Laws of Georgia for the protection of game birds and fish : instructions to wardens and suggestions to the public / Georgia Department of Game and Fish

The true measure of a people's greatness is their respect
for the law."
GEORGIA
Department of Game and Fish
BULLETIN NO. 5
LAWS OF GEORGIA
For the Protection of Game, Birds and Fish; and other matter for the people of Georgia as pertaining to the important work of this Department.
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By
CHARLES STERLING ARNOW
State Game and Fish Commissioner, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
1915

GEORGIA CHART

"OPEN SEASON."

Deer (Bucks only)

October 1st to December 1st

Cat Squirrel O'possum

August 1st to January 1st October 1st to March 1st

Quail, or Bob White Partridge Doves Wild Turkey Gobblers
Plovers

. November 20th to March 1st

Migratory Duck (Natl Law, Nov. 20th to Feb. 16th)-

Sept. 1st to April 20th

Snipe (Nat'l Law, Nov. 20th to Feb. 1st) . . .Dec. 1st to May 1st

Woodcock, Summer or Wood Duck

Dec. 1st to Jan. 1st

BAG LIMIT.

Quail
Summer Duck

Woodcock

Plover

P oves

j.

Snipe

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25 in one day 40 in one day

Deer (Buck only) Turkey (Gobbler only) Migratory Duck

3 in one season 3 in one season
50 in one day

Absolute protection, for a period of years, is given Fox Squirrel, Female Deer, Fawns, Turkey Hens, Pheasants, Grouse
and all Imported Game Birds and Animals.
-- License Fees To Residents, $1.00 for Home County.
To Residents, $3.00 for State. To Non-Residents, "15.00 for State.

To the County and Deputy Wardens
In the performance of the duties which are encumbent upon you as representatives of this Department, the Commissioner would make the following suggestions
. In your efforts to enforce the laws of this Department be always moderate, impartial and tactful.
Let it be known, to the people whom you serve, that it is
your desire and determination to serve them in such a manner as to win their good will and respect.
Let your people know that it is your desire that they under-
stand and respect the laws of this Department ; that it is never a pleasure for you to prosecute, but when they refuse to respect the laws, you have no other course open to you. In such cases let your prosecutions be vigorous, provided, always, you have reasonable assurance of the guilt of the party accused.
When in doubt as to what to do communicate promptly
with the Department.
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State Game and Fish Commissioner.
December, 1915.

DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH.
Chas. S. Arnow, Commissioner.
Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1915.
To the People of Georgia:
Before beginning the work of compiling a new Bulletin,
containing the laws of Georgia as applied to the protection of
game and fish, I asked my friends; the Honorables Jesse E.
Mercer, former Commissioner of Game and Fish of this State; James Henry Rice, Jr., former Commissioner of Game and Fish of the State of South Carolina, and now identified with the Biological Survey, and known as a United States Inspector of
Birds, and E. Lee Worsham, State Entomologist, to contribute from the vast store of knowledge which they possessed on the
subject, to the pages of this bulletin.
Those gentlemen responded promptly and so fully as to leave but little for the writer to say on the subject. I must
commend to the people, in whose hands this little booklet falls, the full and complete manner in which the subject has been treated by the gentlemen named. The time spent in perusing every line will be more than repaid by the benefits obtained.
Having but just entered upon the duties of this office, I have
no record behind me to which I may refer; I have no promises to make, except that I will do my duty as I see it, and make
every effort to bring about in Georgia an even and impartial
enforcement of the laws during my administration, protecting
wild bird and animal life. It is gratifying to know that the sentiment is rapidly
growing in Georgia in favor of the protection of bird and wild animal life ; that the few counties in Georgia where the records indicate that the laws have been but indifferently enforced is
due, in my judgment, more to carelessness and thoughtlessness
on the part of the people than to any real lawlessness. As they become convinced of the importance of these laws, and the benefits to be received from the enforcement of the same, Lhey will gradually become more friendly.
The County Wardens will find, what now is difficult work, will then become a labor of love and pleasure.
I am particularly impressed with the importance of pro-
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tecting the non-game and insectiverous birds. The very name of this Department indicates and stresses the fact that this Department is established and operated for the protection of game and fish. I certainly consider the strict enforcement of the laws protecting the non-game bird of just as much, if not more importance, than those protecting game birds.
Now that the boll weevil has entered Georgia, perhaps the
result has been to impress more strongly upon the minds of the people of this State the importance of protecting bird life. That
there may be no misunderstanding as to the birds that are most
important as destroyers of the boll weevil, I will say, as I have in answer to frequent inquiries on the subject, that our quail,
or partridge, cannot properly be classed as among the birds
that destroy the boll weevil; they are ground feeders; while the birds that are most destructive of the boll weevil are those of a type that feed in their flight. I believe that the laws that
we now have protecting the Bob White and the Dove are abso-
lutely sufficient, and if generally and uniformly enforced those birds will gradually and continuously increase under the opera-
tion of the laws which we already have.
I regret that the Meadow Lark is included in the list of outlawed birds under the laws of this State. The farmers of
the State are beginning to realize that this much-abused bird is, perhaps, one of their best friends and does more to destroy the insects that prey upon their crops than any other bird which
abounds on their farms. I trust that future legislatures may
see fit to give this bird the protection which it so richly deserves.
I trust that, also, the conflict which now exists in the open season and in the bag limit, as applied to the Migratory game Birds, may be reconciled so that the open season and bag limits
as promulgated by the Federal Migratory Bird Law, and the
laws of this State may be somewhat in harmony. It is my
opinion that the bag limit, particularly on Migratory ducks, is far too large, and the open season too long under our State laws.
I believe that the laws of Georgia as they now stand, as ap-
plied to this Department, are good; it, however, is not my privilege to make or break laws, and it is my purpose to use every effort and facility at my command to enforce the laws,
as we have them, and I appeal to the law-abiding citizens of

Georgia to give me their hearty, sympathetic co-operation in
this work.
Assuring them that in doing so that they will receive from me, due credit and hearty and sincere thanks, I am,
Sincerely,
State Game and Fish Commissioner.

