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to 1)1' jii)|)li('(l towards l:lu; expciisi's iiieun'od in camin.'i' out the 

 jjvovisions of this Cliiiptcr and of any otluT cnactincnt for tin; pre- 

 servation of lianie. Should anyone iioldinu' a license to hunt, issued 

 oi' to be used in one district, not kill thi' nunil)er of animals allowed 

 l)y huv to hi' killed or taken l,y oiu' person in one season, he shall 

 on ifoiuii" to another district make adidavit l)efore the clerk of the 

 -Municipality that he is yet entitled to kill or take one or more 

 animals; and the .Naid clerk of the Municipality shall thereupon 

 endorse upon the license presented t > him or annex thereto a 

 statenu'ut of tlu' nnml)i'r of animals sworn to Avithoiit chary-e : and 

 any i>erson holdiuii' a license issued or to hv. used in one district and 

 huntinii' in another without such endorsatiou, shall bo held to liave 

 hunti'd without license, and be liable to tlu; penalties herein im- 

 pos(!(l as if he had not had a license to hunt. 



lis. The pi'ovisions of tiie two precediui; sections shall a|)ply to 

 oHicers of her Majesty's service and ollicers of the army and navy 

 on service in this garrison and station. excei)t that the fee to l)e 

 liaid for such license shall be the sum of five dollars, to be paid 

 and appropriated as in the said scu-tion is i)rovidiMl. Oflicers in Her 

 Majesty's Service, ollicers of the army and navy in this liarrison 

 and station, beiuii' nieml)ers of the (tame and Inland Fishery Pro- 

 tection Society of Nova Scotia, shall l)e exemi)t from all liability 

 to take out a license and the payment of any license fee, so lonii" as 

 they shall be nuMubers of such socifity l)y the payment thereto of 

 the re(|uired annual subscription. 



2!>. Every holder of a license uranted under the provisions of 

 this Chapter nnist produce the same when recjuired so to do by any 

 justice of the peace, name commissioner or otlicer of the Game and 

 Iidaud Fishery Protection Society. 



;{(i. In the absence of any provision to tlie contrary, and if the 

 context does not preclude such construction, the followiuii' terms 

 shall in this Chapter and in any other enactment for the preservation 

 of useful birds and animals have respectively the followin.ii' uu'au- 

 iuy;s: — '-riame" shall mean and include moose, caribou, l)eaver, 

 hares, rabbits, otters, nunks and animals valual)le only for their 

 fur (except bears, evolves, loupcerviers, wiklcats, nuistjuash and 

 foxi's) irrouse, [)artrid^'es. woodcock, snipe, blue-winj::ed duck and 

 teal. •■Close season" shall, for each kind or species of uanie mean 

 the season dnrinu which the kiirun"', pursniui; with intent to kill, 

 takinji or havini; in possession the same is forbidden. " Each 

 ortence " shall mean the killinji' or pursuiuii' with intent to kill or 

 takiuii' or haviuii" in possession one auinnil or bird or other object or 

 the doiny once any act mentioned or forbidden. 



31. The export from this Province of moose or caribou hides is 

 hereby prohibited and unlawful, and the hides attempted to be ex- 

 ported shall l)e forfeited, and the owner or person attemptiuii; to 

 export the same shall, on conviction, be liable to pay a sum not to 

 exceed live dollars on each hide, to be recovered in the name of any 

 prosecutor in a sunnnary manui-r l)efore two justices of the peat'e, 

 and wlu'U recovered to iro to tlie prosecutor. 



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