be unlawfui for
any person to capture or attempt
to capture any of the birds men-
tioned jin this Act, or to take, de-
stroy, or attempt to take or de-
stroy the nest or eggs of any cf
the birds mentioned in this Act.

Section 7. Be itfurther enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful to
kill any of the birds named in this
Act in the open season, noted
herein by any means other than by
an ordinary gun capable of bring
held to and shot from the shoul-
ders.

Section 8. Be it further enacted, ©
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person to seil, offer for sale,
or have in possession for sale any
game bird protected under the pro-
visions of this Act, after the first
day of March of any year and until
the opening dates of the fall sea-
son as well as during the closed
seasons noted herein.

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Section 9. Beit further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation,
their agents, officers or employees,
to sell, exchange, expose, offer for
sale, or exchavge or have in pos-
session either for himself or others,
any of the game birds, mentioned
in this Act, during the closed sea-
sons named herein, irrespective of
the time when or place where such
birds were killed or captured.

Section 10. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person or any corporation act-
ing as a common carrier, its offi-
cers, agents, or servants, to ship,
carry, take or transport beyond the
confines of the State, any of the
game birds mentioned in this Act,
whether alive or dead.

Each non-resident hunter may
not oftener than twice in one S2a-
son cariy home under his license
or as baggage if exposed to view,
not more than two wild tnrkeys,
twenty-five ducks, snipe or rail or
twelve other game birds.

A non-resident hunter is hereby
defined to be one who resides cut
of this State.

Section 11. Be it further enacted.
etc., That all packages containing
dead game birds or parts thereof,

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when shipped within the State,
shall be plainly and clearly marked
with the name of the consignor
and consignee, with an itemized
statement of the number of the
birds and names of the species,
and said package shall be so con-
structed as to readily permit an
ascertainment of its contents. And
any package otherwise shipped
may be confiscated by any warden
or duly authorized officers.

Section 12. Beit further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for.
any non-resident or unnaturalized
foreign born resident to hunt with-
in the State, unless he has in his
possession, ready to exhibit to any
warden or officer, upon request, a
hunting license. Such license
shall be issued by the tax collectors
of the several parishes upon the
payment of a fee of twenty-five
dollars (#25.00) ;shall be non-trans-
ferable, and shall be good only in
the parish of issuance during the
cpen season in which it is issued,
and shall contain the applicant’s
signature. and such other means of
identification, as may be prescribed
by the ‘‘Board of Commissioners
for the protection of Birds, Game
and Fish.’’ Every non-resident
or unnaturalized foreign-born resi-

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dent found hunting, without said
license, may be arrested on sizht
by any officer or warden, and shall
be liable to a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than
one hundred doltars ($100.00) or
imprisonment in the parish jail for
not less than ten (10) days, nor
more than thirty (30) days, or
both fine and imprisonment.

Section 13. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any resident to hunt within the
State unless he has in his poses-
sion, ready to exhibit to any war-
den or officer, a hunting license.
Said license shall be issued by the
tax collectors of the several par-
ishes upon the payment of a fee of
one dollar ($1.00); shall be non-
tranferable, and shall be good
throughout the State during the
open season in which it is issued,
and shall contain applicant’s sig-
nature and such other means of
identification as may be prescribed
by the ‘‘Board of Commissioners
for the protection of Birds, Game
and Fish.’’

Every resident fourd hunting,
on other than lands which he owns,
without said license may be
arrested on sight by any officer or
warden and shall be liable to a fine

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of not less than five dollars ($5.00)
nor more than ten dollurs ($10.00)
or imprisonment in the parish jail
for not less than three (3) days
nor more than five (5) days or
both fine and imprisonment.
Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to give the holder of a hunt-
ing license permission to hunt on
the land of any other person, with-
out written consent of said owner,
provided the latter shall have
posted conspicuously a warning or
warnings against hunting on said
premises, and shall have given no-
tice of such facts in three consecu-
tive issues of the newspaper pub-
lished nearest to said property.

