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Appointment 
of game 
inspectors. 
Duties of in- 
spector. 
Seizure of 
game. 
Prosecutions. 
Search for 
game. 
Deer not 
to be hunted 
except by per- 
sons resident 
in Ontario or 
(Quebec. 
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are usually found, during the period, from the fifteenth 
day of November, to the fifteenth day of October, under a 
penalty on conviction, of not more than $25, nor less than $5, 
for each offence ; any person harbouring or claiming to be the 
owner of any such hound or dog shall be deemed the owner 
thereof. 49 V.c. 45, s. 14. 
14. It shall be lawful for the council of any county, city, 
town, township, or incorporated village, to appoint an officer 
who shall be known as the game inspector for such county, 
city, town, township or incorporated village, and who shall 
perform such duties in enforcing the provisions of this Act, 
and be paid such salary, as may be mutually agreed upon. 
mOUV e445, 9.15. 
15.—(1) It shall be the duty of every game inspector 
appointed as aforesaid, forthwith to seize all animals or portions 
of animals in the possession of any person contrary to the 
provisions of this Act, and to bring the person in possession of 
the same before a Justice of the Peace, to answer for such illegal 
possession. 
(2) It shall also be the duty of every game inspector, 
to institute prosecutions against all persons found infringing 
the provisions of this Act, or any of them, and every in- 
spector may cause to be opened, or may himself open in ease 
of refusal, any bag, parcel, chest, box, trunk, or receptacle in 
which he has reason to believe that game killed or taken 
during the close season, or peltries out of season, are hidden. 
(8) Every inspector, if he has reason to suspect, and 
does suspect that game killed or taken during the close season, 
or peltries out of season, are contained or kept in any private 
house, shed, or other building, shall make a deposition in the 
Form A annexed to this Act, and demand a search warrant to 
search suchstore, private house,shed,or other building,and there- 
upon such Justice of the Peace may issue a search warrant 
according to Form B. 49 V.c. 45, s. 16. 
16. No person shall at any time prior to the year 1895, hunt 
take or kill any deer, unless such person has been actually 
resident and domiciled within the Province of Ontario or within 
the Province of Quebec for a period of at least three months 
next before the said time, and any person offending against 
this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $20, nor less 
than $10, with costs of the prosecution, for each animal so 
hunted, taken or killed, and in default of immediate payment 
of said fine and costs shall be liable to be imprisoned in the 
common gaol of the county or district wherein the offence 
was committed for a period not exceeding three months: 
Provided always that this section shall not apply to any 
person who, being a shareholder of or in an incorporated com- 
pany, hunts, kills or takes on the lands of such company, any 
of the animals mentioned in this section: Provided, moreover, 
that this section shall not apply to any person in any year for 
which he has obtained from the Commissioners of Crown Lands 
