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The followinf] Bill amevdhiq fhe forerjoivg Act fnr,the Pro- 

 tection oj Game and Fur-b^arbi'f AnimaU wan jxiss'd by 

 the Ontario Legislature on IJ^th Ajnil, 1S92, subsequent 

 to the receipt of your Commissioners' report. 



CHAPTER 68. 



An Act to amend the Act for the Protection of Game 

 aud Fur-bearing Aiiiruals. 



HER MAJESTY, by and with the tidvice and consent of the 

 Legislative Assembly of the Province of Outaiio, enacts 

 AS follows : — 



1 — (1) No deer, elk, moose, reindeer or caribou shall be close period 

 hunted, tfiken or killed between the fifteenth d;iy of Novem- for deer, elk, 

 ber and the Hrst day of November of the following year; bat the "*"**'®' *"'°" 

 period hereinbefore limited shall not as to iao()se, elk, reindeer 

 or caribou, apply befoi'e or until the first day of November, 1^95, 

 and no moose, elk, reindeer, or caribou shall be hunted, taken 

 -or killed before the first day of November, 1895. 



(2) No owner of any hound or other doij known by the owner n- *• •*». 



i 1 i 1 i 1 in- 11 1 Hunting witn 



to be accustomed to pursue deer sliall permit nny such hound hounds, when 

 or other d*>g to run at large in any locality where deer are ^**^"^- 

 usually found duiingthe period from the fifteenth day of No- 

 vember to the first day of November of the following year. 

 Any person harbouring or claiming to be the owner of such 

 hound or dog shall l»e deemed to be the owner thereof ; and 

 any hound or dog found running deer between the fifteenth 

 day of Novembei- and the first day of November following 

 mav be killed on sight by any person, and the person killing 

 such hound or dog shall not be liable to any penalty or dam- 

 ajjes therefor. 



(■i) Section 17 of the said Act is repealed and the following T^ev Stat, c. 

 substituted theiefor :— pei'ied.^''' ""^ 



17. No one peison shall during any one year or season kill Limit of num- 

 or take more in all than two deer, elk, moose, reindeer or caii- ber..f dn^r, 

 bou. But this shall not apply in the case of deer which are oue'peison 

 the private property of any person and which have been killed "^'"■y ^i^^- 

 or taken by such person or by his direction or with his consent, 

 in or upon his own lands or i)reniises. 



(4) Hunting or killing deer by what is known as " crust- Certain kinds 

 ins " or while they are " yardin<2:" is hereby declared unlawful. "' liuutiug 



® J ^ o J prohibiied. 



(5) No fawn shall at any time be hunted, killed, taken or Killing of 

 possessed ; possession of a fawn after being killed shall be pre- fa*n=* i^ro- 

 suinptive evidence of a violation of this sub-section. 



(G) No common carrier, or other person shall transport or 

 have in possession for that purpose, in this Piovince, after 

 the same has been killed, any wild deer or the raw skin there- 

 of or anv venison save only from the first to the 22nd day of 



