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goose, brant, or wild bird in the nighttime; nor kill or shoot at any 
wild duck, wild goose, wild brant, or wild bird with any other firearm, 
gun, or device than such as are habitually raised at arm’s length and 
fired from the shoulder, under a penalty of $5 for each wild duck, 
wild goose, wild brant, or wild bird killed, and in default thereof to 
be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding thirty days; 
and the further penalty of $20 for having any firearm, gun, or device 
other than the gun habitually used at arm’s length, in possession, for 
the purpose of violating the provisions of this chapter, and, in default, 
to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding ninety 
days. 
Src. 5. That to carry out the provisions of this chapter any police 
officer, game warden having police authority, or health officer, in the 
District of Columbia, with sworn information presented to such officer 
or warden, is authorized and empowered to thoroughly inspect any 
house, boat, market box, stall, cold storage, or other place of whatever 
character or kind, where he may believe game, meats, or birds, as 
heretofore mentioned in this chapter, may be stored or kept; and any 
proprietor, agent, employee, or other person refusing to permit such 
inspection shall be deemed guilty of interference with the police, and 
upon conviction therefor, be fined not more than $100 nor less than $25, 
and, in default of such payment, to be imprisoned in the United States 
jail not exceeding six months. 
Src. 6. That any person who shall knowingly trespass on the lands 
of another for the purpose of shooting or hunting thereon, after due 
notice by the owner or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such owner 
or occupant in exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding $100. 
That notice shall be given by erecting and maintaining signboards, at 
least 8 by 12 inches in dimensions, on the borders of the premises, and 
at least two such signs for every 50 acres; and any person who shall 
maliciously tear down or in any manner deface or injure any of such 
signboards shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 for each and 
every signboard so torn down, defaced, or injured; and, in default, to 
be imprisoned for a period not exceeding thirty days in the workhouse. 
Src. 7. That there shall be no shooting, or having in possession in 
the open air the implements for shooting, on the first day of the week, 
called Sunday, except to transport said implements within or without 
the District of Columbia; and any person violating the provisions of 
this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $20 for each 
offense. 
Src. 8. That wherever in this act possession of any birds, fowls, or 
meats is prohibited, the fact that the said birds, fowls, or meat were 
killed or captured outside the District of Columbia shall constitute no 
defense for such possession. 
Sec. 9. That any officer or other person securing the conviction of 
any violator of any of the provisions of this act, in the police court or 
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