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THE CANADIAN SPOETSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



building and thereupon such justice of the 

 peace is bound to issue a warrant. 



PENALTIES, PROCEEDINGS, &C. 



12. Every infringement of any of the pro- 

 visions of this act is punishable by fine, to be 

 recovered summarily on information or only 

 on a writ of summons issued by a justice of 

 the peace. 



The fines are as follows : For every 

 infringement of 



Section 1 $5 to $20 



Sections 2 and 3 5 to 15 



Section 4.... 2 to 



Sections 5 and 6 . , 2 to 



Section 1 25 to 



Section 9 5 to 



Section 1 1 (double the fee 

 for the game license).. 



Section 19 5 to 



Such justice of the peace, shall, if he finds 

 the proof sufficient, impose the fine with costs, 



10 



6 

 50 

 20 



10 



six calendar months from the day of the 



committing of the offence charged. 



APPOINTMENTS, GAME LICENSES, &C. 



16. The Commissioner of Crown Lands has 

 the power of appointing officers to see to the 

 observance of this act and of any other act 

 which may hereafter be passed relating to 

 game in this province. 



17. In future, no person who has no domi- 

 cile in the province of Quebec can, at any 

 time, hunt within the meaning of this act, 

 without being authorized thereto by a license 

 to that effect. 



18. Such permit may, upon payment of a 

 fee of twenty dollars, be granted by the 

 Commissioner of Crown Lands to any person, 

 not domiciled in the province, who applies to 

 him therefor, and shall be valid for the whole 

 of one season's shooting. Tt must be counter- 

 signed by the game superintendent. 



19. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may 



which fine wholly belongs to the prosecutor f wrjtten ite to any n Qr ng 



if he be a game-keeper and one half only if P^ m be desirous of obtaining birds, eggs 

 he does not act in an official capacity , in the i Qr fur _ bearing aninia]s for bona fide scie ntitic 

 latter case the other half is paid over to the purposes to procure them for that purpose 

 game-keeper, appointed for the division by ] the duri the c]ose se and gu(jh jts 



Commissioner of Crown Lands to be by him , sha]] be counterP ; gned by the game superin- 

 forwarded to the Crown Lands Department ; tendent and the tf who shall have 



In default of immediate payment, the i\ obtained sach perm it, shall not be liable to 

 offender is imprisoned in the common gaol of Uv under thie act provided he sends 



tl,« .-lic*..>/>f n-ithin flio limits nf irln/ili t ,n " ■» *I _ _ J . . 'I. . . . _ 



the district within the limits of which the 

 offence was committed, for any period of time 

 not exceeding three months, and in cases of 

 infringement of section seven, for a period not 

 exceeding six months. 



Every justice of the peace has power to 

 convict on view. 



Prosecutions are at the risk and costs of 

 the complainant. 



13. Suits brought in virtue of this act need 

 not be begun by deposition, or information or 

 oath of the plaintiff or complainant, provided 

 that the purport of the complaint or demand 

 is sufficiently set forth in the writ or in a 

 declaration annexed thereto. 



The evidence of the complainant alone or 

 of any one witness is sufficient to justify a 

 conviction. 



14. No proceeding under this act shall be 

 quashed, annulled or set aside by certiorari ; 

 but an appeal may be brought before the 

 Circuit Court of the district in which the 

 offence took place, in the same manner as 

 appeals under the municipal code 



in, within two months from the date at which 

 he acted under such permit, a statement show- 

 ing the species and number of the game or 

 fur-bearing animals he so procured for scientific 

 purposes. 



20- Every wood-ranger, appointed by the 

 Commissioner of Crown Lands, is while in 

 office as such, ex-officio gamekeeper for the 

 division under his superintendence and he is 

 not entitled to any additional salary for such 

 services. 



21- The Commissioner of Crown Lands 

 may also appoint as game-keepers, any other 

 persons besides the wood-rangers and assign 

 to them such territory or division as he may 

 think proper under the circumstances. 



22- The lieutenant-governor in council may 

 in his discretion prohibit the hunting or kill- 

 ing of any game or fur-bearing animal, for a 

 period not exceeding five years. 



23. The present act shall come into force 

 on the day of its sanction. 



Note. — In our next issue, we will make 



15- No prosecution shall be brought after I some further comments on the above. 