Washington, D. C., October 19, 1915. "Hon. Chas. S. Arnow,
State Game and Fish Commissioner,
Atlanta, Georgia.
"Dear Mr. Arnow:
"The privilege of contributing whatever may be possible to
your successful administration of that important department of the State is a sincere pleasure. Under your alert and tactful direction, Georgia will, beyond peradventure, take high rank
among other States in the important matter of wild life con-
servation.
"Writing from the standpoint of ex-commissioner, I realize that the education of the public mind on the subject of bird protection is at this time exceedingly important, if not par-
amount. A large number of leading business men and promin-
ent public people have not even given the matter a thought ; do
not know that bird life in the State has been reduced to a mere
fraction of its normal status, and that actual extermination threatens important species. They have not stopped to consider what the effect would be if all bird life were exterminated they have been too busy with business affairs and personal interests and have left that matter to the gunners, mainly. While every gunner cannot be properly classed as an exterminator, most gunners contribute to the extermination or destruction of
bird life. Many gunners, nearly all real sportsmen, under or-
ganization, become deeply interested in conservation and to their efforts is due largely the game protection laws of that and other States and the country, and on them very largely depends the successful enforcement of laws enacted on their initiative and through their co-operation.
"The insect plagues that have beset mankind since the days of the Pharaohs down to the present boll weevil crisis, which
now threatens the State of Georgia, have no doubt been the result of wanton indifference and prodigality of the human race with reference to bird life, the natural enemy of insects that

