FISHERIES, GAME AND FOREST LAW. 28 1 



CHAPTER 974. 



AX ACT for the protection, preservation and propagation of birds, fish and wild 

 animals in the State of New York and the different counties thereof. 



Became a law June 7, 1S95, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a two-third vote. 

 Tne People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

 Section 1. Article three of chapter four hundred and eighty-eight of the laws of eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-two is hereby amended to read as follows : 



ARTICLE III. 



Quadrupeds. 

 Section 40. Deer, close season. 



41. Deer or venison, when not to be possessed. 



42. Fawns not to be killed. 



43. Traps. 



44. Hounding. 



45. Dogs may be killed. 



46. Transportation. 



47. Crusting and yarding. 



48. Moose, caribou and antelope. 



49. Black and gray squirrels, hares and rabbits. 



52. Bears, wolves and panthers, bounty. 



53. Claim for bounty ; how proven. 



54. Certificate to be issued. 



55. County treasurer to pay certificate. 



Deer, Close Season. 



§ 40. Wild deer shall not be caught, shot at, hunted or killed except from the sixteenth day 

 of August to the thirty-first day of October, both inclusive. No person shall kill or take alive 

 more than two deer in any season. And in the counties of Ulster, Greene, Sullivan and 

 Delaware no wild deer shall be caught, shot at, hunted or killed at any time within five years 

 from the passage of this act. Deer may be taken alive in any part of the State at any season of 

 the year under the direction of the fish, game and forest commission to be placed in the deer 

 parks belonging to the State for the purpose of breeding. The provisions of this section as to 

 close season shall not apply to Long Island. This section shall not be so construed as to 

 prevent any person from reclaiming alive any deer which may have escaped from a private park 

 or inclosure. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one 

 hundred dollars for each wild deer caught, shot at, hunted or killed. 



