ÆäÀÌÁö À̹ÌÁö
PDF
ePub

Mills,

elevators, etc.

Threshing machines

Neglect of duty by inspector

Violation of
Ordinance

the complete destruction of the said seeds, under the authority of and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council from time to time which regulations shall be published in the official gazette. 1903, 1st session, c. 24, s. 17.

18. No person shall place outside any mill, elevator or grain warehouse, except in a securely constructed building, shed or covered bin, any matter containing the seeds of noxious weeds without having first destroyed the germinating qualities of such seeds. 1903, 1st session, c. 24, s. 18.

THRESHING MACHINES TO BE CLEANED BEFORE REMOVAL.

19. Every person in possession or charge of any threshing machine shall thoroughly clean out such machine immediately after threshing at each place and before removing such machine or any part thereof to another place, and shall display in a prominent place upon his machine a card containing this provision, which will be furnished free upon application to the department. 1903, 1st session, c. 24, s. 19.

PENALTIES.

20. Every inspector or other officer who neglects to perform any duty placed upon him by this Ordinance shall in respect of each instance of neglect be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding $25 and costs. 1903, 1st session, c. 24, s. 20.

21. Violation of any provision of this Ordinance for which no penalty is provided shall be an offence and the offender shall on summary conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $50 and costs. 1903, 1st session, c. 24, s. 21.

CHAPTER 85.

Amended lehap. 29. Statutes of Alberta-1906.

THE

An Ordinance for the Protection of Game.

IE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Game Ordinance." Short title 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 1.

INTERPRETATION.

2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation

1. The term "game" shall apply to all animals dead or alive mentioned in sections 4 and 5 of this Ordinance and to the parts of such animals;

2. The term "big game" shall apply to such animals as are mentioned in section 4 of this Ordinance;

3. The term "game bird" shall apply to all birds belonging to the families mentioned in section 5 of this Ordinance;

4. The term "fur bearing animal" shall apply to such animals as are mentioned in section 6 of this Ordinance;

5. The term "close season" shall mean the period during which the killing of any animal is prohibited by this Ordinance;

6. The term "nonresident" shall mean a person who does not reside in the North-West Territories;

7. The term "guardian" shall apply to any person appointed under the provisions of this Ordinance to see to its enforcement;

8. The term "commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Agriculture.

(2) The period of close seasons shall include the first date but not the last mentioned. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 2.

PROHIBITIONS.

prohibited

3. No person shall hunt, trap, take, shoot at, wound or kill Hunting on any beasts or birds mentioned in this Ordinance on the first Sunday day of the week commonly known as Sunday. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 3.

4. No person shall hunt, trap, take, shoot at, wound or kill: Big game

protected

Refeated &

ه

Substitute & for

1906-629-81.

1. Any bison or buffalo at any time;

2. Any mountain sheep or goat between the fifteenth day of December and the first day of October in the following year;

3. Any prong horn antelope between the fifteenth day of November and the first day of October in the following year;

4. Any of the deer family whether known as caribou, moose, elk, wapiti, deer or otherwise in that portion of Assiniboia lying south of township 22 and east of range 23 west of the second meridian between the [thirtieth day of November and fifteenth day of November] in the following year and in any any event not more than two of such animals and in other parts of the Territories between the fifteenth day of December and the first day of November in the following year and in any event not more than three animals of any one species of such family;

1906-629-825. Any female or the young thereof under one year of age

Repealed

Game birds

[ocr errors]

of any of the above mentioned animals at any time. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 4; 1904, c. 12, s. 1.

5. No person shall hunt, trap, take, shoot at, wound or kill: 1. Any bird of those species of the family Anatidæ, commonly known as ducks [geese and swans] between the fifth

Sulas/itutice for day of May and the twenty-third day of August;

Fur bearing animals protected

2. Any bird of the Gruida, commonly known as cranes, between the first day of January and the first day of August;

3. Any bird of the Rallide or rails and coots, between the fifth day of May and the twenty-third day of August;

4. Any bird of the Limicola, or shore birds, including snipe, sandpiper, plover and curlew between the fifth day of May and the twenty-third day of August;

5. Any bird of the Gallina, commonly known as grouse, partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan and prairie chicken between the fifteenth day of December and the fifteenth day of September in the following year:

Provided that no English pheasant shall be taken or killed at any time nor shall more than twenty birds of the family of Gallina, be killed by any person in any one day nor more than two hundred a season. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 5; 1904, c. 12, s. 2.