cost many millions of dollars every crop year, in all agricultural
countries, and all ages.
"As a newspaper man of some experience, I know that
most of the papers of the State, if not practically all of them, will gladly co-operate with you and contribute, without price, their might (not mite) to the success of your efforts to impress
the public with the importance of wild life protection. I am
sure you realize the value of the friendly co-operation of the press. If you accomplish any good, they will proclaim it; if you fall into error, they will condemn it, and therein lies your greatest protection against a faulty administration.
"Any attempt to set out the immense economic value of song and insectivorous birds in dollars and cents is abortive of the results sought to be attained thereby. People must learn that they are Nature's great balance wheel. The value of the game birds, however, may be approximated and always the
figures are surprising.
"It is axiamatic that, until a system is adopted that will vouchsafe a normal supply, conservation and protection must be the watchword. Restrictions and limitations as to bag limits and closed seasons must be provided for by legislatures and enforced by Wardens.
"The war on the natural enemies of bird life, the greatest of which is, in Georgia, the feral house cat, must be left with
the interested gunners to prosecute. There, again, education is
essential. The average man, woman, or child does not know
and will be slow to believe that the innocent-looking Tom Cat
is a great ravager of birds' nests and destroyer of young birds, squirrels and domestic fowl, preferring that diet to rats and mice. Next in importance to education is law enforcement."
"Yours for law enforcement in general and for game law
enforcement in particular.
"Sincerely,
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WHY SHOULD BIRDS BE PROTECTED?
"Mr. Charles S. Arnow, Chief Game Warden of Georgia, has asked me to state why birds should be protected, as indicated by my long years of study and observation of the avian
kingdom. "It would be easy to say that birds as a rule are harmless,
beautiful, many of them fine musicians, and finally, they add life and color to the world ; a moving picture show wherein God
reveals Himself for His glory and our good.
"Nor is it much harder to say that a large class of birds
acts as the final check on the spread of harmful insects, thus saving the world's vegetation from ruin; and another large class feeds so extensively on the seeds of noxious plants as to keep these plants well within limits; another class, the might
raptores, or birds of prey, wage war on the rodents, or gnawing
animals of the world, such as rats, mice, voles, rabbits, squirrels, gophers and marmots, and thereby keep this fecund class from over-running creation; still another class acts as scav-
engers, removing dead and decomposing bodies. The vultures do this on land, the gulls and their allies in the harbors and
along the strand.
"But when these things are said they fail to convince, unless reasons are given and explanations, showing how such work is done. The subject is a vast one. On it thousands of books have been written, and there is still a great deal to say, as there always will be. Out of the store-house of nature fresh facts are being brought to light daily, and so ever new illustration is
available.
Something of the Bird's Frame.
"The bird differs from other animals in being covered with feathers. This is the sole difference. Reptiles and fish lay eggs, as do the Australian water mole, ornithorhyncus, and the echidna or ant-eater. Likewise other things, such as the bat (a
mammal or suck-giving animal), the flying fish, the flying squir-
rel, the flying lemur, and so on, fly ; but the bird alone is covered with feathers.
"However, birds are masters of the air. They pass from
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land to land, cross oceans and continents, circle high mountains and traverse both desert and jungle; they have been found almost within sight of the two poles of the earth, and the widest sea reaches are frequented by birds, such as the Wandering
Albatross.
"The sight is far keener than that of any other animal, and the digestion is rapid, due to rapid respiration and high body temperature, for the temperature of the bird's body is 112 de-
grees F., as against 98 degrees in the human body. The constant working of the wings makes a constant supply of food
a necessity. Birds quickly lose flesh and die if food be lacking.
"The chief difference of structure between insect-eating birds and seed or grain eaters lies in the enlarged gullet or crop of seed-eating birds, which is entirely lacking in insect-eaters. The insect-eating birds, of which blue birds and robins are good examples, possess a gullet that is simply a hollow tube running down the first division of the stomach (proventriculus) ; the second division, the gizzard (or gigerium) is present in all birds. Here food receives its final grinding.
"When eating insects it is the habit of such birds to break
off wings and legs, and sometimes the heads, the solid body
being swallowed. When both gullet and proventriculus are
packed to their capacity, there begins a spasmodic or involuntary contraction of the alimentary canal; the juice is squeezed out of the insects, taken up by the lacteal veins and carried to
the various body tissues for nourishment. When no further
juice exudes, the canal walls relax and the bird vomits forth undigested portions, just as a snake vomits out the horns, hoofs, hair and hide of an animal. This process consumes about one hour and a half.
"At the end of this time the bird's stomach is empty and feeding must at once begin. Hence in a long summer day a bird will fill its stomach about ten times ; in shorter days from six to eight times. So that if one hundred average insects are consumed at a meal (this is below the real average), the total for a whole day is impressive, even for a single bird. For one hundred birds it becomes amazing, while for the thousands of birds in a single community it dazzles the mind to attempt to
figure it out.
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"This explanation will show what a vast amount of insect diet is required to feed the birds of a county, say, what an immense and incalculable amount would be required for the birds
of a State like Georgia.
"A little more explanation will still further help to an un-
derstanding.
Insects.
"From the dawn of time man has battled with insects. The
more he makes the more insects multiply, because their food supply becomes practically unlimited.
"Huxley, the celebrated British systematist, estimated that ten generations of the Phylloxera vastata, an aphid or plant louse, that destroys the grape vines of Europe, would equal in
bulk five- hundred million human beings or, roughly, the popula-
tion of the' Chinese empire. Fortunately for the world these
pests feed on nothing but grape vines; hence when the supply of vines fails, they perish of starvation. The hop vine aphis (Phorodon humuli) has thirteen generations in a year and the number in the twelfth generation alone, if all came to maturity, would exceed ten sextillions; and if placed in line, ten to the inch, would pass out into space far beyond the most distant
-- fixed star ever seen by the greatest telescope a distance so vast
that light would require twenty-five years to span it, even though traveling at the rate of 186,000 miles a second!
"While these are extreme cases, insects reproduce their kind at an extremely rapid rate.
"They are also so voracious that actual measure shows that the caterpillar of the American silkworm moth devours eighty-
six thousand times its own weight in fifty-six days.
"History, even in modern times, abounds with instances where whole countries have been over-run and all living things devoured by hordes of insects. South Africa has been swept time and again by grasshoppers or locusts; so has Australia; so have the Phillipines and China ; and in 1877 an army of small grasshoppers caused a famine in Kansas, entailing a loss of two hundred million dollars.
"It should be remembered that insects occur in four forms, namely, the egg (1), the larva or creeping form (2), the pupid or chrysalid (3), and the adult insect or imago (4).
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"Small birds, such as the titmice, nut hatches, brown creeper and many of the warblers, feed largely on the eggs of insects and consume many thousands each day. Moreover, the largest caterpillars, when newly-hatched, are tiny and these are eaten in great numbers by the small birds.
"In the larval or caterpillar stage, insects are warred on by still more birds. Robins tear open the pupal cases of insects
in winter, as do other birds, and destroy the pupal. When the
insect has reached the adult stage, as butterfly, moth, beetle,
or what not, another class of birds devours it. At every stage of an insect's life some bird makes direct war on it. Cuckoos eat the spiny caterpillars until the pines pierce the bird's stomach walls, the outside of which resembles a hair-brush.
"Ground-dwelling insects are attacked by several species of birds. Insects that live on the ground are eaten by thrushes and other ground-feeding birds. Insects that live in the ground
are bored for by the meadow lark, the grackles and other birds. Insects that bore into trees are caught by woodpeckers. One of
the woodpeckers, the well-known flicker or yellow-hammer,
makes a specialty of eating ants. As high as five thousand ants have been found in a flicker's stomach. They were eaten at a
single feed.
"The flycatchers take insects on wing, as do the swallow family, one of the most interesting of which is the Purple Martin, or 'Gourd Martin.'
"Small warblers and vireos search the leaves and branches for insects and their eggs.
"The Partridge appears to be the only bird that eats the
-- potato beetle to any extent at least in the South. The Rose-
breasted Grosbeak eats potato bugs in the North.
"The gypsy moth in Massachusetts, with its cousin, the brown-tailed moth, crickets in Utah, alfalfa weevils in the Far
West, the Colorado potato beetle, the two-lined chestnut borer, the pine bark beetle, the corn "budworm," and the boll weevil in
cotton, are all present examples of the destructive march of insects. They are all equally striking examples of what happens when insect-eating birds are slaughtered.
"Man may upset the great balance of nature; but he cannot
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readjust it. Nature's own forces alone suffice to maintain the
metes and bounds.
"The annual damage to crops, forests, stored products and cattle in the United States by insects exceeds a billion dollars and is still rising.

"An equally important office is performed by hawks and

owls in keeping rats and mice in check; for the rodent tribe is

A hardly less fecund than insects.

pair of rabbits will have

thirteen million, seven hundred and eighteen thousand descend-

ants in three years, according to the official estimate of the Aus-

tralian government. Australian farmers have had to fight for

their very existence, and in most of the commonwealth today it

is only possible to raise crops by enclosing fields with woven

wire fencing. There are but two bad hawks, the blue darter and

the Cooper's hawk or "chicken hawk," and but one bad owl, the

great horned owl. The rest are worth their weight in gold.

Whenever hawks and owls are killed off rats and mice will make

the farmer howl.

