PENNSYLVANIA. 239 



by any person or persons, is hereby authorized and directed to issue his warrant, 

 under his hand and seal*, directed to any constable 01 warden of the county, to cause 

 such person or persons to be arrested and brought before said justice or alderman, 

 who shall hear and determine the guilt or innocence of the person or persons so 

 charged; and if convicted of such wilful trespass, shall be sentenced, by such justice 

 or alderman to pay a penalty, not exceeding five dollars, together with costs, one- 

 half of such penalty shall be paid to the owner, lessee or occupant of said land and 

 the remaining half to the school district of the city, borough or township wherein 

 such offense was committed; and if the person or persons, so convicted and sen- 

 tenced, shall neglect or refuse to pay such penalty and costs, or secure the payment 

 thereof within ten days, he or they shall be committed to the common jail of the 

 proper county for a period not exceeding three months. 



Appeal: Sec. 3. If any person or persons, convicted and sentenced under the pro- 

 visions of this act, shall feel aggrieved thereby, he or they may appeal to the court 

 of quarter sessions of the peace for the county in which the offense was committed, 

 by entering into recognizance, with sureties to be approved by the justice or alder- 

 man, to appear before said court; which court shall hear the evidence and determine 

 the guilt or innocence of the person or persons so charged, and on conviction of the 

 defendant or defendants charged and a failure to pay such penalty and costs imposed 

 by the act, shall commit said defendant or defendants to the common jail of the 

 county, for a period not exceeding three months. 



Approved July 9, 1901. 



Laws of 1903, No. 121, p. 163. 



Deputy game protector; Compensation; Bond: Sec 1. Be it enacted, &c, 

 That the Board of Game Commissioners shall have the power and authority to 

 appoint one competent man in each and every county of the Commonwealth of Penn- 

 sylvania, to be called and designated as a deputy game protector, who shall have the 

 same power and perform the same duties as the present game protectors, authorized 

 by law, now have and perform, and receive the same compensation that constables 

 now receive for similar service; and shall, when appointed, give to the Board of 

 Game Commissioners a bond in the sum of three hundred dollars, conditioned for 

 the faithful discharge of his duty; such bond to be approved by the said Commis- 

 sioners. 



Approved April 11, 1903. 



Laws of 1903, No. 136, p. 178. 



Production of license; Disposition of license fees: Sec 1. [Under the act 

 requiring nonresidents and unnaturalized foreign born resident to procure a $10 license 

 before hunting in the State license must be exhibited upon demand of any game 

 warden, protector or constable; one-half the fee is to be retained by the county 

 treasurer for use of the county the other half to be forwarded by him to the State 

 Treasurer for use of the Board of Game Commissioners.] 



Prima facie evidence ; Penalty; Imprisonment: Sec 2. Possession of a gun in 

 the fields or in the forests or on the waters of this Commonwealth, by an unnaturalized, 

 foreign-born resident or a non-resident of this Commonwealth, without having first 

 secured the license required by this act, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation 

 of its provisions; and any person so offending shall be liable to a penalty of twenty- 

 five dollars for each offense, or in default of the payment thereof, with the costs of 

 prosecution, to suffer an imprisonment in the county jail for a period of one day for 

 each dollar of penalty imposed, unless he or they enter into good and sufficient recog- 

 nizance to pay said penalty and costs within a period of ten days from the date of 

 conviction, or enter into recognizance to answer said complaint, on a charge of mis- 

 demeanor, before the court of quarter sessions of the peace of the county where said 



