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so killed or taken, shall forfeit for every such bird twenty 

 dollars. 



SEC. 7. Whoever kills any grouse or heath-hen as afore- 

 said, upon lands not owned or occupied by himself, and 

 without license from the owner or occupant thereof, shall, 

 for each bird so killed, forfeit to such owner or occupant 

 ten dollars, in addition to the actual damages sustained, to 

 be recovered in an action of tort. 



SEC. 8. When a person is suspected of having in his 

 possession grouse or heath-hen taken or killed contrary to 

 the provision of this chapter, a justice of the peace or 

 police court, on complaint, on oath before him, may issue 

 his warrant directed to the proper officer, to search for 

 the same ; and the same proceedings may be had as are 

 provided in chapter one hundred and seventy, relating to 

 searches and seizures. 



SEC. 9. The provisions of the preceding sections shall 

 not extend to any city in which the city council, nor to any 

 town in which the inhabitants at their annual meeting, in 

 any year, vote to suspend the operation thereof in whole 

 or in part, and for such term of time, not exceeding one 

 year, as they deem expedient. 



SEC. 10. Whoever, between the hour of sunset and one 

 hour before the sun's rising, on any day between the twen- 

 tieth day of April and the first day of July, takes, confines, 

 kills, or destroys any of the birds called plover, curlin, 

 doughbird, or chicken-bird, shall, for every such bird so 

 taken, confined, killed, or destroyed, forfeit one dollar. 



SEC. IT. Whoever at any time kills or destroys any of 

 the birds mentioned in the preceding section, by the use 

 of any other means or instruments than such as are usu- 

 ally used in fowling or killing wild game, shall, for every 

 such offence, be liable to the penalty mentioned in said 

 section. 



SEC. 12. Whoever, between the first day of January and 



