276 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



[Permit in force but two years; non-transferable.] The permits 

 authorized by this act shall be in force for two years from the date of 

 their issue and shall not be transferable. 



SEC. 6961. [Catching, killing, injuring or pursuing game, de- 

 stroying eggs or nests, hunting, shooting, trapping, etc,,] No person 

 s". all, on any place, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any 

 Tiail, except between the tenth day of November and the first day of 



niber, inclusive; or any woodcock, squirrel or rabbit, except be- 

 r \\een the tenth day of November and the first day of December, in- 

 clusive; or any ruffed grouse, or pheasant or prairie chicken, except 

 between the tenth day of November and the first day of December, in- 

 clusive; or any rail, snipe, kildeer or plover, except between the tenth 

 day of November an'd u.e first day of December, inclusive; or any coot 

 or mud hen, or wild duck, except between the tenth day of November 

 and the first day of December, inclusive, and the tenth day of March 

 and tenth day of April, inclusive. No person shall, at any time, catch, 

 kill or injure, or pursue, with such intent, any wild duck or wild goose, 

 by the aid or use of any swivel or punt gun, or any other gun but a 

 common shoulder gun ; or with the aid of or from any sink boat or bat- 

 tery, or by the use or aid of any steamboat, naptha launch, electric launch, 

 sailboat, steam launch or any kind of boat whatsoever, except a common 

 rowboat propelled by oars. No person shall, .at any time, catch, kill or 

 injure, or pursue with such intent, any of the birds, game or animals 

 mentioned in this act, with or by the use of any trap, net or snare, or 

 destroy any of the eggs or nests of any of the birds named in this 

 section. No person shall kill any wild duck on Sunday or Monday of 

 any week, or on any of the reservoirs belonging to the State of Ohio, 

 or upon the waters of Lake Erie and the estuaries and bays thereof, or 

 on the rivers, creeks, ponds, or other waters or bodies of water in this 

 state. No person shall hunt, shoot or trap or have in possession in the 

 open air for such purpose, any of the implements for the hunting, shoot- 

 ing or trapping of the same, on the first day of the week, commonly called 

 Sunday. No person shall shoot at or kill any wild duck before five 

 o'clock in the forenoon, or after six o'clock in the afternoon of any day 

 upon which it shall be lawful to kill the same. Any person violating 

 any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 on conviction thereof, shall be fined as provided in section 6968. 



[Injurious squirrel or rabbit.] Provided, that nothing herein 

 shall be construed so as to prohibit the killing of squirrels or rabbits 

 by the owner or tenant of any premises where such animals may be 

 found injuring grain, fruit trees, shrubbery or vegetables. 



Si-A. 6962. [Discharging fire-arms on lawns, etc.] Whoever 

 discharges any fire-arms on any lawn, park, pleasure-ground, orchard, or 

 any other ground directly appurtenant to, or within gunshot of, .any 

 occupied dwelling-house, the property of another, or .any charitable in- 

 stitution, shall be fined not more than twenty nor less than five dollars, 

 or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. 



SEC. 6963. [Killing of wild deer and pheasants in certain seas- 

 ons; penalty.] No person shall catch, kill or injure, or pursue with 

 such intent, any wild deer, Mongolian, English or ring-neck pheasant, 

 before the loth day of November, 1900; or after said date, except be- 

 tween the loth day of November and the I5th day of December, in- 

 clusive. Provided, that nothing herein shall prevent persons from hav- 