Section 14. Be it further enacted,
etc., That any person or common
catrier or their agents or officers,
violating any of the provisions fo
this Act, except Sections 13 and 14
shall bedeemed guilty of a misde-
- mMeanor and shall on conviction’
thereof pay the costs of the prose-
cution, and be fined not less than
five dollars ($5.00) nor more than
ten dollars ($10.00) or be im-
prisoned in the parish jail not less
than five (5) days nor more than
thirty (30)days days, or both fine
and imprisonment, for each wild
game bird unlawfully captured,

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killed, sold, offered for sale, had '
in possession for sale, purchased or
exchanged, shipped, carried, trans -
ported, or attempted to ship, carry,
or transport either within or with-
out the State, or had in possession
during the closed season.

Section 15. Beit further enacted,
etc., That all fees and fines col-
lected under the provisions of this
Act shall be payable to the State
Treasurer for the use of the
‘‘Board of Commissioners for the
protection of Birds, Game and
Fish’’ of this State.

Section 16. Be it further enacted,
etc. That all laws or parts of laws
in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed.

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NON-GAME BIRDS.

Act No. 198 of 1906.
By Mr. Friedrichs.
AN ACT.

For the protection of birds, other
than game birds, ard their
nests and eggs; specifying
which species are non-game
birds; prohibiting trespass on
bird breeding island; prohib-
iling trapping; providing that
such birds may be killed un-
der certain conditions; pro-
viding for the punishment ef
violators thereof, and the dis-
positions of all fines

Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, That all wild birds,
other than game birds, both resi-
dent and migratory, in this State,
shall be, and are hereby declared
to be, the property of the State.

Section 2. Be it further enacted, —
etc., That for the purpose of this
Act, the following shall be consid -
ered game birds: Geese, brant,
wild ducks, wood ducks, rails
(mud hens), coots (poule d’eau),

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galiinules, snipe, woodcock, sand
pipers, (chorooks and papabottes),
tatt ers, curlew, plover, wild tur-
key, imported pheasants. grouse
(pheasants), prairie chickens, sand
hiil cranes, ortolans or cedar birds,
quail and doves. All other species
of wild resident and migratory
birds shall be considered non- game
birds.

Section 3. Be it further enacted,
etc’, That it shall be unlawful
within the State of Louisiana, to
kill, catch or have in possession,
living or dead, any resident or mi-
gratory wild bird other than a game
bird, or purchase, offer, or-expose
for sale any such wild non-game
bird, after it has been killed or
caught except as permitted by this
Act. :

Section 4. Be it further enacted,
etc., That no part of the plumage,
skin or body of any bird, protected
by this Act, shall be sold or had
in possession for sale, irrespective
of the time when, or the place
where, such bird may have been
killed or caught.

Section 5. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person within the State of
Louisiana, to take or destroy, or

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attempt to take or destroy the nest
or the eggs of any wild birds other
than a game bird, or have such
nest or eggs in his or their pos-
session, except as permitted by
this Act.

Section 6. Be it further enacted,
etc., That any person or society
organized under the laws of
this State, desiring to prevent tres-
pass upon any land, enclosed or
otherwise, or upon any island
within the boundaries of the
State of Louisiana, dedicated to
the purpose of breeding and pro-
tecting birds protected by this Act
shall post same with suitable signs,
located not less than every lineal
one-half mile along the boundary
lines of said lands or island; and
it shall be unlawful for any person
to trespass upon any such land or
island. Any person or persons
found so doing, may be arrested
on sight by any warden or other
officer, authorized by law. In the
event of a conviction, said person
or persons shall each be fined not
less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor
more than twenty-five dollars
($25.00), or be imprisoned in the
parish jail for not less than ten
(10) days, nor more than thirty
(30) days, or to be both fined and

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imprisoned, and shall further be
liable to the penalties imposed by
law for the killing of birds or game, _
or the taking, or attempting to take
of eggs, or disturbing nest.

