of act shall not be granted. cate. Section 4. The game-laws of this Commonwealth Where provisions shall not be construed to apply to any public zoological apply. garden of the State, or to any public institution of the State, wherein animals or birds may be maintained alive for educational purposes, or for the purposes of scientfic study or experiment; or to the Board of Game Commissioners of this State, or to its duly authorized agent or agents, acting for the State; or to any other person holding a certificate issued by the Board of Game Commissioners, authorizing the holder thereof to take birds, their nests and eggs, for strictly scientific study, in which case the holder of such certificate shall be limited to the rights and privileges therein named. The said Board of Game Com- Certificates may missioners shall be empowered to grant certificates, at their discretion, authorizing the holder thereof to take birds, their nests and eggs, for strictly scientific study or for propagating purposes, within this State, in accordance with the following provisions: A cer- Ordinary certiftificate, to be known as an ordinary certificate, may be granted by the Board of Game Commissioners to any properly accredited person, of the age of sixteen years or upwards, residing in this Commonwealth, permitting the holder thereof to collect wild birds other than game-birds, their nests and eggs, within this Commonwealth, for strictly scientific study; but not for sale or exchange, or shipment from or removal ont this Commonwealth, without the written consent of the president of the Board of Game Commissioners. The number of birds that may be taken, under a certificate of this character, shall be limited to eight of Limitation. each species, with nests to the number of two, and the eggs found therein. In order to secure this certifi cate, the party desiring the same shall file with the secretary of the Board, at Harrisburg, a petition ask- Petition. ing that such privilege be granted to him. This petition shall be accompanied by the written statement of at least two well known citizens of the community in which said applicant may reside, certifying to the good character and fitness of said applicant to be entrusted with such authority. Said applicant shall pay to the secretary of said Board the sum of five dollars, for its use; and shall file a duly executed bond, properly secured, in the sum of one hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance upon the part of the principal therein named of all the requirements of this section relative to the granting of this certificate. Upon the conviction of the principal therein named of having violated any of the provisions of this section relative to this certificate, the bond Forfeiture of shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the use of the Board of Game Commissioners, and the certificate become void. Such certificate Fee. Bond. bond, etc. Special certificate, Conditions of. Penalties. Propagating certificate. Propagating plant. Petition. Description of plant. Fee. shall be in force for a period of one year from the date thereof, and shall not be transferable. A certificate to be known as a special certificate, to take birds for strictly scientific study, may be issued by the Board of Game Commissioners, and shall be controlled by the same conditions and requirements as the ordinary certificate, except that such certificate may be issued only to a person of known scientific attainment in ornithology; in which case the holder thereof shall be authorized to take the wild birds of this State, without limitation, for strictly scientific study or experiment, but not for sale or exchange, or shipment from or removal out of this State, without the written permission of the president of the Board of Game Commissioners. Persons taking birds, their nests and eggs, without having a certificate as required by this section, or having a certificate and taking a greater number of birds, nests or eggs than is permitted herein to persons licensed hereunder, shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by existing law. A certificate, to be known as a propagating certificate, may be issued by the Board of Game Commissioners to any accredited citizen of the Commonwealth, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, permitting the holder thereof and his assistants to breed or raise game-quadrupeds or game-birds of any kind in this Commonwealth, or both or either, and to sell the same alive, for propagating purposes only, under the following restrictions and regulations: Any person desiring to operate a propagating plant for game, in this Commonwealth, shall file with the secretary of the Board of Game Commissioners, at Harrisburg, a petition asking for the privilege. He shall also file a description of the premises to be used for such purpose, with its location, and shall accompany the same with the written statement of at least two well known citizens, of the community in which he may reside, certifying to his good character and fitness to be entrusted with such privileges. Upon notification of the favorable consideration of this petition by the Board of Game Commissioners, he shall pay to said secretary, for the use of said Board, the sum of five dollars, and file a duly executed bond, properly secured, in the sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful keeping, upon the part of the principal therein named and his employes upon said premises, of all the provisions of this section and all other game laws of this State. He shall keep a just and true account, in a book to be kept for that purpose only, of all game raised on said premises, of all game brought to said premises from outside of the State, the number of birds or animals, with the time they were received, the place from whence they were chaser. etc., to be tagged. shipped, and the name of the shipper. He shall keep a strict account of all game sold, its character, the number of birds or quadrupeds, the time and manner of shipment, with the name and address of the purchaser, and in every instance shall demand and receive before shipment an affidavit from the purchaser there- Amdavit of purof, setting forth the fact that the game thus purchased is intended only and will be released for strictly propagating purposes within this Commonwealth. Each affidavit thus procured shall belong to and be the property of the Board of Game Commissioners, and shall be filed with them by the owner of such propagating plant, together with an itemized statement from the before-named book-account, at the close of every three months, beginning with the date of his certificate. This book, together with the premises described and all game thereon, shall be open to inspection upon