"The vultures perform an absolutely indispensable office in
cleaning away carrion, for in dead bodies many of the worst flesh flies breed, insects that menace the human race with pestilence. Vultures can only carry germs of hog cholera when man
himself is to blame for it by leaving carcasses where his hogs can feed on them or by feeding offal to his hogs, which will attract vultures. The free grass ranges of South Carolina and Georgia keep cholera alive and rampant.
"So the sea birds clean the world's harbors, by eating dead fish, dead cats, dead dogs, and the thousand and one things that float seaward from all earth's rivers. These birds occasionally come inshore and help put down an insect outbreak. This happened in Utah (1848) and in Kansas (1877) and has happened
in many other places.
"The seed-eating birds, as doves and sparrows, for example, destroy thousands of tons of weed seed each winter, reducing
the labor of the farmer.
"In short, when it is calmly considered, birds everywhere and at all times perform a mighty work in nature, "doing the

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King's work all the dim day long." One of the last words of Moses (Deut. 22:6 and 7), in the shadow of Mount Nebo, was to save the birds ; in the first chapter of Genesis God says let them multiply: and who are that should know more than these?
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BIRD PROTECTION.
"Georgia, like most other States, has permitted the wholesale slaughter of her birds, which could be one of our most valu*
able assets. When the Indian roamed over our mountains and plains; and when the white man first set foot on Georgia soil,
there was a balance of nature ; all the animals of the forests, the birds and insects, bore a certain balanced relation to each other with certain definite relations to plant life. The Indian was an enemy to wild life, but his deficiency in numbers and lack of
civilized ideas of the white man preserved this balance of nature. The white man came, tilled the soil, selected certain plants for his own use and bringing others with him from his home across the
sea.
"In order to succeed he had to destroy the insects, birds and animals, that interfered with his operations. This had a tendency to reduce certain forms and increase others. The in-
sects increased in numbers because the white man made condi-
tions more favorable by providing better food. Along with the foreign plants he brought the insects that preyed upon them, without bringing the natural enemies that held them in check on their native soil. The birds were the principal agencies in insect
control, and as the white man increased the birds decreased. He provided food for the home and sport for the young American
whose destructive tendencies were innate, and have increased at an alarming rate to this very date.
Under the management of the white man our insect enemies have grown steadily worse, and we have borrowed others
from almost every country on the globe. "The birds that aid mankind should be protected as a matter
of sentiment for the service they render in song, and the service they render to agriculture through destruction of injurious insects and seeds of objectionable weeds and grasses, but the inclination to destroy wild life is too strongly fixed upon our people to obtain practical results from sentiment alone.
"The insects that prey upon the orchard, farm and garden crops, are costing us annually in Georgia at least twenty million dollars. In addition to this, there is a tremendous damage to forest and shade trees, live stock, and to man, as carriers of disease. Such diseases as Texas fever in cattle, malaria and yellow
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fever, are spread only by insects, and insects play a large part in the dissemination of typhoid fever and tuberculosis.
"The birds would never be able, of course, to control the vast hordes of insects that annoy us and feed upon our crops, but if given proper protection they can render great service, and the laws for their protection should be rigidly enforced."
State Entomologist.
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GEORGIA
GAME AND FISH
LAWS.
AS AMENDED
GAME.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the department of game and fish be established, to be in charge of the game and fish commissioner, who shall be appointed by the governor, and the term of whose office shall be for a period of two years, beginning September 1, 1911, or until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in the office by death or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment of the
governor.
Sec. 2. Said commissioner shall receive a salary of not exceeding $2,000.00 per annum, payable alone out of the fund hereinafter mentioned, and provided by virtue of this act, and he
shall give his entire time to the service of the State as such game and fish commissioner.
Sec. 3. Said commissioner shall give bond in the sum of $4,000 payable to the governor of the state, with two or more
solvent securities, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and a proper accounting of all moneys that
may come into his hands as commissioner. He shall keep a public
record correctly disclosing all moneys received and expended, the number of hunters' licenses, the number of wardens employed, with their names, and counties in which they serve. Also the name of each person prosecuted for violation of this act, the amount of fines imposed and collected in each case, and all such
other information as may be necessary to the affairs of the de-
partment. The books and accounts of said commissioner shall be
audited in the same way as other books and accounts of the other departments of the state are audited. He shall have a seal of
office.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said commissioner to see that
the laws now or hereafter enacted for the protection, propagation and preservation of game animals, game birds and fish in
this state are observed, and that violations of said laws are
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promptly and speedily prosecuted. It shall be his duty to seize or cause to be seized game birds, or other animals and fish caught or killed at a time or in a manner, or which have been shipped, contrary to the provisions of this act. Such game or fish so seized shall be donated to some charitable institution in this state, except live game birds, animals or fish, which shall be
liberated. He shall, with wardens and deputy wardens and ex-
officio wardens, be authorized to serve all criminal processes for violations of this act which could be served by the sheriff and constables of this state.
Sec. 5. He shall appoint game and fish wardens and deputy
wardens in each county of this state, such appointees to hold their office for the term of two years unless sooner removed for cause by the commissioner. Such wardens and deputy wardens shall enforce all the provisions of this act, and all other laws in reference to game and fish in their respective counties. Such wardens and deputy wardens shall receive three dollars per day while acting under the special directions of the commissioner with reference to the discharge of their duties, which sum shall be paid out of the game protection fund provided for by this act. Each county warden shall receive one-fourth of all fines and forfeitures and penalties collected in the county in which he holds office imposed for violation of any of the game and fish laws of this state where he does not furnish the evidence necessary to convict. If he does arrest, or cause the arrest, and furnish the evidence necessary to convict, then he shall have three-fourths
of such fines, forfeitures and penalties. Any person arresting or causing to be arrested offenders under any of the game and fish
laws of this state and furnishing the evidence necessary to convict such offenders, shall receive one-half of fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed and collected from such offenders and legal fees paid to constables. The remaining portion of fines imposed and collected shall be forwarded to the state game commissioner and by him turned into the treasury to the credit of the game protection fund. The county warden shall receive twenty-five cents for each county license issued by him, one dollar for each state license and three dollars for each non-resident license issued by him.
All county wardens shall keep a record in the office of the clerk of the court in their respective counties, which record shall be open to the public, giving names of all parties holding resident, county and state license and non-resident state license issued by him. This record shall also show the names, offenses and fines imposed on all persons convicted for a violation of the fish or game laws of this state in the county of his jurisdiction.
Sec. 6. Any resident of the state may procure a license to hunt in his resident county upon the payment of the sum of
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one dollar. License to such resident shall be issued authorizing
him to hunt throughout the state upon the payment of three