Section 7. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person, within the State of
Louisiana, at any time, to use or
set a trap, cage, net or other de-
vice for the purpose of catching
wild birds. Any person or per-
sons, found so doing, may be
atrested on sight, by any warden
or other officer, authorized by law.
In the event of a conviction, said
person or persons, shall each be
fined not less than five dollars
($5.00) nor more than ten dollars
($10.00), or be imprisoned in the
parish jail for not less than five
(5) days, nor more than ten (10)
days, or be both fined and impris -
oned. AIl wardens or other offi-
cers are hereby given authority to
confiscate all traps, cages, nets or
other devices, which they may find
set or being used for the purpose
of catching wild non-game birds,
and it shall be the duty of said
officers to liberate any birds found
in possession, contrary to the pro-
visions of this Act.

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This Act does not prevent any
householder from keeping one
resident and one migratory bird in
a cage as a pet, provided it is not
kept for sale, and that it shall not
be shipped beyond the confined of
the State. —

Section 8. Be it further enacted,
etc,. That it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons or any cor-
poration acting es a common car-
rier, its officers, agents or servants
to receive for shipment, ship, carry,
take or transport, either within or
beyond the confines of the State,
any resident or migratory wild
non-game bird, except as permit-
ted by this Act.

Section 9. Be it further enacted;
etc., That certificates may be
granted by the Secretary of State
to any properly accredited person
of the age of fifteen years and up-
wards, permitting the holder
to collect birds, their nests or eggs, -
for strictly cclantific purposes only.
In order to obtain such certificate,
the applicant for same must pre-
sent to the Secretary of State en-
dorsements from two well known
ornithologists, one of whom shall
be a resident of the State, certify -
ing to the good character and fit-
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entrusted with such privilege, and
must pay to said officer one dollar
($1.00) to defray the necessary
expense attending the granting of
such certificate.

On proof that the holder of such
certificate has captured or killed
any bird, or taken the nest or eggs
of any bird, for other than scien-
tific purposes, the certificate shall
become void, and he shall be lia-
ble to a fine of not less than fifty
dollars ($50.00), nor more than
- one hundred dollars ($100 00), or
imprisonment for not less than ten
(10) days,. or more than thirty
(30) days, or both-fine and im-
-prisonment.

Section 10. Be it further enacted,
etc., That the certificates author-
ized by this Act, shall expire on
the 31st. day of December, of the
year issued, and shall not be trans-
ferable, and may be withheld or
cancelled at the discretion of the
Secretary of State.

A statement showing the partic-
ulars -regarding the issuance of
such certificate, shall be immedi-
ately forwarded by the Secretary of
State to the ‘‘Board of Commis-
sioners for the protection of Birds,
Game and Fish.’’ :

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Section 11. Be it further enacted,
etc., That the English sparrow,
cooper’s hawk, duck hawk, sharp-
shinned hawk, and great horned
owl, are not included among the
birds protected by this Act.

This Act does not prevent any
person from killing crows, crow
blackbirds or red-winged black
birds, on his premises, if destruc-
tive to crops, provided that said
birds are not sold or offered for
sale or shipped out of the State;
nor does it prevent the killing of |
kingfishers found nesting in the
levees of the State, provided said
birds or not afterwards sold or
offered for sale or shipped out of
the State.

Section 12. Beit further enacted,
etc., That any person, violating
any of the provisions of this Act,
except Sections 6, 7 and 9, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be liable to a fine of not less
than five dollars ($5.00), nor more
than ten dollars ($10.00), or to
be imprisoned in the pari-h jail for
not less than five (5) days, nor
more than ten (10) days, or be
both fined and imprisoned for
each bird, living or dead, or part
‘of a bird, or nest, or set of eggs,

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or part thereof, taken, killed, cap-
tured, possessed, sold, offered for
sale, shipped, carried or trans-
ported in violation of this Act.