6. No person shall hunt, trap, take, shoot at, wound or kill: 1. Any mink, fisher or marten between the first day of April and the first day of November;

2. Any otter between the first day of May and the first day of November;

3. Any muskrat between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of November;

1906

4. Any beaver at any time before the thirty-first day of December, 1908. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 6.

enclosed lands

7. No person shall at any time hunt, trap, take, shoot at, Hunting over wound or kill, any bird or other animal mentioned in this prohibited Ordinance if it be upon or over any land enclosed by a fence of any kind or any land under cultivation or covered by buildings nor shall he allow his dog or dogs used for hunting to enter upon such lands without having obtained the consent of the owner or occupant thereof. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29,

s. 7.

night

8. No person shall hunt, trap, take, shoot at, wound or kill Hunting at any big game or game birds between one hour after sunset and prohibited one hour before sunrise. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 8.

9. No person shall at any time use or set for the destruction Modes of or capture of game birds:

1. Any poison, opium or other narcotic;

2. Any sunken punts, nightlights, traps, nets or snares of
any kind swivel, spring [automatic] or machine [shot guns];
and any person finding such contrivances set or in use may de-
stroy them without incurring any liability therefor.
2nd session, c. 29, s. 9; 1904, c. 12, s. 3.

1903,

capture prohibited

10. No person shall at any time or in any manner take out Export of of, export or cause to be exported from the Territories any big prohibited game or game bird without having obtained permission from the commissioner. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 10.

unlawful

Amended 11. During the time in which it is unlawful to kill any Prima facie animal or bird as herein provided the possession of any part of evidence of such animal or bird (except the skin) shall be deemed prima killing facie evidence that such animal or bird was unlawfully killed or taken. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 11.

6129-54

Mountain

not to be sold

12. No person other than a game guardian in respect to game forfeited under the provisions of section 26 shall sell or sheep or goat expose for sale, barter or trade nor shall any person buy or obtain from any other person by barter or trade or in any other manner any mountain sheep or goat or any part thereof. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 12.

prohibited

13. No person other than a game guardian in respect to certain game forfeited under the provisions of section 26 shall at any trading time offer for sale, barter or exchange any bird of the family Gallina that has been caught or killed by any person other than himself. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 13.

Low grade
furs not to be
exported

Eggs protected

Struck Sporting dog to be kept out confined

for!

ubstituted

14. No person shall ship out of the Territories a skin or pelt of any fur-bearing animal of lower grade than what is known in the fur trade as No. 3. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, S. 14.

15. No person shall at any time or take the eggs of any game bird. s. 15.

wilfully disturb, destroy 1903, 2nd session, c. 29,

16. No owner of a dog used for hunting deer or known by the owner to be accustomed to pursue deer shall allow such dog to run at large in any locality where big game are usually found when such game are protected by this Ordinance and 11906 6129-15 such dog found running such game may be killed by any person without incurring any liability therefor. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 16.

PERMISSIONS.

Permit to take
for scientific
purposes

License for
nonresident

17. The commissioner may on receipt of an application grant a permit to any person to secure or export for propagation for public parks or zoological gardens or for scientific purposes:

1. One pair of any or each species of big game;

2. One pair of any or each species of game bird;

3. One nest of eggs of any or each species of game bird: Provided that a fee of $5.00 accompany the said application which shall state distinctly the species required and the special purpose for which wanted and shall be verified by affidavit.

(2) The permit shall be returned at the end of the calendar year with a detailed statement of the specimens secured. 1903, 2nd session, c. 29, s. 17.

18. No person not a resident of and domiciled in the Territories shall be entitled to hunt, trap, take, shoot at, wound or kill any big game or game bird whether protected by this Ordinance or not without having first obtained a license in that behalf; every such license shall be signed by the commissioner and shall be in force for the calendar year in which the same is issued and shall be subject to the provisions of the game laws in force in the Territories at the time the said license is granted; the fee to be paid therefor shall be $25.00 for a general license or $15.00 for a bird license. Such license shall not be valid unless the signature of the person to whom it is issued is endorsed thereon.

(2) Every such person shall on request by a guardian produce and show to such guardian such license and if he fails

« ÀÌÀü°è¼Ó »