dollars. Licenses shall be issued to non-residents of the state
upon the payment of the sum of fifteen dollars, which shall au-
thorize such non-resident to hunt throughout the state. All

licenses shall bear the date of issuance if the license is issued in

the open season, and shall authorize the person named therein

to hunt during the then open season, and if issued in the closed

season shall authorize said person to hunt during the next suc-

ceeding open season. Such licenses shall be signed by the com-

missioner and countersigned by the game warden of the county

in which the license is issued and numbered. It shall contain

the residence, age, sex and postoffice address of the person to
whom issued; also shall state the race, approximate height and

weight, and the color of the applicant's hair and eyes. The li-

cense fees, less the warden's fees, shall be remitted by the war-

den to the commissioner not later than the first of the following

A month.

person may hunt or fish in the open season in his

own militia district or on his own land without a license. Ten-

ants and their families by and with permission of the owner of

the land shall be permitted to hunt and fish on the lands leased and rented by them without a license. All licenses shall terminate on the twentieth day of February following the date of issuance. (License will be recognized as effective until March 1st.)

Sec. 7. No person shall hunt or fish upon the lands of an-
other with or without license without first having obtained per-
mission from such land owner. Any person violating this sec-
tion is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall

be punished as prescribed in section twelve of this act.

Sec. 8. All moneys received by the commissioner arising under this act shall constitute a fund known as the game protection fund, and shall be devoted to the payment of the salary of the commissioner, his necessary incidental expenses and the salary of the game wardens and deputy wardens when acting under the special instructions from him. Such salaries and ex-
penses shall not be a charge upon the state funds, nor payable
out of any other fund than the game protection fund. No
voucher for said salaries or expenses shall be paid unless there
shall be at the time sufficient money to the credit of said fund in the treasury. If there should be any money in the treasury at the end of the year to the credit of the game protection fund the amount so remaining shall become a part of the public school

fund of the state.
Sec. 9. The clerk of each court in which prosecutions may
be instituted for violations of this act shall promptly report to the commissioner the result of said trial and the amount of fines,
forfeitures and penalties collected, which said sum shall, after

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the deductions mentioned in section 5 of this act, be forwarded
to the game commissioner and be placed to the credit of the game protection fund.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the various judges of the superior courts to specially mention in their charges to their respective grand juries the provisions of this act.
Sec. 11. The following shall be deemed game birds and animals: Quails, commonly known as Bob White Partridges; doves, snipe, woodcocks and curlews, wild turkeys, grouse, pheasant, deer, squirrels, duck and marsh hens. Provided,
that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the hunting or sale of migratory ducks, provided that no one person shall kill more than fifty ducks in any one day, and the season for shooting migratory ducks is between September 1st and April 20th.
Sec. 12. Any person who shall purchase or sell, or export for sale or offer to sell any of the game birds or animals named
in section 11 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and all costs for each offense, or to work on the public works not less than five nor more than thirty
days, and any one or more of these punishments may be ordered
in the discretion of the judge.
Sec. 13. Any person who shall transport or ship, or offer to transport or ship, any of the game birds or animals men-
tioned in section 11 of this act, without the limits of the state,
or from the county in which the game was killed into another county in this state, or who shall sell or offer for sale, or purchase or offer to purchase any part of the plumage, skin or body of any of the game birds or animals mentioned in section 11 or who shall take or wilfully destroy the nests or eggs of any of said birds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed by section 12 of this act provided, it shall be lawful for any person duly authorized to hunt to personally transport, openly, the game actually killed by him from the county in which it was killed to any county
of this state, or without the state, but the person killing said
game must in each instance accompany the game so killed. Each person hunting shall carry with him his license and exhibit the same promptly upon request of any game warden or deputy warden or ex-officio warden.
Sec. 14. Any person who shall hunt, kill or destroy by any means whatsoever or who is in possession of the following named
birds or animals, except between the following dates, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act: Quail, commonly
known as Bob White Partridges; doves, wild turkey gobblers
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and plovers from November 20th to March 1st following ; snipe
from December 1st to May 1st following; woodcock, summer
or wood duck, from December 1st to January 1st following; deer, October 1st to December 1st; cat squirrels from August 1st to January 1st following of each year. It shall be unlawful to kill any fox squirrels prior to January 1, 1918. It shall be unlawful at any time 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 other bait for the purpose of drawing to the lands where such bait is scattered or placed game birds or doves for
the purpose of shooting or allowing to be shot at, or killing such
game birds or doves at or near such lands so baited, and it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot at or kill any dove or other game bird at, upon, over or near any land baited or baited field
or land, and for a violation of this provision such person or per-
sons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as pre-
scribed in section 1065 of the criminal code.

Sec. 15. During the open season no person shall be authorized to kill more than three male deer, nor more than three wild turkey gobblers during any one season. Nor more than twentyfive game birds of any one species in any one day, except snipe
or doves, of which one person may kill forty in one day. Any
person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

and punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act.

Sec. 16. Any person who shall catch or kill any wild
pheasant, grouse, wild doe or fawn, or wild turkey hens, or any imported game birds or game animals prior to December 1, 1916, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished

as prescribed in section 12 of this act.

Sec. 17. Any person who shall at any time kill or capture or wound any game bird or animal by the use of pitfall, deadfall,
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 on his own land, or in his own militia district, 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 animals not mentioned in this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished
as pi escribed in section 12 of this act.

Sec. 19. Any common carrier who shall ship or transfer or

carry any game bird or animal without the limits of this state

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, pun-

ished

as

prescribed

in

section

12

of

this

act ;

provided,

the

terms

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of this section shall not apply to game in the personal posses-
sion 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 within this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as
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 nest or eggs of any non-game bird or to have the same in his or her possession. Such persons 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
into this state birds 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. 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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FISH LAWS.