Section 13. Beit further enacted,
etc., That all fines collected under
the provisions of this Act, shall be
payable to the State Treasurer, for
the use of the “‘Board of Commis-
sioners for the protection of Birds,
Game and Fish,’’ of this State,
except that any person furnishing
to the game wardens or other offi-
cers, authorized under the laws of
the State to institute a prosecution,
sufficient evidence to convict any
person or persons, or corporations,
for violations of the provisions of
this Act, shall receive, in case of
a conviction, fifty per cent. (50%)
of the fine collected, the same to
be ‘paid by a warrant, issued by
the “‘Board of Commissioners for
the protection of Birds, Game and
Fish.’’

Section 14. Beit further enacted,
etc., That the State and Parish
Boards of Public Education are
directed to provide for the celebra-
tion, by all public schools, of
“Bird Day,’’ on May fifth of each
year, being the anniversary of the
birth of John James Audubon, the
distinguished son of Louisiana.

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On the recurring anniversary
days, suitable exercises are to be
engaged in, and lessons on the
economic and esthetic value of the
resident and migratory birds .of the
State are to be taught, by the
teachers, to their pupils.

Section 15. Beit further enacted,
etc., That all the Acts or parts of
Acts hereunto inconsistent with or
contrary to the provisions of this
Act are hereby repealed.

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DEER AND FISH.
per No, 121 of 1906.
By Mr. Friedrichs.
AN ACT.

For the protection of deer and fish.
To provide the manner in
which said animals and fish
may be killed. To fix the sea-
sons in which said animals and
fish may be killed. To author-
ize the issuance of licenses to
hunt. To provide for the pun-
ishment of violations of this
Act:

Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, That all deer and fish
found in this State shall be and are
hereby declared to be the property
of the State. —

Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That no person within the
State of Louisiana, shall kill, catch
or have in possession, living or
_ dead, any deer or fish, or purchase
or offer for sale any such deer or
fish, after same has been killed or
caught, except as permitted by
this Act.

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Section 3. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person to snare, trap, or cap-
ture deer.

Section 4. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person to kill a doe or fawn at
any time.

Section 5. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person to hnnt or kill deer
between the hours of sundown and
daybreak, or kill deer driven to
the high land by overflow or high
water at any time.

Section 6. Beit further enacted,
etc., That there shall be a period
of 7 months in each year in which
it shall be unlawful for any person
to kill, snare, or trap, hunt with
hounds or in any way annoy or
destroy any wild deer, and that the
Police Juries of the parishes are
hereby empowered to set the date
in which the closed season shall
begin and end, provided that the ~
closed season so fixed by said Po-
lice Juries shall not be for a less
period than the seven months be-
fore mentioned. And provided
further that north of the 3lst paral-
lel of latitude the months of May,
June, July and up to August 15th
of each year shallin every instance

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be included in the closed season.
No person shall kill more than two
deer in any one day nor more than
six deer in any one season.

Section 7. Beit further enacted,
etc., That is shall be unlawful for
any person to catch or kill black
bass, commonly called green trout,
between the lst day of February
and the 15th day of May. Or
striped bass, commonly called bar-
fish, between the Ist day of Dec-
ember and the Ist day of March.
Or catfish, except spoonbill catfish
and buffalo fish between the lst
day of March and the lst day of
May. Or any other species of fresh
water fish between the lst day of
December and the lst day of
March.

Section 8. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person to catch or kill any
bass, except by means of rod, hook
and line; nor shall any bass short-
er than four inches be had in pos-
session; all bass under that size
that may be caught shall be imme-
diately returned to the waters.

Section 9. Amended by Act No.
249 of 1908, by Mr. Marston to
read as follows:

Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shall be unlawful for any person

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to use dynamite, drugs, or throw
sawdust in streams for the purpose
of catching or killing any fish in
the waters of this State; provided,
That in the enforcement of this
Act, the fishing and the fish caught
with rod, hook and line, held in-
hand, is hereby exempt from the
provisions of this Act. Nor shall
any person kill fish at night by the
method of striking.

