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Sec. 9. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or 

 her possession, dead, at any time any turkey -buzzard, wren, sparrow, 

 blue-bird, humming-bird, blue jay, robiu or migratory thrush, wood or 

 song robin, martin, mocking-bird, swallow, oriole, red or cardinal bird, 

 cat-bird, pewit, whip-poor-will, gold-finch, sap-sucker, hanging-bird, 

 wood-pecker, crow black bird, or any other insectivorous bird, save as 

 herein provided, under a penalty of two dollars for each bird killed or 

 in possession dead. 



Sec. 10. That no person shall rob the nest of any wild bird of eggs or 

 young, or destroy such nest, unless in the necessary prosecution of farm- 

 ing business, under a penalty of two dollars for each egg or bird so 

 taken, and under a penalty of five dollars for each nest destroyed. 



Sec. 11. That no person shall trap, net, or ensnare any wild bird or 

 water- fowl, or have in possession any trap, net, or snare, with the intent 

 to capture or kill any wild bird or water-fowl, under a penalty of five 

 dollars for every bird or water-fowl so trapped, netted, or ensnared, 

 and under a further penalty of twenty dollars for having in possession 

 any such net, trap, or snare ; and such net, trap, or snare shall be for- 

 feited and destroyed. 



Sec. 12. That no person shall at any time kill or shoot at any wild 

 duck, wild goose, or wild brant with any other gun than such as are 

 habitually raised at arm's length and fired from the shoulder, under a 

 penalty of five dollars for each and every wild fowl so killed, and under 

 the further penalty of twenty-five dollars for firing such guu at any wild 

 fowl as aforesaid, or having said guu in possession. 



Sec. 13. That no person shall kill or shoot at any bird or wild fowl 

 in the night-time, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars for every bird 

 or wild fowl so killed, and under the further penalty of ten dollars for 

 shooting at any bird or wild fowl in the night-time as aforesaid. 



Sec. 14. That persons in killing birds for scientific purposes, or in 

 possession of them for breeding, shall be exempt from the operations of 

 this act by proving affimatively such purposes ; and the possession shall 

 in all cases be presumptive evidence of unlawful purpose. 



Sec. 15. That any person who shall knowingly trespass on the lands 

 of another for the purpose of shooting or hunting thereon, after due 

 notice, or notice as provided for in the following section, by the owner 

 or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such owner or occupant in exem- 

 plary damages to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars, and 

 shall also be liable to a fine of ten dollars for each and every trespass so 

 committed. The possession of implements of shooting on such lands 

 shall be presumptive evidence of the trespass. 



Sec. 1G. That the notice referred to in the preceding section shall be 

 given by erecting and maintaining sign-boards at least eight by twelve 

 inches in dimension, on the borders of the premises, and at least two 

 such signs for every fifty acres ; and any person who shall maliciously 

 tear down or in any manner deface or injure any of such sign-boards 



