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 l(}l2 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Suss. III. Ch. 417. 1899. March 3.1899- CHAP. 417.-An Act For the protection of birds, preservation of game, and for (ii the prevention of its sale during certain closed seasons in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of Rejoresentatives of the United 1>i»=ric¤•pfo•>1¤¤¤\·i¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall kill, ¤$i°t;°i-gtgbghclgtgi expose lor sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive. 8*gyM mmm any partridge, otherwise quail, between the first day of Februaryand mils,. the nrst day of November; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any woodcock, between the fifteenth day of January and the fifteenth day of July; nor kill, expose for ale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any prairie chicken, otherwise pinnated grouse, between the first day of February and the first day of September; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any ruifed grouse, otherwise known as pheasant, between the twenty-sixth day of December and the first day of November, except the English ring neck pheasant, or other pheasants of foreign origin, hatched and raised in farm poultry inclosures; nor kill, expose for sale, nor have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any wild turkey, between the twenty-sixth day of December R•bbi¢¤¤r¤q¤i¤·¤1¤· and the first day of November; nor kill, expose for sale, nor have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any rabbit, except the species known as the English rabbit or squirrel, between the first day of Feb- Snipe or prow. mary and the first day of November; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any snipe or plover, between the first day of May and the first day of September; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive any wild duck, wild goose or brant, between the iirst day of May and the first day of September; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any water rail or ortolan, reed bird or rice bird or marsh blackbird, between the first day of February and the twentieth day of August; nor shoot at nor kill the same except on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, between the twenty-drst day ot August and the first day of February, under a penalty of five dollars for a violation of any of the provisions of this section, and in default thereof to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding thirty days. ` Door mm cr ~·¤¤i- Sec. 2. That no person shall expose for sale or have in his or her 1',g,,,,,,,,.,,_ f,,, ,,,1,, possession any deer meat or venison, between the first day of January ¤¢¤·»1·¤>*·¤·i¤¤<i· and the first ·day of September, under a penalty often dollars for such exposure for sale or having in possession, and the forfeiture of all such deer meat or venison to the officer making the arrest, who shall destroy the same; and, in default of fine, to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding sixty days. csmmmus ma an- Sec. 3. That no person shall expose for sale or have in his or her ’°°‘“’°’°“' "“"“· possession dead, at any time, any turkey buzzard, wren, bluebird, humming bird, blue jay, robin or migratory thrush, wood or song robin, martini, mocking bird, swallow, oriole, red or cardinal bird, catbird, pewit, whip-poor-will, goldiinch, sapsucker, hanging bird, woodpecker, crow blackbird, or other insectivorous bird, save for scientitic purposes upon permit from the superintendent of police of the District of Columbia, in accordance with such restrictions as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may prescribe, and excepting the English sparrow; nor rob the nest of any wild bird of eggs or young or destroy such nest, except in the clearing of lands of trees or brush; nor trap, net, or ensnare any wild bird or water fowl mentioned in this chapter, or have in his possession any trap, snare, net, or illuminating device for the purpose of killing or capturing any wild duck, wild goose, wild brant or bird, under a penalty of five dollars for each wild duck, wild goose, wild brant, or bird killed or captured, or bird’s nest and eggs destroyed, and, in default, to be imprisoned in the workhouse not exceediu g thirty days. siwpzing wiiauutks Sec. 4. That no person shall kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild ml ”"‘*“· goose, brunt, or wild bird in the nighttime; nor kill or shoot at any wild duck. wild goose, wild hrant, or wild bird with any other firearm,