Section 10. Beit further enacted,
etc., That no seining or netting of
any description, shall be done in
' the bayous, lagoons or fresh water
lakes in this State, except on writ-
ten p:rmiss‘on of the ‘‘Board of
Commissioners for the p:otection
of Birds, Game and Fish.’’ All
wardens and ot her officers are
hereby empowered to confiscate
any seines or nets being used with-
out such permission. |

Section 11. Beit further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
sell, exchange, expose, offer for
sale or exchange, have in posses-
sion or keep in cold storage, either
‘for himself or others, any of the
deer and fish mentioned in this
Act during the closed seasons
noted herein, irrespective of the

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time when or place where such
deer and fish may have been killed
or caught.

Section 12. Be itfurther enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person or corporation acting
as a common carrier, its officers,
agents or servants to ship, carry,
take or transport beyond the con-
fines of the State any of the deer
and fish, protected under this Act.

Section 13. Beit further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any non-resident or unnaturalized
foreign-born resident of Louisiana
to hunt within the State unless he
has in his possession, ready to ex-
hibit to any warden or officer up-
on request, a hunting license.
Such license shall be issued by the
tax collectors of the several par-
ishes upon the payment of a fee of
ten dollars ($10.00), shall be non-
transferable, and shall be good
throughout the State during the
open season for which it is issued,
aud shall contain the applicant’s
signature and such other means of
identification as may be prescribed
by the “‘Board of Commissioners
for the protection of Birds, Game,
and Fish.’’ Every non-resident
and unnaturalized foreign-born

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resident found hunting without
the aforesaid license may be ar-
rested on sight by any officer or
warden, and shall be liable to a
fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars ($25.00), nor more than
fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprison-
ment in the parish jail not less
than ten (10) days, nor more than
thirty (30) days, or both fine and
imprisonment.

Section 14. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any non-resident or unnaturalized
foreign-born resident found hunt-
ing for profit, either to himself or
others. Every non-resident or
unnaturalized foreign-born resi-
dent found hunting for profit to
himself or others, may be arrested
on sight by any officer and
shall be liable to a fine of not
less than fifty dollars ($50.00),
nor more than one hundred dollars
($100.00), or imprisonment in the.
parish jail for rot less than ten
(10) days, ner more than thirty
(30) days, or both fine and im-
prisonment.

Section 15. Beit further enacted,
etc., That any person or persons,
or common carrier, or their agents
or officers, violating any of, the

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provisions of this Act, except Sec-
tions 14, 15 and 16, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall on conviction thereof,
pay the costs of the prosecution
and be fined not less than ten dol-
lars ($10.00), nor more than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00), for
each deer, nor less than one do]-
lar ($1.00), nor more than five
dollars ($5.00), for each fish un-
lawiully captured, killed, sold,
offered for sale, or had in posses-
sion for sale, purchased, exchang-
ed, shipped, carried, transported
or attempted to ship, carry, trans-
port, either within or without the
State, or had in possession during
the closed seasons, or be imprison -
ed in the parish jail for not less
than ten (10) days, nor more than
thirty (30) days, or both fine and
imprisonment.

Sec'ion16. Beit further enacted,
etc., That all fees and fines col-
ected under the provisions of this
Act shall be payable to the State
Treasurer for the use of the
“Board of Commissioners for the
protection of Birds, Game and
Fish’’ of this State, except that
any person furnishing to the game
wardens or other officers author-
ized under the laws of the State to

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institute a prosecution, sufficient
evidence against any person or
persons or corporation to secure a
conviction for violations of the
provisions of this Act shall receive,
in case of conviction, fifty (50%)
per cent. of the fine collected, the
came to be paid by warrant issued
by the ‘‘Board of Commissioners
for the protection of Birds, Game
and Fish.’’

Section 17. Be it further enacted,
etc., That all laws and parts of
laws in conflict herewith are re-
pealel.

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FUR BEARING ANIMALS.
Act No. 79 of 1906.
By Mr. Settoon.
AN ACT.

For the protection of fur-bearing
animals in the State of Louisi-
ana, and fixing fines and pen-
alties for the violation of the
provisions of this Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, That it shall be unlaw-
ful in this State to catch, trap or
kill, or pursue with intent to catch
or kill, between the lst day of
March and the 15th day of Nov-
vember in any year, any otter,
beaver, mink, raccoon or opossum.

Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That any person or persons
violating the above provisions shall
be deemed guilty of a mtsdemeanor
. and shall on conviction thereof be
fined not less than ten dollars
($10.00) nor more than one hun-
dred dollars ($100.00), or impri-
soned in the parish jail for not less
than ten (10) days, nor more than
(90) ninety days, or both at the

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discretion of the court, for each
offense; provided this shall not
apply to farmers or others killing
minks, coons or opossums about
their premises or cultivated lands
to prevent depredation.

Section 3. Be it further enacted,
etc., That any person reporting
to any officer authorized under
the laws of the State, to in-
stitute prosecution, any violators
of the Act, shall receive as a re-
ward for such report one-half the
fined levied and collected from the
person so reported, and the re-
mainder of such fine shali go to
the public school fund of the parish
in which the offense was com-
mitted.

Section4. Beit further enacted,
etc., That all laws contrary to or
in conflict with the provisions of
this Act be and they are hereby
repealed. ;

TERRAPIN.

per Wo: 196 of 1908. ;
By Mr. Butler.
AN ACT.

To declare diamond-back terrapin
the property of the State; to
regulate the catching, killing
and sale of same; to regulate
the transportation, shipping
and carrying of the same from
and within the State of Lovisi-
ana; and to provide for the
punishment of violators
thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted, by the
General Assembly of the State of
' Louisiana, That all diamond-back
terrapin found in the State are
hereby declared to be the property
cf the State, and no person, cor-
poration or transportation company
shall at any time or in any manner
acquire any property in, or subject
to his dominion or control, any fe-
male diamond back terrapin which
measures less than five inches in
the length of the under shell; and
whenever any person kills, catches,

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takes, ships, or has in his pcsses-
sion, or under control, either as
owner, agent, consignee, or trans-
porter, any female diamond-back
terrapin measuring less than five
inches in the length of the under
shell, the use, title and possession
of such terrapin shall be recognized
in the State of Louisiana which
shall be entitled to assume sole
possession and control thereof.

Section 2. Be it further eracted.
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation,
their agents, officers or employees,
to sell, exchange, expose, offer for
sale or exchange, or have in pos-
session either tor himself or others
any female diamond-back terrapin
as described in Section 1 of this
Act, whether dead or alive.

Section 3. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be unlawful for
any person or any corporation act-
ing aS acommon carrier its officers,
agents or servants, to ship, carry,
take or transport beyond the con-
fines of this State, any female dia-
mond-back terrapin, as described
in this Act, whether dead or alive.

Section 4. Be it further enacted,
etc., That all packages containing
diamond-back terrapin, when
shipped within the State, shall be

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plainly and clearly marked with
the name of the consignor and con-
signee, with a statement of the
number of terrapin therein con-
tained, and said packages shall be
so constructed as to plaiuly show
its contents. And any package
otherwise shipped may be confis-
cated by any warden or other duly
authorized officer.

Section 5. Be it further enacted,
ete., That the violation of the pro-
visions of this Act by any person,
firm or corporation, or agent of
any person, firm or corporation
shall be and is hereby declared to
constitute a misdemeanor, and up-
on conviction thereof, they shall
be fined not less than one dollar
($1.00), nor more than three dol-
lars ($3.00), for each female dia-
-mond-back terrapin of less than
five inches in length of the nnder
shell, found in their possession or
control, or shown to have been
caught, bought, sold or shipped by
them; and in default of payment
of such fine as may be legally im-
posed, to be imprisoned with the
discretion of the court for not
more than thirty (30) days.

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ALLIGATORS.

Act No. 37 of 1908.
By Mr. Welsh.

ANAC:

To authorize Police Juries of each
parish to enact such laws and
to fix such penalties for the
violations of the same as they
deem necessary to prohibit the
killing and destruction of alli-
gators.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, that the Police Juries
of their respective parishes
throughout the State of Louisiana,
are hereby authorized to enact such
laws as they deem best to prohibit
the killing and destruction of alli-.
gators and to fix a penalty for the
violation of the same.

Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That all laws or parts of laws
in conflict with this Act are hereby
repealed.

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SHIPMENT OF GAME.
Act No. 207 of 1908.
By Mr. Welsh.

AN ACT.

To authorize Police Juries of each
parish throughout the State of
Louisiana to enact such laws
and to fix such penalties for
the violation of the same as
they deem necessary to regu-
late the shipping of game,
except deer and game birds,
out of their repective parishes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the

General Assembly of the Stat- of

Louisiana, That the Police Juries

of thelr respective parishes

throughout the State of Louisiana,
are hereby authorized and empow-
ered to enact such laws as they
deem best to regulate the shipping
of game, except deer and game
birds, out of their respective par-
ishes, and to fix a penalty for the
violation of the same.

Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That all laws in conflict with
this Act are hereby repealed.

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THE LACY ACTes

Enacted by the United States
Congress.

Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the duties
and powers of the Department of
Agriculture are hereby enlarged
so as to include the preservation,
distribution, introduction and res-
toration of game birds and other
wild birds. The Secretary of Agri-
culture is hereby authorized to
adopt such measures as may be
necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this Act and to purchase
such game birds and other wild
birds as may be required therefor,
subject however, to the laws of
the various States and Territories.

The object and purpose of this
Act is to aid in the restoration of
such birds in those parts of the
United States adapted thereto
where the same have become
scarce or extinct, and also to reg-
ulate the introduction of American

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or foreign birds or animals in lo-
calities where they have not here-
tofore existed.

The Secretary of Agriculture
shall from time to time collect and
publish useful information as to
the propagation, uses and preser-
vation of such birds.

And the Secretary of Agriculture
shall make and publish all needful
rules and regulations for carrying
out the purposes of this Act, ard
shall expend for said purposes
such sums as Congress may appro-
priate therefor.

Section 2. That it shall be un-
lawful for any person or persons to
import into the United States any
foreign wild animal or bird, ex-
cept under special permit from the
United States Department of Agri-
culture: Provided, that nothing in
this section shall restrict the im’
portation of natural history speci-
mens for museums or scientific
collections, or the importation of
certain cage birds, such as domes-
ticated canaries, parrots or such
other species as the Secretary of
Agriculture may designate.

The importation of mongoose,
the so-called ‘‘flying foxes’’ or
fruit bats, the English sparrow,

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the startling, or such other birds
or animals as the Secretary of
Agriculture may from time to time
declare injurious to the intesests
of agriculture or horticulture is
hereby prohibited, and such species
upon arrival at any of the ports of
the United States shall be destroy -
ed or returned at the expense of
the owner. The Secretary of the
Treasurer is hereby authorized to
make regulations for carrying into
effect the provisions of this Sec-
tion.

Section 3. That it shall be un-
lawful for any person or persons to
deliver to any common carrier, or
for any common carrier to trans-
port from one State or Territory
to another State or Territory, or
from the District of Columbia or
Alaska to any State or Territory,
or from any State or Territory to
the District of Columbia or Alaska,
any foreign animals or birds the
importation of which is prohibited,
or the dead bodies or parts thereof
of any wild animals or birds, where
such animals or birds have been
killed in violation of the laws of
the State, Territory or District in
which the same were killed: Pro-
vided, That nothing herein shall
prevent the trausportation of any

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dead birds or animals killed during
the season when the same may be
lawfully captured, and the export
of which is not prohibited by law
in the State, Territory or District
in which the same are k lled.

Section 4. That all packages
containing such dead animals,
birds or parts thereof, when ship-
ped by interstate commerce, as
provided in Section 1 of this Act,
shall be plainly and clearly mark-
ed. so that the name and address
of the shipper and the nature of
the contents may be readily ascer-
tained on inspection of the outside
of such packages. - For each eva-
sion or violation of this Act the
shipper shall, upon conviction, pay
a fine of not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars ($200.00); and the
consignee knowingly receiving
such articles so shipped and trans-
_ ported in violation of this Act shall,
upon conviction, pay a fine of not
exceeding two hundred dollars
($200.00); and the carrier know-
ingly carrying or transporting the
same shall, upon conviction, pay
a fine of not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars ($200.00).

