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the consent of the owner or person having the exclusive right to shoot, hunt or fish thereon. 

 Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty 

 of misdemeanor, and shall, in addition thereto, be subject to exemplary damages in an amount 

 not less than fifteen dollars, nor more than twenty-five dollars, in addition to the actual damages 

 sustained by the owner or lessee. 



Signs not to be Defaced. 



§ 216. Signs placed pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall not be defaced or removed 

 under penalty of twenty-five dollars. 



§ 8. Article ten of chapter four hundred and eighty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred 

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



ARTICLE X. 



Prosecutions. 



Section 230. Actions, how entitled. 



231. Authority to bring actions. 



232. Actions, where brought. 



233. Discontinuance. 



234. Two or more penalties in one action. 



235. Witness fees and disbursements in actions by people. 



236. Actions by persons or societies. 



237. Judgments recovered under this act, how collected. 



239. Recovery, how disposed of in actions by individuals. 



240. One-half of recovery to go to protector. 



241. Expenses of actions by people, how paid. 



242. Report of commissioners to legislature. 



243. Arrests of offenders by protectors and trial thereof, 



244. Jurisdiction of courts. 



245. Punishment for misdemeanor. 



246. Issue of warrants of arrest. 



247. Search warrant, when issued. 



248. Witnesses. 



Actions, How Entitled. 



§ 230. All penalties imposed by this act may be sued for and recovered in the name of 

 " The People of the State of New York." 



Authority to Bring Action. 



§ 231. Actions for penalties, and as provided in section two hundred and thirty, shall be 

 brought in the name of the people on order of the chief fish and game protector and forester, or 



