304 STATE OF NEW YORK. 



Black and Gray Squirrels. 



§ 171. Black and gray squirrels shall not be hunted, shot at, killed, or possessed except from 

 the first day of November to the thirty-first day of December, both inclusive. Whoever shall 

 violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of misdemeanor and in 

 addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each animal killed or 

 possessed contrary to the provisions of this section. 



Jamaica Bay. 



§ 172. Fish shall not be fished for, caught or killed by any device except angling in the 

 waters of Jamaica bay ; and nets shall not be placed in said waters for any purpose. The inlet 

 from the ocean to Jamaica bay shall not be obstructed by any net or device at any time so as to 

 prevent the passage of fish. Angling shall be lawful in said bay every day of the year. This 

 section does not prevent the catching of eels by the use of spear or eel-weir ; or the capture of 

 minnows or shrimp for bait by means of hand nets, not exceeding forty feet in length, and four 

 feet in depth, nor the taking of refuse or debris from said water with nets, the meshes of which 

 shall not be less in size than six inch bar. 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 twenty-five dollars for each violation thereof and ten dollars for each 

 fish so caught. 



Supervisors of Queens and Suffolk Counties; Powers Conferred. 



§ 173. The boards of supervisors of the counties of Queens and Suffolk shall, in addition 

 to the powers herein conferred upon boards of supervisors, have power to pass rules, regu- 

 lations, laws and ordinances permitting, regulating, controlling or prohibiting the taking of 

 fish and shellfish from or in the salt water of either of such counties. 



(As amd. by chap. 975 of Laws of 1896.) 



Destroying or Robbing Nests. 



§ 1 74. The nests of wild birds known as meadow hens or mud hens, the robbing of which 

 is commonly called egging, shall not be robbed or needlessly or willfully destroyed at any 

 time. 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 twenty- 

 five dollars for each violation thereof. 



Meadow Hens and Other Birds; Close Season. 



§ 175. Meadow hens, mud hens, gallinule or water chickens or grebe shall not be shot 

 at, hunted, killed or possessed from the sixteenth day of August to the thirty-first day of 

 December, both inclusive. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this 



