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this privilege by paying an indemnity for it, the amount of 

 which is fixed by law. 



The right of killing game belongs, furthermore, to all 

 proprietors and usufructuaries of estates, which form an 

 unintersected area of at least three hundred acres of field 

 or woodland. 



Railway roads and rivers are not to be considered as 

 intersecting a hunting district, with the single exception of 

 the River Elbe. 



The owners of smaller estates have to form conjoint- 

 hunting districts with their neighbours, which must at least 

 extend over three hundred acres. 



In such hunting districts the right of killing game cannot 

 be exercised by single proprietors of the grounds of which the 

 aforesaid districts are composed, but only by foresters duly 

 appointed, or by persons who have rented the right of killing 

 game in the districts in question. 



Even the persons who possess the right of killing game 

 are not allowed to make use of this right throughout the 

 whole year. 



A time has, on the contrary, been fixed, during which it 

 is forbidden to kill game. This time extends 



1. For red deer and fallow deer, from the 1st of April to 

 the 15th of July inclusively. 



2. For wild ducks, from the 1st of April to the 15th of 

 June inclusively. 



3. For all other game, from the 1st of February to the 

 31st of August. 



Persons killing game during this time are fined or 

 imprisoned. This law does not, however, apply to the 

 killing of beasts of prey, such as otters, foxes, martens, 

 fitchets, weasels, wild cats, etc. 



Moreover, it is forbidden 



1. To hunt or shoot game in premises and places which 

 are inhabited. 



2. To make use of cruel means for hunting or shooting 

 game. 



