for wearing the license tag to the middle of the hack, largely 
for the purpose of assisting land-owners in apprehending men who 
commit depredations. This has aided considerably hut is still 
insufficient. 
As a legislative cure for these ills, various methods 
have been suggested from time to time,, among others, a law that 
would prohibit a land-owner, from posting his property, or if 
costed would prohibit him or his family or friends from hunting 
thereon. Most of us agree that while such arrangement might 
prove beneficial, it would be un*-American and would practicably 
be holding a club over the land-owners, which is the last thing 
self-respecting sportsmen would desire, Even though such leg¬ 
islation might be held to be constitutional, which is very doubt¬ 
ful, it is decidedly not the proper method by which ’oo overcome, 
the existing gap between sportsmen and land-owners. After con¬ 
sulting with a large number of sportsmen and landfsowners through¬ 
out. Pennsylvania, 1 am confident the sportsmen will introduce a 
bill in the next. Legislature that, will get to the root of most 
of this trouble on farm land by controlling persons responsible 
for depredations. A brief outline of the legislation in mind., 
according to the best information 1 am able to gather, is about 
as follows- 
• 1 * 4 
1. Establish a sa fety zone of IgO yardg ar ound all ocw 
•Died buildings,' within which zone if touTT^e lxlegal ■ 
for game of ‘ an y kind with firearms, except by special permis¬ 
sion of the occupant. 
2. • impose a specific penalty upon hunters who leave gates 
end bars open, break down and destroy fences, or uear ao 
rail pile"tone piles and stone fences without rebuilding 
them in the same condition in which they weref ^iniuie 
ific nenalty for persons who through carelessness injure 
hie-sloe?? The majority cf sportsmen with whom I have con- 
cm! tfod favor a n^nalty of about $25 & violation o J 
Of the matters above mentioned, and give any State po ice- 
man Game protectory Constable or other peace officer U 
Probably any land-owner or occupant, or his agent) power . 
a re o without warrant, the penalties to ^posited 
in the local school fund, the county fund, or the general 
fund of the commonwealth,, preferably the county fund. 
It has also been suggested that a small penalty, say ^ 
or $10 be imposed upon men who unnecessarily nvipthpr 
unfrozen wheat fields during the fall of the year. Wither 
this is advisable is a debatable question; nevertheless it 
•" 1 dTrfdd tv,St sot of the kind above outlin ed will prq - 
■ f re suits" f Ha^^tHe—two—T^mebts^con- 
tEsT um especially if it io pnjtt3 in tno^ 
game law - ^ mpriTrana given widespread publicity througl t 
uublic press! Conservative sportsmen all agree that this 
will guarantee a protection to the land-owners of the Com 
'monwealth, that it will no longer make it imperative f 
11 - 
