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more newspapers published in the county or counties embrac- 

 ing the territory, and shall cause copies of the order to be 

 posted in conspicuous places within the cities or towns in which 

 the territory is situated, and also within the limits of the terri- 

 tory itself. If a great pond or any part thereof or any sea- 

 shore is included within the territory as to which a close season 

 is ordered as aforesaid, a copy of the order shall be filed in the 

 office of the clerk of any city or town bordering upon the pond 

 or seashore, and also in the office of the secretary of the com- 

 monwealth. An order made by the commission in accordance 

 with the provisions hereof shall take effect, when it is posted 

 as above provided. Any order made in accordance with the 

 provisions hereof shall contain a full description of the terri- 

 tory so established, and the period for which it is closed, if any 

 such period is adopted. 



Section 6. The commissioners may annually expend, in 

 carrying out the provisions of this act, such sum as the general 

 court may from year to year appropriate, which shall be paid 

 out of the treasury of the commonwealth. 



Section 7. Whenever a territory has been established as a 

 preserve or when a close season has been established upon a 

 territory by an order as above provided, it shall be unlawful 

 for any person, except as above provided, to molest, hunt, 

 pursue, take or kill any bird or quadruped within the said 

 territory, or therein to disturb or injure any nest, eggs, or 

 young or to remove the eggs or young from the nest. 



Section 8. The entrance of any person with a firearm or 

 any device adapted for killing or injuring any birds or quad- 

 rupeds or with a trap or snare upon any territory established 

 as a preserve, or upon any territory upon which a close season 

 has been established, according to the provisions of this act 

 shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions 

 of this act. 



Section 9. Whoever violates any provision of this act or of 

 any rule or regulation made hereunder shall be punished by a 

 fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 

 for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and impris- 

 onment. 