Section 5. That all dead bodies,
or parts thereof, of any foreign
game animals, or game or song

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birds, the importation of which is
prohibited, or the dead bodies, or
parts thereof, of any wild game
animals, or game or song birds
transported into any State or Ter-
ritory, or remaining therein for
use, consumption, sale, or storage
therein, shall upon arrival in such
State or Territory be subject to
the operation and effect of the laws
of such State or Territory enacted
in the exercise of its police powers,
to the same extent and in the same
manner as though such animals
and birds had been produced in
such State or Territory, and shall
not be exempt therefrom by any
reason of being introduced therein
in original packages or otherwise.
This Act shall not prevent the im-
portation, transportation or saie of
birds or bird plumage manufactured
from the feathers of barnyard fowl.

Approved, May 25th, 1900.

INDEX.

PAGE
Annual Meetings of Board ...... 3
Eeenort ..\° SPR orcsaar ie oy 4
oS of Wardens.............. aes
Alligators ... has eee .. 42
Board of Commissioners........ ............... 2
(of aS ne 25
gs 3105 Se stag ere uel
Pere Ss DCASOM eh... (oo)... <2222-42---: 31
Bar Fish, oS ECR Sale ie
eens PN Lecco 31
SSE SSE SL 6) eae ee #1
Beavers, Protected ... 87)
Catfish, Season... 31
Cold Storage ¢ of Deer and Fish Pro-
hibited... a SAEs Se ae 32
Domicile of Commissioners.......... ....... 3
Duties of Ao gaa bw pee ome 3
“ ‘¢ Wardens... a 5
Deer, Property of the State... 29
= anol, be-Cantureg..-:...... 6.3. 29
‘¢ Hours in which to Kill Siar norte 30
‘¢ Seasons NE reap hick ay ak ees ek 30
Dynamiting, Prohibited........................ 31
Expenses of Commissioners... ..........
Pines, Payable. ton....42500..5 CER ae
Fish, Property of the State.......0........ 2
‘“* Fresh Water, Seasons................
Hees, Payamle tO, .07:4 par ck... Oy. OF
VOT LSD A foes Pee en 37
Game Birds, Property of the State.... 11
Named .. rae
a May be Killed... 13
_ Pemberton cee 13
cs Number Killed____........ 13
ce Nest and Eggs................. 14
a Closed Seasons... 15, 14
he Shipment: ef .20....00021... 15
TSENG EDS G4 isl] S11 2 6 Saeee eae ee a al ee 14

INDEX—Continued.

PAGE
Hunting Licenses ooo... isi. ceapaeeaee 8
vr for Non-residents.... 16
1 tes for Residents............ 17
Lacey. Actos. ieke See ee 44
Minks, Protected)... 3... = ee af
Non-residents. ...23..46.2 255255 33, 16;.44
Non- - game Birds, Named..3. ee 20
not Protected ....... 25
Nests and Eggs, Non-game Birds ..... 21
Netting, Prohibited :...... eee 33
Opossumis, “Protected@.........- see
Penalties Ux a aS Fer ans. 26, 14
Plumage of Birds2:.2.....)24 2 eee 21
Posted Lands... 22
Permission to Kill, “Non- -game Birds 24
Rights to Search....... ....... ess Sea 7
Residents Licénses 20.000... Se
Raccoons; Protected.-20 2 eee od
Salaries:of Wardens.......25.... 4a 25 6
H- How: Paid) 302252 229 Aiene 7
State-Auditor a dae
Shipments of Game Birds 0 16
Striped. Bass, Seasons......0.02.20.2.ae 31
Seining, Prohibited:<.......e0 ee 33
Shipment of Detrapin. 2.225) 40
‘(” Deer: 2.2 eee
oe fe a seca alee oe 43
Trapping, Birds... ot eS
Terrapin, Property ‘of the State settee 39

mh Sizes Permitted....... ome 39