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'n-()n>e <)!• i;;irtri(l<i-(' I)i'tAvt'tMi tlie Hrst day <>f Jaiuiiiry and rlu' lif- 

 rct'iith day of Si^pti-iuhcr in anv vcar. or sliall sell, l)uy, or have in 

 his possession a.u- liTouse or partridiie so taken l)ct\veen sncli last- 

 mentioned davs, i)()tli inclnsive: and no person >liall take or kdl. 

 or attempt to'take or kill, or have in Ins possession, any woodcoek. 

 snipe or teal. l)et\veen the llrst day of Mnreii and the tAventieth day 

 of \n"ust in any year. It shall not he lawfnl to take or kill, or 

 have in possession, anv l)lne-\viii-c;l diiek dnrinii' the nmnths of 

 .Vpril. Mav. .Inne and July in any ye:u'. Tlie posses^um oi any sneii 

 bird dnrinii' the elose season preserihed in this section in respect ol 

 sneh bird shall be i)resnmi)tive evidence of snch bird liavin,-- been 

 illeii-allv killed < r taken. No i)erson shall kill any woodcock l)etore 

 smn-ise" or af ' .'r >nnset. Section i:'. of said cliapter Tf. is iiereby 

 amended In- -trikin-' out the words •■ .Vpril" and >-and m the 

 tenth line thereof and insertinu' tiie words '-and Anunst m tlic 

 eleventh line thereof after the v -rd .Inly. This amendment shall 

 iipply to the Cotinty of Cnmlx'rland only. 



14. The killini;-, takin.ii'. or havinii' as aforesaid t-ach partridiie, 

 liTou'se. woodccx'k. snipe. Idue-win.m'd dnck. or teal, shall be deemed 

 to constitute a separate offence : and any i)er>on violatin.u" tlie next 

 preceding section shall b. liable to a penalty of not less than hve 

 nor more than ten dollars for each otleiice. and an additional pen- 

 alty of one dollar for each biril so taken or killed after, in addition 



to the tirst bird. . . 



IT) It shall not be lawful for any i)ers(»n to take or kill witliin 

 this Province anv pheasanl. or to 1)uy. sell or have in his possesion 

 any dead pheasant that has l)eeu so taken or kilhnl, under a pen- 

 alty of two dollars for each ort'eiice. 



ic. Any dead pheasant found in the possession of any person 

 within tli/s Provinc(\ shall lie presumed to have l)een taken or 

 killed by such person contrary to the ("ha!)ler. until proof to tin.- 

 contrary be triveii l)y sueli person. 



17. The killiuii- of rol)in>. shallows. sparrow> and other small 

 birds and birds of sonu'. which fre(|Uent the lields and uardens. 

 and the selliim' and otVerin- for sale and the liavin-- in possessi(m 

 such birds when killed, shall lu-reafter be unlawful. 



IS This Chapter <hall not applv to birds killed for i)reservation 

 as specimens of natural historv : and any yame mentioned m this 

 Cliai.ter mav be killed .at anv time for purposes of scientillc inves- 

 ti-'ation.— aspe.-ial lic.'iise. settiuii fortii the particular purpose ot 

 tin- intpiiry. and sjuned bv ^he ri'oviiicial Secretary or his Deputy, 

 havinir been tirst or)taiiied for that purpose from the Pnniiicial 

 Secretarv's olhce. . 



]i>. 'l"he trappiini'. or otherwise tnkiiiii' alive or cxposm.u- lor sal" 

 alive of any of tiie birds mentioned in tlic seventeenth section, and 

 thedestroyiiiiiof the nests or i'.ir.U'>- of ^iK'li binls. shall hereafter be 

 unlawful ;"and anv such traps or snares wiicn found may l)e des- 

 troved. and anv siich bird, if alive sliall be set free. 



'>n Anv person otfendinir auaiitst the seventeenth or niiu'tceiit h 

 section shall f<)r each otfciice forfeit one dollar, in addition to ten 



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