DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALASKA. 75 



ing the provisions of this chapter, and, in defauh, to be imprisoned in the workliouse 

 for a period not exceeding ninety days. 



Sec. 5 That to carry out the provisions of tliis chapter any police officer, game 

 warden having police authority, or health officer, in the District of Columbia, with 

 sworn information presented to such officer or warden, is authorized and empowered 

 to thoroughly inspect any house, boat, market box, stall, cold storage, or other place 

 of whatever character or kind, where he may believe game, meats, or birds, as here- 

 tofore mentioned in this chapter, may be stored or kept; and any proprietor, agent, 

 employee, or other person refusing to permit such inspection shall be deemed guilty 

 of interference with the police, and upon conviction therefor, be fined not more than 

 one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, and, in default of such pay- 

 ment, to be imprisoned in the United States jail not exceeding six months. 



Sec. 6. That any person who shall knowingly trespass on the lands of another for 

 the purpose of shooting or hunting thereon, after due notice by the owner or occu- 

 pant of lands, shall be liable to such owner or occupant in exemplary damages to an 

 amount not exceeding one hundred dollars. That notice shall be given by erecting 

 and maintaining signboards, at least eight by twelve inches in dimensions, on the 

 borders of the premises, and at least two such signs for every fifty acres; and any 

 person who shall maliciously tear down or in any manner deface or injure any of 

 such signboards shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five dollars for each and 

 every signboard so torn down, defaced, or injured; and, in default, to be imprisoned 

 for a period not exceeding thirty days in the workhouse. 



Sec. 7. That there shall be no shooting, or having in possession in the open air the 

 implements for shooting, on the first day of the week, called Sunday, except to trans- 

 port said implements within or without the District of Columbia; and any person 

 violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 

 twenty dollars for each offense. 



Sec. 8. That wherever in this Act possession of any birds, fowls, or meats is pro- 

 hibited, the fact that the said birds, fowls, or meat were killed or captured outside 

 the District of Columbia shall constitute no defense for such possession. 



Sec. 9. That any officer or other person securing the conviction of any violator of 

 any of the provisions of this Act, in the police court or other court of the District 

 of Columbia, shall receive one-half of any fine which may be imposed and paid for 

 such violation, and prosecution shall be brought in the name of the District of 

 Columbia. 



Sec. 10. That all acts now in force in the District of Columbia inconsistent wi*h 

 the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 



Approved, March 3, 1899 (amended March 3, 1901). 



ALASKA. 

 31 Statutes at Larg-e, p. 332. 



Chap. 786. An Act Making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 

 in Congress assembled, 



■Sf * * * * -Jt ^ 



Sec. 29. * * * That chapter twelve of title one of said first above-mentioned 

 Act ['An Act to define and punish crimes in the District of Alaska and provide a 

 code of criminal procedure in the District,' approved March 3, 1899] be amended 

 by adding after section one hundred and thirty-eight another section to be numbered 

 one hundred and thirty-nine, and to read as follows: 



That no person shall break, take from the nest, or have in possession the eggs of 

 any crane, wild duck, brant, or goose; nor shall any person transport or ship out of 



