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[iDsscs^ioii of any siicli snare or tra]) shall he iirosuintivc evidence 

 (A' llie alli'nipt of the person in "whose possession it is f* (ind 1o set 

 tlie same for the destrnction of moose or caril)on. 



S. Any i>erson who shall hereaftei' hunt, or ehasi'. or Vill, or per- 

 sne with intent to kill, any moose or carilxm with doir^- shall be 

 liable to a tine of twenty-live dollars, in addition to any penalties to 

 which he may be otherwise liable nnder this Cha|)ter. 



Bkavkks. II.\m:s. Eic 



;». NV» person shall kill or pnrsne with intent to kill, or set or 

 maintain any trap for any beaver, or shall expose for sale or have in 

 his possession any beavei' skin or other part of any beaver killed in 

 this Province, save in the months of No\'ember. December. .lannary. 

 Fel)ruary, and March in any year nnder a penalty of not less than 

 ten nor more than fifteen dollars for each ofl'enct-, to be recovered 

 and applied in the manner prescril)ed by tiie twenty-lirst section. 



1(». No person shall kill or i)nrsne with intent to kill any hares 

 oi' rabbits, or shall exposi' for sale or have in his possession any 

 hares ov rabbits, between the first days of March and Octobt'r in 

 any year. No snares shall be set for hares or rabbits dnrinu" snch 

 period, and all snares shall be taken np dnrinu" the same. The mak- 

 inii', phK'inii', erectiny- or maintaining any lied,i>e or other obstruction 

 or strnctnre of a <rreater lenirth in the wholr^ than flffy feet in connec- 

 tion with or adjoinin^r or between any snare or snares, or the makiiiu'. 

 placinii'. ert'ctinii" or maintaininir any snch hedye or other obsti'uction 

 or strnctnre without a clear space of at least one hundred feet inter- 

 veninii' between it and any other, shall also be a violation of this 

 section, and any snare, hedye or other obstruction or structure set 

 niade. ])laced. erected or maintained contrary to this section, may 

 be destrfncd 1)y any i)erson findinirthe same. Any i)erson violatinu' 

 this section shall be liable to a jx'ualty of five dollars for each ofl- 

 ence. Tiie possession of any hare or rabl)it after the fifth day of 

 March shall be presumtive evidence of the same havinii: been illegally 

 killed or taken. 



11. No person shall take or kill or pursue with iut(>nt to kill, or 

 have in his possession, or set or maintain any snare or trap for the 

 otter or the nnnk. t)etween the first day of INIay ami the lirst day of 

 November in any year: and no person sliall take or kill, or i)ui'sue 

 with intent as aforesaid, any other animal valuable only for its fur. 

 except the bear, the wolf, the loui)corvier. the wild cat. skunk, rac- 

 coon, woodchuck and nms(|na^h. and the fox. l)etween the first day 

 of April and the lirst day of November in any year. The penalty for 

 each offence against this section shall be five dollars. 



12. Any [x'rson may catch alive at any season of the year any 

 numl)er of minks in any l)ox. trap or mociification of the same, for 

 tiie i)>irpose f)f l)reedin,ii- and preservinu' tin* same. Hereafter minks 

 wh(>n cauirht and kei)t under tlu; authority of this section shall be con- 

 •^idered [lersonal projierty of a i)rivate nature. 



PUOVI.SIONS HKSl'KCriNt; BlUDS. 



I,".. No i)t'rson shall take or kill, or attempt to take or kill, any 





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