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LAWS. 
Deer. 
Proviso 
Beaver. 
Trapping. 
Penalty. 
rabbits), under a penalty of twenty dollars for each hare 
or gray, black or fox squirrel so captured, killed, injured 
or had in possession. 
16. It shall be unlawful for two years after the pas¬ 
sage of this act for any person to gnn for or to take, or 
attempt to take, kill, injure or destroy, or to have in 
possession, any wild deer, be the same buck, doe or fawn, 
under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offense; 
and thereafter it shall be unlawful to take, kill, injure or 
destroy, any wild deer, be the same buck, doe or fawn, 
excepting only on every Wednesday in the month of 
November, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for 
each and every wild deer so taken, killed, injured or 
had in possession, and of one hundred dollars for 
each attempt to take, kill, injure or destroy deer, he 
the same buck, doe or fawn; and the having in posses¬ 
sion of any such deer during the times and periods pro¬ 
hibited in this act shall be prima facie evidence in all 
qp'iirts and places of the fact that they are in possession 
unlawfully; provided, however, that this section shall 
not be construed to interfere with owners of deer pre¬ 
serves at present established hunting or killing their deer 
whenever they see fit, or disposing of them as they may 
see fit. 
17. It shall he unlawful for any person or persons to 
trap, take, capture or kill, or have in possession after 
the same has been trapped, taken, captured or killed, any 
heaver, under a penalty of one hundred dollars, for each 
and every beaver so trapped, taken, captured or killed 
or had in possession. 
18. It shall be unlawful to have in possession, sell or, 
offer for sale any of the game birds or game animals 
enumerated in this act, after the same has been caught 
or trapped by means of any snare, snood, net, trap or 
device of any description whatsoever, or to set any snare, 
snood, net, trap or device for catching or trapping any 
such game bird or animal, under a penalty of twenty 
dollars for each such bird or other animal so had in 
possession, sold or exposed for sale, or for any trap or 
snare so set. 
