A PROPOSED LAW FOR BREEDERS 



An Act to Encourage the Rapid Increase of Game and 

 Game Fish 



Section 1. Farmers and other .land owners and their les- 

 sees who undertake in good faith to increase game or game 

 fish shall be known and designated as game breeders. 



Sec. 2. Any game breeder may make application to the 

 State game ofiicer or oflftcers (here insert the title of the 

 Warden or Commission) for a license permitting the appli- 

 cant to engage in the industry of game or game fish rearing. 

 Such application shall state that the applicant intends in 

 good faith to increase the game or game fish either by hand 

 rearing in captivity or wild in the woods, fields or waters; 

 and shall contain a description by metes and bounds, of the 

 lands or waters to be used for the industry aforesaid. Said 

 State game officer, when it shall appear that such application 

 is ma(}e in good faith for the purpose aforesaid shall issue a 

 license permitting said breeder to take his game or fish on 

 the lands or waters during the open season for preserved 

 game and game fish and to sell the same alive for propa- 

 gation or as food as hereinafter provided. 



Sec. 3, The open season for breeders shall be for game 

 from September 1 to March 1 both inclusive: for game fish 

 from April 1 to December 31, both inclusive. Live game may 

 be sold at any time for propagation by breeders to breeders. 



Sec. 4. Game and game fish when sold as food shall only 

 be sold to licensed game dealers, who shall be required to give 

 a bond conditioned that they will not purchase or sell any 

 game excepting only game from licensed breeders properly 

 identified as herein provided ; and foreign game, which shall be 

 identified in like manner and which may be imported during 



