CH. 282 - AN ACT REL^TIV^ TC THE HUIITING CF DEER . Chapter 131 of the General Lav^ 

 is hereby amended by striking out section 13, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 

 599 of the acts of 19^1, and inserting in place thereof the following section:- 

 Section 79. V/hoever, except as provided in this chapter, hunts or has in possession 

 the carcass of a deer shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollarsj provided, 

 that any person may, on land ovmed or occupied by him, hunt any deer which he finds 

 in the act of damaging crops, fruit or ornamental trees, except grass growing on 

 uncultivated land; and he may authorize any member of his family, or any person, 

 other than an alien, employed by him, sc to hunt a deer under the circumstances 

 above specified. In the event of the wounding or killing of a deer as aforesaid, 

 the person by vrtiom or under whose direction the deer was wounded or killed shall 

 within tvrenty-four hours thereafter send to the director a written report, signed 

 by him, of the facts relative to the said v/ounding or killing, including the time 

 and place thereof, and the kind of tree or crop injured or destroyed, or about to 

 be injured or destroyed, by the deer. All deer so killed shall be turned over 

 immediately to the nearest conservation officer and shall be disposed of by the 

 director. — Approved Kay 10, 19li-9. 



CH. 30ii - AH ACT RELATIVE TO THE HUNTING OF DEER AND OTHER lIAI'.il L^.LS . Section 7c of 

 chapter 131 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 275 of the acts of 19L7, is 

 hereby further amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place 

 thereof the following paragraph: ■ — ^iVhoever constructs, erects, sets, uses, locates, 

 repairs, tends or maintains any snare for the purpose of catching or killing any 

 mammal, or hunts a mammal by such means or by the aid or use of any motor vehicle 

 or airplane, or hunts a mammal by the aid or use of artificial light, shall be 

 punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars. The 

 construction, erection, setting, using, locating, repairing, tending or maintenance 

 of any snare by any person shall be prima facie evidence of a violation by him of 

 this section. 



—Approved May 13, 191^9 



CH. 751 - A!I ACT RELATIVE TO THE PAYIvlENT OF COMPENSATION FOR DAI.IAGS CAUSED DY DEER 

 ORjroOSE. Section b3 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 2 

 of chapter 599 of the acts of 19Ul, is hereby amended ay adding at the end the 

 following paragraph:- No compensation for damage shall be paid under this section 

 to any owner or lessee of land if such owner or lessee has, within one year prior 

 to the damage claim, posted said land, other than an orchard or that portion of 

 the land immediately surrounding his house, barn or other out-buildings, to prevent 

 the hunting of deer. 



— Approved August 26, lyi^V. 



SURVEY SHOWS TfHERE FRESH FRUIT CCHSUIaPTION HAS GONE . (From The Packer, December 17, 



19U9) 



Seattle, Wash., Dec. l6. — No vrander the apple grower is in for a rough time, 

 if a survey by Washington State College economists, using figures gathered by the 

 USDA means anything. 



The average citizen is eating considerably less fresh fruit than in former 

 years, vdth apples taking the biggest decline. 



