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Appointment 

 of game 

 inspectors. 



Duties of in- 

 spector. 

 Seizure of 

 game. 



are usually found, during the period, from the fifteenth 

 day of November, to the fifteenth day of October, under a 

 penalty on conviction, of not more than $25, nor less than $5, 

 for each offence ; any person harbouring or claiming to be the 

 owner of any such hound or dog shall be deemed the owner 

 thereof. 49 V. c. 45, s. 14. 



14. It shall be lawful for the council of any county, city, 

 town, township, or incorporated village, to appoint an officer 

 who shall be known as the game inspector for such county, 

 city, town, township or incorporated village, and who shall 

 perform such duties in enforcing the provisions of this Act, 

 and be paid such salary, as may be mutually agreed upon. 

 49 V. c. 45, s. 15. 



15. — (1) It shall be the duty of every game inspector 

 appointed as aforesaid, forthwith to seize all animals or portions, 

 of animals in the possession of any person contrary to the 

 provisions of this Act, and to bring the person in possession of 

 the same before a Justice of the Peace, to answer for such illegal 

 possession. 



Prosecutions. (^0) It shall also be the duty of every game inspector, 

 to institute prosecutions against all persons found infringing 

 the provisions of this Act, or any of them, and every in- 

 spector may cause to be opened, or may himself open in case 

 of refusal, any bag, parcel, chest, box, trunk, or receptacle in 

 which he has reason to believe that game killed or taken 

 during the close season, or peltries out of season, are hidden. 



(3) Every inspector, if he has reason to suspect, and 

 does suspect that game killed or taken during the close season, 

 or peltries out of season, are contained or kept in any private 

 house, shed, or other building, shall make a deposition in the 

 Form A annexed to this Act, and demand a search warrant to 

 search such store, private house,shed,or other building,and there- 

 upon such Justice of the Peace may issue a search warrant 

 according to Form B. 49 V. c. 45, s. 16. 



16. No person shall at any time prior to the year 1895, hunt 

 take or kill any deer, unless such person has been actually 

 resident and domiciled within the Province of Ontario or within 

 the Province of Quebec for a period of at least three months 

 next before the said time, and any person offending against 

 this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding S20, nor less 

 than $10, with costs of the prosecution, for each animal so 

 hunted, taken or killed, and in default of immediate payment 

 of said fine and costs shall be liable to be imprisoned in the 

 common gaol of the county or district wherein the ofience 

 was committed for a period not exceeding three months : 

 Provided always that this section shall not apply to any 

 person who, being a shareholder of or in an incorporated com- 

 pany, hunts, kills or takes on the lands of such company, any 

 of the animals mentioned in this section : Provided, moreover, 

 that this section shall not apply to any person in any year for 

 which he has obtained from the Commissioners of Crown Lands 



Search for 

 game. 



Deer not 

 to be hunted 

 except by per- 

 sons resident 

 in Ontario or 

 Quebec. 