Criminal Code, 1911.

Sec. 600. No person shall inhabit, occupy, or reside in any
vessel, ark or flat on any river of this State, which shall not be engaged in the lawful commerce of said river in the carriage of goods or produce to or from market unless owned by the pro-

prietors of the shores, or their lessees provided, nothing in this ;
section shall be construed to prevent the owners of the land on said rivers, or their lessees, from taking fish in the river opposite

their banks; but no seine shall be permitted to be used in said river either by such owners or lessees, from twelve o'clock Saturday night to twelve o'clock Sunday night ; and provided also, that every lease or license to fish shall be recorded within ten days

after the granting thereof in the clerk's office of the superior

A court of the county where the land lies.

violation of any of

the foregoing provisions shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.

Sec. 601. No person, other than the proprietors of the

shores and banks of salt creeks, estuaries, and rivers (or such

person as shall be by such proprietor authorized), shall take

fish, or attempt to do so, with any line, net, or contrivance, on any estuary, or river, where an artificial shell-reef, beds or fish-

ing grounds have been constructed within one hundred yards
thereof. Nor shall one proprietor construct or use such places opposite the shore or bank of another proprietor beyond the center of creek, estuary, or river opposite his own shore or bank. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 602. If any person shall put any trap, wire, trot-line,

set-line, or other like contrivances, for catching fish for sale, in
any of the lakes or other waters of the State, upon or within the lands of another, without the written consent of the owner

thereof, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 603. If any person shall place in the waters of any river or creek, or any fresh water drain any dam, trap, net, seine, or other device for catching fish, unless the main channel of such stream is left open for a space of ten feet for rivers and one-third of the channel of creek, at low-water mark, unobstructed for the free passage of fish up or down such stream, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the sheriff of the county, upon complaint of persons in the territory of such obstruction

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shall have authority to break open any dam, net, or other ob-
struction that may be placed in such waters in violation of this
section. This section does not apply to dams for milling or manufacturing purposes. The words "low-water mark" shall not ap-
ply to fresh water drains.

Sec. 604. If any person shall use firearms, dynamite, or other explosive or destructive substances for the purpose of killing fish, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 605. If any person shall use nets, seines, or other contrivances covering, extending to, or obstructing more than onehalf of the stream, for catching or taking shad in any of the streams of this state, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 606. There shall be a "closed time" for the rivers in which shad are caught, of forty-eight hours: commencing at sunrise on Saturday morning of each week, and ending at sun-
rise on Monday morning of the next week during which "closed
time" no shad or other migratory fish shall be caught by nets, wires, pounds, or any other means whatever; neither shall such nets, wires, pounds, or other apparatus be left in said rivers during said "closed time." The meshes of nets or other apparatus for catching said fish shall not be less than five inches.

Sec. 607. No shad shall be taken, except between the first

day of January and the twentieth day of April of each year ex-

cept for spawning purposes, to carry out the provisions of the

law for propagating fish.

A Sec. 608.

violation of either of the two preceding sec-

tions shall be a misdemeanor.

Sec. 609. If any person shall seine or net for fish in any of the streams in which mountain trout exist, or be placed, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

POISONING FISH PROHIBITED.
Sec. 611. Any person who shall directly by himself, or by-
aiding or abetting others, put walnut hulls, walnut leaves, devil shoestring, or any poisonous substances whatever of any kind in any waters, either running streams or standing waters, such as lakes, ponds, or eddy places in any river or creek within the
limits of this State, which will be likely to drive away or poison the firsh therein by contaminating said waters, shall be guitly of
a misdemeanor.
CLOSED PERIOD FOR FISHING EXCEPT WITH HOOK AND LINE.
Sec. 612. If any person shall catch or take any fish with seine, net, gig, or spear, or like device from any of the waters of this State, between the first day of February and the first day of

