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trapped, sold, and bought. Further, as to the prohibition to 

 take away the eggs or young of feathered game, reference is 

 to be made to Article 17, No. 9, of the law of the 27th 

 October. 



As concerns the protection of birds useful to the fields 

 and forests, and singing birds, further directions will be 

 given in a separate Ordinance. 



3. Whoever kills, traps, exposes for sale, or buys game 

 during the fence months (1) shall, in proportion to the 

 magnitude of the offence, be punished by the " Oberamt," or 

 the court of the province, with a fine not exceeding twenty- 

 five florins (2 2s.), according to Article 17, 7, of the 

 game law. 



AUSTRO-HUNGARIA. 



I wish only to observe that the views which guided the 

 conception of Austrian laws had for object, on one hand, 

 that the right of shooting should exclusively pertain to the 

 owners of great estates, to persons enjoying the "droits 

 seigneuriaux ; " and, on the other hand, that the common 

 peasants might be excluded from a sport, the indulgence in 

 which might alienate them from their serious occupations. 

 Thus in the course of years the principle made its way, but 

 the right of shooting can only be a feudal right connected 

 with the ownership of great landed properties. 



1. The right of pursuing game on another man's property 

 is abolished. 



3. Villainage and other compulsory service for sporting 

 purposes are abolished without indemnity. 



5. Every proprietor of a rounded estate of at least two 

 hundred jochs (one joch = about an acre) is entitled to 

 pursue the game on his property. 



6. On all other properties not excepted in 4 and 5, 

 situated within the limits of a commune, the game belongs, 

 after the promulgation of this law, to the respective com- 

 mune. 



