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ingthe p^ovi^?ion!* of this chapt*^r, and, in default, to be imprisoned in the workhouse 
for a period not exceeding ninety day.«. 
Sec-. 5 That to carry out the provisions of this 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, matket 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 l>e stored or kept; and any proprietor, agent, 
employee, or other person refiLsing 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 lass 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 Ije 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 lea.st 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 i)eriod 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 pei-son 
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 pro\-isions 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 l>e brought in the name of the District of 
Columbia. 
Sec. 10. That all acts now in force in the District of Columbia inconsistent with 
the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 
Approved, March 3, 1899 (amended March .3, 1901). 
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31 Statutes at Large, p. 332. 
Chap. 786. An Act Making further provision for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houiie of Representatives of the United States of America 
ill Congress assembled, 
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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 proceilure in the District,' approved March 3, 1899] l)e amended 
by adding after section one hundred and thirty-eight another section to Ije numbered 
one hundred and thirty-nine, and to read as follows: 
That no person shall break, take from the nest, or have in posse.ssion the eggs of 
any crane, wild duck, ])rant, or goose; nor shall any person transix)rt or ship out of 
