January 1st; doves, from August 1st to August 31st, and from * 
November 20th to March 1st following; deer from October 1st / 
to December cist following; cat squirrel from October 1st to 
March 1st following of each year, provided that no person 
shall kill more than fifteen cat squirrels in any one day. It 
shall be unlawful at anytime of the year to scatter upon the 
lands of any person whether it be the owner of the land or not, * 
any corn, wheat, or grain, or to bait for the purpose of drawing 
to the land where such bait was scattered or placed, game birds 
or doves, for the purpose of shooting or allowing to be shot at, 
or kill such game birds or doves at or near the land so baited, 
and it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot at or kill any 
dove or game bird at, upon or over or near any land baited 
or baited field or land. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to kill any fox squirrel prior to January first, 1918, and for 
violations of these provisions of this section such person or 
persons shall be punished as is prescribed by section 12 of the 
act approved August 21st, 1911, as amended. Provided, that 
this shall not prevent the killing of squirrels while destroying 
corn or other cultivated vegetation. 
Section 15. During the open season no one person shall be 
authorized to kill more than two deer, nor more than two wild 
turkey during any one season, nor more than twenty-five 
game birds of any one species in any one day. Any person violat¬ 
ing this section shall be guilt}^ of a misdemeanor and punished 
as prescribed in section 12 of this act. 
Sec. 16. Any person who shall catch or kill any wild pheas¬ 
ants, grouse, or fawn, or any imported game birds or game ani¬ 
mals prior to December 1st, 1916, shall be guilty of a misde¬ 
meanor, and upon conviction, punished as is prescribed in 
section 12 of this act. 
Sec. 17. Any person who shall at any time kill or capture 
or wound any game birds or animals by the use of pitfall, dead 
fall, snare, trap, pen or other device, or by the use of any 
poison, drug or explosive, or who shall hunt, catch, or kill any 
game birds or animals at night, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction, punished as prescribed in section 12 of this 
act. 
Sec. 18. Any person who shall hunt, without first obtaining 
a license, except upon his own land, or who lends or transfers 
his license to another, or who shall hunt upon the lands of 
another without first having obtained his consent to do so, 
except persons following hounds in pursuit of foxes or deer, or 
any other animal not mentioned in this act, in or upon or 
through the unenclosed or uncultivated lands of another, shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, punished as 
prescribed in section 12 of this act. 
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Sec. 19. Any common carrier who shall ship, or transfer, or 
carry any game birds or animals without the limits of this State, 
except as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction, punished as prescribed in section 12 of this 
act; provided, the terms of this section shall not apply to game 
in the personal possession of the party killing the same; provided, 
such party has obtained a license then of force. 
Sec. 20. Any agent or employee of a common carrier who 
shall receive any game birds or animals for shipment without 
the State, or from one county to another county within the 
State, except as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction, punished as is prescribed in section 12 of 
this act. 
Sec. 21. Any warden, deputy warden or ex-officio warden 
who shall fail to perform any act or duty placed upon him by 
this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, 
shall be punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act. 
Sec. 22. All moneys received by the commissioner arising 
from the provisions of this act shall be deposited in the State 
Treasury to the credit of the game protection fund, and said fund 
shall not be drawn upon or used for any purpose save such as is 
designated in this act. 
Sec. 23. It shall be unlawful for any person in this State to 
kill, catch or have in his possession any wild non-game bird or 
to take or destroy the nests or eggs of any non-game bird or to 
have the same in his or her possession. Such person violating 
the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction, punished as is prescribed in section 12 of 
this act; provided, this section shall not apply to the following 
birds; ^English sparrows, owls, hawks, eagles, crows, rice birds, 
and field or meadow lark; except persons may ship in this State 
mounted for millinery. 
Sec. 24. The game commissioner and wardens shall see that 
the laws pertaining to fish are rigidly enforced. 
Sec. 25. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act 
are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 26. That it shall be unlawful to kill buzzards at any 
and all times of the year. 
See 590 Criminal Code, 1911. If any person shall hunt or 
catch o’possum between the first day of March and the first day 
of October of each year, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
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