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July in each year, except with hook and line, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 613. In the case of shad the above prohibition as to dates shall apply only between the 15th of April and the 1st of
July.
Sec. 614. Whoever shall catch any shad or other fish, or use for the purpose of catching shad or other fish, in any of the waters of this State, any net or nets known as drift-nets, between the hours commencing at sundown on Thursday of each week and ending at sunrise on Monday morning of the next week, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Above repealed by act of November 27, 1915, only as apply-
ing to the salt waters of this State.
SALT WATER FISH LAWS
"An Act for the protection and propagation of fish, shrimp,
prawn, oysters, turtles, terrapins and other crustaceans in
this State; providing how the same may be taken and
caught from the salt waters of this State; providing for a license for the taking and catching of the same; the appointment of special inspectors to enforce the provisions of this Act, prescribing their duties, and to provide penalties for a violation of this Act, and for other purposes."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, all of the beds of all salt waters, bays, rivers, estuaries and shores of the sea, and the waters overlying the same, within this State and not already conveyed by special grant or compact, according to law, shall continue and remain the property of the State of Georgia,
and subject to the special provisions of this Act may be used in common by the people of this State for the purpose of fishing,
taking and catching oysters, shrimp, prawn, turtles, terrapins and other shell fish, and no grant shall hereafter be issued by the county authorities in any county in this State to pass any estate, title or interest of the State in or to any natural oyster bed, rock, or shoal, whether the said bed, rock or shoal shall be bare or not, except in compliance with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the passage of this Act, so far as the authority of the said State shall extend, oysters, clams and other fish, crabs, shrimp, prawn, turtles and terrapins, and other crustaceans,
found in the salt waters of this State, suitable for food, shall be considered fish, and it shall be the duty of the Department of
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Game and Fish, as established by the Act of August 21, 1911, to
enforce the laws of the State of Georgia for the protection of the same.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That after the passage of this Act the said Game and Fish Com-
missioner shall have authority to employ not exceeding three inspectors to carry into effect the provisions of the laws of this
State for the protection of game and fish; said inspectors shall
receive salaries not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00)
per month, as may be ordered by the Commissioner. They shall take oath and give bond in the sum of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) for the faithful performance of their duties. These inspectors shall have authority to carry out the provisions of this Act and to arrest persons violating the provisions thereof,
or any of the laws of said State covering the protection of game
and fish.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the State Game and Fish Commissioner shall have author-
ity to purchase or lease launches for the use of the inspectors, while in active service of the Department, and for carrying out
the provisions of this Act. Said State Game and Fish Commis-
sioner is hereby empowered and directed to employ such other
help as he may deem necessary in carrying out the provisions
of this Act and the other laws of the State for the protection of game and fish. Compensation for such service to be paid out of
funds derived for the protection of game and fish.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all boats and vessels engaged in taking oysters for purpose of sale from any of the beds in this State, whether the same be private or public beds, shall, before beginning operation, first secure a license from the said Commissioner of Game and Fish, and for this purpose the owner, captain or agent of said vessel must present in writing an application setting forth the name and description of said vessel, the name and post office address of the owner and captain, the number of the crew, and such further data as the Commissioner shall deem necessary, and thereupon said Commissioner shall register said vessel and issue necessary license, upon payment of the cost
thereof. All licenses shall be graduated according to the oystercarrying capacity of each boat or vessel, and shall be as follows
A license tax of one dollar per ton or fraction of a ton is
hereby levied on each such vessel or boat of five tons or over net
register. On all other such boats propelled by sail or power,
a license tax of five dollars for each boat is hereby levied, and on all such skiffs, batteaux, and other boats not propelled by sail or power, a license tax of three dollars is hereby levied.
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License shall be issued by the Commissioner on blanks pro-
vided for that purpose.
The owner of any such vessel desiring to catch or take oysters under the provisions of this Act shall first obtain from the
Commissioner of Game and Fish a license for said boat, said
license shall have effect for twelve months from the first day of the month in which it is issued, and no vessels shall be used for catching and fishing for oysters in the waters of this State, unless so licensed. Each license shall state the name of the applicant, the name of the vessel, and the license, under the provisions of this Act, shall not be used except upon vessel so mentioned in said license. Said Commissioner shall have the right to use and expend the moneys received, under the provisions of this Act, for carrying out the provisions of the Act so far as
such expenditure may be necessary, and the residue, if any, shall,
from time to time, be paid into the Treasury of the State, to be
applied as other surplus funds in the Game and Fish Department
under existing laws.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any person, except owners and their authorized agents and employees, to take, catch, or tong oysters, from any of the private or public beds of this State between sun-
set and sun-rise. Any person violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful to take or catch any fish, within the definition of that term as in this Act expressed, from any of the salt waters of this State, by
the use of any device whatever between the first day of May
and the first day of August of each year.
Provided, that the foregoing penal provisions shall not be construed to prohibit the taking, by any person, of such fish, with a cast net or hook and line, nor shall it apply to or prohibit
the use of hand-drawn seines not more than thirty feet in length, when used in catching prawn and shrimp for bait, or other fish to be sold in local retail trade by the persons taking the same, or to be used for the personal consumption of the fisherman. Nor shall the same apply to the taking of crabs.
Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch or take any of the above mentioned fish for commercial purposes from the salt waters of this State, within the time above mentioned, otherwise, without first obtaining a license from the Commis-
sioner of Game and Fish, as hereinafter provided. Any person
desiring to catch or take any such fish from the salt waters of this State, except in the manner as aforesaid shall first obtain
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from the Commissioner of Game and Fish a license therefor;
said license shall have effect for twelve months from the first day of the month in which it is issued. The fee for such license shall be one dollar per ton or fraction of a ton on each boat or vessel of five tons or over net register. On all boats propelled by sail or power, the same being under five tons net register, a license tax of five dollars for each such boat is hereby levied, and on all such skiffs, batteaux and other boats not propelled by sail or power a license tax of three dollars on all such boats is hereby levied.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person not a citizen of this State shall take or catch any oysters, fish, shrimp, prawn, turtle, terrapin or other crustacean from the salt waters of this State in any manner whatsoever, for the purpose of selling, that he shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the expense of salaries of the inspectors, or any other expense authorized to be incurred, shall be paid out of the fund arising from the operation of the game and fish laws of this State, and that any residue, if any, shall be turned into the State Treasury from time to time to be applied as other surplus funds
in the Game and Fish Department under existing laws. The Commissioner of Game and Fish shall have authority to provide such rules and regulations as may be needful in carrying into effect the game and fish laws of this State, provided, that same
be not inconsistent with the laws of this State. The robbing or breaking up of turtle and of terrapin nests, or the destroying of the eggs of the same, or the turning over of turtles and allowing them to remain so turned is forbidden, and any person guilty of the same shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, and all laws prohibiting the taking of salt water fish at any other season of the year than as herein expressed be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved November 27, 1915.
SAW DUST FLOATING INTO STREAMS, PROHIBITED.
An Act to prohibit the floating of saw dust into any of the
streams of this State, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
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State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful to float saw dust into any of the streams of this State.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons
or corporations violating the provisions of Section one of this Act shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not go into effect in any county until it has been recommended by two grand juries of the county.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby re-
pealed.
Approved August 19th, 1911.
POISONING AND DYNAMITING FISH.
Probably the ugliest crime connected with the destruction of
game and fish, and one that is devoid of the semblance of sport,
is the practice of poisoning the waters, or dynamiting the ponds and streams, destroying all life for the sake of a day's supply of
fish. For a mess of flesh many average citizens have been
thoughtless enough to at least aid and abet in this inexcusable practice. It is the fixed policy of this Department to relentlessly hunt down and vigorously prosecute every person participating in such infractions of the law. The Department should have the assistance and encouragement of every good citizen in checking this tremendous draft on the supply of fish; and to restore to a normal condition the fishing waters, an abundant supply of fish in -every stream of the State.
DOVE BAITING.
Next to dynamiting fish is the barbarous practice of baiting doves and slaughtering them by the thousands. Certainly it is great sport, but the morbid fascination leads to the destruction of large numbers, often five and six thousand in a single morning in one small field, a wanton destruction of the finest game birds. But let us hope that this has become a reminiscence, that it has passed into history to be remembered by future generations as a species of barbarism. It must not be attempted in Georgia now, and every warden or deputy warden who fails to do his duty in bringing into court those who infract this wholesome provision of the law will surely receive the censure of this office ; and every good citizen who fails to report such violations should be censured by a quickened conscience.
A CAT TELLS HIS OWN STORY.
We are a numerous and valorous race and, true to the tradi-
tions of our ancestors, we are tireless hunters of birds. As we
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are considered a necessity, most farms support one and generally
a family of our kind, to say nothing of the wild individuals who roam the woods without homes. It is admitted that by our cunning methods of approach we are able to secure an average of fifty birds apiece each year. Not so hard a task either, when you consider that many of our prizes are either the young and tender birds which are hardly able to fly, and, in fact, we are frequently able to secure them from the nest when the mother is away after food. Were we able to find the nests of the mother birds we kill, we might have more delicate morsels which other-
wise die of starvation.
-- But whether or not we are credited with all we do, it is a
glorious record nearly two million birds in Michigan alone each year, and at least one hundred million in the United States.
Those who know tell us that there is no other agency which destroys so many birds.
Now these birds are a murderous lot. The purple martin
I had for breakfast ate two thousand mosquitoes last evening.
And do you know, I watched that scarlet tanager I had for
lunch eighteen minutes and during that time he ate four hundred and thirty gypsy moth caterpillars. The rose-breasted grosbeak I caught yesterday in the potato patch was so busy eating
potato bugs that I had him before he knew I was near.
It is not all fun, however. The goldfinch, for example, is fine eating, but I always find him feeding upon the seeds of the Canada thistle, and thistle spines are not nice to get into one's
paw.
They tell me that when the farmer realizes that the birds
I kill have been saving him hundreds of dollars in the crops saved from weeds and insects, he will get rid of me, but so far I have been able to make him believe by the killing of a few rats
and mice that I am worth keeping. I have my suspicions, however, that my date of favor is nearly past for he is learning that
the hawks and owls which he now considers his enemies, be-
cause they occasionally catch his chickens, are really catching
more rats and mice than I am. He will soon learn to know and destroy the Cooper and Sharp-skinned Hawk and the Great
Horned Owl, which do most of the chicken catching, and spare the others to catch his rats and mice.
There is also an activity among city folks of which I am fearful. I was visiting my friend Alice the other day, when the Doctor came to see her. He said she had the scarlet fever. When he saw me he was nearly frantic and sent some one to the 'phone. You see he is a member of the Board of Health, and they are trying to make a record for a healthy city. He said it
was almost certain that I would carry the disease into the family where I live and went on to say that most all of what he called
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"Germ" diseases are carried by cats. He also said that about
nine out of ten of my kind are more or less infected with tuber-
culosis, and something about the danger of cats eating rats which
have the bubonic plague, but before the story was finished a
man come with a wagon marked "Poundmaster" and took me away. I am afraid that when people learn these things we shall
all lose our places as household pets for the children to fondle.

