528 APPENDIX. 
Sec. 4. Any person may bring or prosecute an action in his own name for 
the recovery of the fines or penalties imposed by this act, before any justice 
of the peace of either of said counties, upon first giving to such justice of the 
peace security for costs, satisfactory to such justice, in case he shall fail to 
recover; and in case of a recovery, the amount thereof, when collected, shall 
be paid to the court before which such an action shall be prosecuted, together 
with costs of such suit. The court before which such action shall be brought 
shall certify the reasonable costs and expenses thereof, and pay the same out 
of the moneys so received, and shall pay the residue thereof, if any, to the 
treasurer of the county in which such action is brought, for the support of the 
poor of said county. 
Sec. 5. All laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect immediately. 
Passed April 12, 1861. 
THE GAME AND FISHERY LAWS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA 
FOR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE. 
(By Epwanrp C. Barer, Esq., Ottawa, Author of ‘The Crack Shot,” etc., etc.) 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC. 
Since the last issue of the Year-Book, very considerable changes have been 
made in the game-laws of the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The fish- 
ery-laws of the Dominion have also beeu revised to some extent, and it is now 
believed that if sportsmen will respect the pravisions of the acts, and aid in 
enforcing the penalty against the poacher for infractions thereof, game and 
fish will again become plentiful. 
It is greatly to be regretted that the Legislatures of the different provinces 
have not provided the means for carrying out their various enactments on the 
subject of the protection of game, and herein is felt the inconvenience of these 
matters being dealt with in detail by the various provinces instead of by the 
Dominion. Had the Dominion Legislature been vested with the power of 
legislating upon the subject of game as well as upon the fisheries, the fishery 
overseers might have been made efficient aids to the different game-clubs 
throughout the country. To those of Quebec and Montreal much praise is 
due for their efforts to protect game; but it is absurd to suppose that indi- 
vidual effort can stay the devastating hand of the pot-hunter. Much good 
would be accomplished if the municipalities could be induced to afford their 
aid. 
In Ontario, the close season for deer or fawn, elk, moose or cariboo, extends 
from the Ist of December to the succeeding Ist of September, not to be trap- 
ped; the close season for wild turkey, grouse, pheasant, and partridge is be- 
tween the Ist of January and the Ist of September; for quail between the Ist 
of January and the Ist of October; and for woodcock and snipe from the Ist 
of March to the 12th of August ; and no wild swan, goose, or any description 
of duck is allowed to be killed between the 15th day of April and the 10th 
day of August ; neither is it to be trapped, or taken by means of traps, snares, 
or springs, or killed by any other method than by shooting. It is also un- 