demand of any member of the Board of Game Commissioners of this State, or any game protector holding a commission from said Board. All boxes or crates, or packages of any description, in Boxes, crates, which game may be shipped or removed from said premises, shall, before removal therefrom, have attached thereto a card, to be supplied by the Board of Game Commissioners, upon which shall be plainly written, in the blank spaces left for that purpose, the name and address of the purchaser, with the contents of the box, crate or package. No other card or marking of any description shall be used. The certificate. herein provided for shall be good for one year from the date thereof, and shall be transferable only at the discretion and under conditions that may be prescribed by the Board of Game Commissioners. The bond hereinbefore provided for shall be forfeited to Forfeiture of the Commonwealth, for the use of the Board of Game Commissioners, and the certificate become void, upon the conviction of the principal therein named of having violated any of the provisions of this section, or of having knowingly or negligently permitted any one to violate any of the game laws of this Commonwealth on said premises. All game in possession, under control of, or owned by the operator of such propagating plant at the time of such conviction shall be forfeited, and become the sole property of the Board of Game Commissioners, to be distributed at their discretion within this Commonwealth. No operator of a propagating plant of this description within this Commonwealth shall be denied a new certificate, except for violation of some provision of this act. bond, etc. tive of game No law of this State shall be held to prevent the Animals destrucBoard of Game Commissioners, through their authorized agents, from destroying wild birds or animals, destructive of game, in such manner as they may direct. Wild-pigeon. Fine. Open season. Pheasant, wild rie-chicken. Section 5. No person shall take, catch or kill, or have in possession or under control, in this Commonwealth, either living or dead, any wild-pigeon, or portion thereof, for a period of ten years from and after the date of the approval of this act. Each and every person violating any provision of this section shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each wild-pigeon caught, killed or taken, or part thereof had in possession. Section 6. The open season for woodcock, in this Commonwealth, shall be from the first day of October to the first day of December of each year. The open season for ruffed-grouse, commonly called pheasant; turkey and prai- Wild-turkey, prairie-chicken; English, Mongolian or Chinese pheasant, shall be from the fifteenth day of October to the first day of December of each year; and the open season for quail, commonly called Virginia partridge, shall be from the first day of November to the first day of December of each year. It shall be unlawful, at any time, to shoot or injure quail when bunched upon the ground. Quail. Pheasant, woodcock, etc. Limit. Quail. Limit. Wild-turkey. Limit. Deer or fawn. Open season for deer or fawn. Dogs. Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, take or kill in any one day, in this Commonwealth, more than five ruffed-grouse, commonly called pheasant, or more than ten woodcock, or more than five English, Mongolian or Chinese pheasants; or more than twenty of either of the before named kinds, in any one week; or more than fifty of any of the aforesaid kinds, in any one season; or more than ten quail, commonly called Virginia partridge, in any one day; or more than forty of such birds, in any one week; or more than seventy-five thereof, in any one season; counting each week as beginning on Monday morning and ending the Saturday night following; or to have in possession at any one time, within this Commonwealth, more than the number above limited for the season, if the same have been caught, taken or killed within this Commonwealth. No more than one wildturkey shall be killed, caught or taken by any one person in any one day; nor more than four wild-turkeys in any one season; nor shall more than one deer or fawn be caught, taken or killed, in this Commonwealth, by any one person in any one season. Section 8. The open season for deer or fawn, within this Commonwealth, shall be from the fifteenth day of November to the first day of December of each year. No person shall make use of a dog or dogs in hunting deer or fawn within this Commonwealth; and the fact that a dog of any description shall be taken into the woods, or shall be had in the possession or under control, or shall be cared for or harbored, or permitted to remain with or in the camp of any person or persons who may go to hunt, during the open season for deer or fawn in this State, shall render each person in The game laws of this Commonwealth shall not be Elk. held to apply to elk. or fawn declared a public nuisance. game. Section 9. Any dog pursuing or following upon the Dogs running deer track of a deer or fawn, within this Commonwealth, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Such dog may be killed by any person when seen pursuing or Killing of. following upon the track of a deer or fawn in this Commonwealth, or by any game-protector, deputy game-protector, game-warden, forestry-warden, or any other officer of the State, whose duty it is to protect any of the game of the State, upon affidavit being made by one or more persons acquainted with the facts, before an officer authorized to administer oaths, that said dog in the habit of, or has been seen or heard running upon the track of or pursuing any deer or fawn in this Commonwealth, within a period of one year from the date of such affidavit. Any dog, off land controlled by the owner of said dog, pursuing Dogs pursuing or following upon the track of any game-quadruped or game-bird, or other wild bird, protected by existing law, during what is known as the close season for such quadrupeds or birds, in this Commonwealth, is hereby declared a public nuisance, and may be killed by the Public nuisance. owner or lessee of land whereon it is found, or by a game-protector, deputy game-protector, game-warden, Killing of. forestry-warden, or any other officer of the State whose duty it is to protect the game of this State, when seen upon the track of such game or wild bird, unless such dog shall wear a collar having attached Collars and namethereto a metallic tag or plate, upon which shall be plainly inscribed, in English, the name and address of the owner of such dog; and any dog wearing a collar thus inscribed, pursuing game off land controlled by the owner of such dog, during what is known as the close season for such game, may be killed by the owner plates. |