Owing to the unpleasant notoriety brought to our race by

the Audubon and Tuberculosis societies and the Board of Health,

I see no chance for us unless our owners make provision for our

safety in a license system the same as they do for our dog neigh-

bors. It would be hard not to be allowed to catch birds but we

would be protected from our diseased, mangy brothers and sis-

ters, and really it is not so pleasant to live in a family which

does not care enough for one to pay a license fee. Such people

even forget to feed us part of the time.

A Cat.

LICENSE REQUIRED AND CONSENT NECESSARY TO HUNT ANY KIND OR CHARACTER OF GAME.

The Court of Appeals decided the generally debated question as to whether license and consent are necessary to hunt animals not classified as game animals. In the case of Blassingame vs. State from the City Court of Madison, the Court says

"1. The primary purpose of the Act of 1911 (Acts of 1911,

p. 137), is the preservation of the game specified in the act. As

incidental to that purpose Section 7 of that act makes it unlawful

for any person to hunt not only the game enumerated in the act,

but any game or other animals not enumerated, either with or
******** without a license, upon the land of another without first obtain-
ing the consent of the land owner."

"This court holds that no kind or character of game, whether

designated by the act or not, can be hunted without complying

******** with the requirements as to license, and without first obtaining

the permission of the land owner."

"The

other exception is 'persons following hounds in pursuit of foxes

or deer, or any other animal not mentioned in this Act' ; and this

simply means that where a hunter is lawfully hunting upon the

lands of another with permission, and, in so hunting, the hounds

find, upon the lands upon which he has permission to hunt, foxes,

deer, or any other animal not mentioned in this act, and the game

is pursued by the hounds, he may follow the hounds in pursuit

on to land upon which he has no permission to hunt." * * * *

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IN CONCLUSION.
The Commissioner appreciates the assistance given this Department by the sportsmen of the State, and he also appreciates most highly the space that is given by the press of the State in bringing prominently before the people the laws of this Department, and the importance of the enforcement of the same, in addition to this they have helped beyond estimate the laws for
the protection of bird life in Georgia, particularly as applied to
the agricultural interest of the State, and they have also performed the great work of educating the people in the matter of conservation of the game birds and animals of Georgia.
The Commissioner asks that all law-abiding citizens of Georgia should co-operate with the county and deputy wardens of this Department in their respective counties in an effort to bring about a uniform enforcement of the laws of this Department.
Sincerely,
State Game and Fish Commissioner.
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