game on such patented lands; to define the duties of the state ACT 2919. An act to create a preserve for shellfish and invertebrate animals within a portion of the bay of Monterey and to prohibit taking the same from such preserve for commercial purposes. [Approved March 21, 1907. Stats. 1907, p. 758.] Amended 1913, p. 980. ACT 2920. An act to prevent the capture and destruction of mocking-birds in this state. [Approved February 14, 1872. Stats. 1871-72, p. 102.] § 1. Mocking-birds must enjoy perfect immunity. § 2. Fines, disposition of. § 1. Mocking-birds must enjoy perfect immunity. Any person or persons who shall willfully and knowingly shoot, wound, trap, snare, or in any other manner catch or capture any mocking-bird in the state of California, or shall knowingly take, injure, or destroy the nest of any mocking-bird, or shall take, injure, or destroy any mocking-bird's eggs, in the nest or otherwise, in said state, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace of the township in which the offense shall have been committed, shall be fined in a sum not less than five dollars nor exceeding ten dollars, and cost of the action for each offense, or may be imprisoned not less than five days nor more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, as the judgment of the court may direct. § 2. Fines, disposition of. All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the common-school fund. § 3. Act takes effect when. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ACT 2921. An act to provide for the protection of fur-bearing mammals, defining fur-bearing mammals, providing for a license for hunting or trapping such fur-bearing mammals and requiring reports to be filed with the fish and game commission. [Approved May 18, 1917. Stats. 1917, p. 653. In effect July 27, 1917.] Amended 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 388. § 1. Killing fur-bearing mammal. Every person who, between the last day of February and the fifteenth day of October of any year, traps, hunts, takes or kills any fur-bearing mammal is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Amendment approved May 13, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 389.] § 2. Killing other than by trap or gun. Every person who at any time takes, hunts or kills any fur-bearing mammal in any manner other than by trap or gun, or who shall at any time take or kill any skunk by digging or driving them from dens or by use of chemicals is guilty of a misdemeanor. § 3. Unlawful to use poison. It shall be unlawful for any person to use poison of any kind in the taking or killing of any fur-bearing mammal; provided, however, that the fish and game commission may in its discretion issue to any person a permit to use poison in the taking or killing of any such mammal upon an application therefor, which application shall contain detailed information concerning the kind of poison desired to be used and when and where it is desired to use the same; provided, further, that such fur-bearing mammals injuring any property may be taken or killed at any time in any manner. § 4. Trapping without license. Every person in the state of California over the age of eighteen who traps for profit any fur-bearing mammals without first procuring a license therefor as provided by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Amendment approved May 13, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 389.] § 5. Licenses to trap for profit. Licenses granting the privilege to trap for profit any fur-bearing mammals shall be issued by the state board of fish and game commissioners, who shall prepare suitable licenses of convenient size and form and have printed thereon the words, "trapping license No. state of California. Expires June 30, 19-," with registration number and appropriate year printed or stamped thereon, which said license shall be prepared by the state board of fish and game commissioners, which board shall account for same to the controller of the state. § 6. Fees. Licenses herein provided for shall be issued as follows: (1) To any citizen of the United States upon payment of one dollar; (2) to any person not a citizen of the United States upon payment of two dollars; provided, however, that any veteran of the civil war by applying to the state board of fish and game commissioners may obtain a license without the payment of any fee. [Amendment approved May 13, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 389.] § 7. Name, address, etc. furnished. Every person applying for and procuring a license as herein provided shall furnish to the state board of fish and game commissioners his name and resident address. Such appli cant shall also furnish to the board of fish and game commissioners a written description of himself by age, height, nationality, color of eyes and hair and shall also give information relative to the sections of the state in which he intends to trap. § 8. Term. All licenses issued as herein provided shall be valid and shall authorize the person to whom issued to trap fur-bearing mammals for profit on and from the first day of July of the year in which said license is issued until the date of expiration written or stamped thereon, but no license shall continue in force for a longer period than one year. § 9. Statement of mammals taken. Every person to whom a license is issued, under the provisions of this act, must, before the first day of July following the date issued, send to the fish and game commission a sworn statement showing the number of each kind of fur-bearing mammals taken together with the name and address of the firm or person to whom they were shipped or sold. A new license cannot be granted unless this provision is complied with; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons eighteen years of age or under. § 10. What are fur-bearing mammals. For the purpose of this act, the following shall be considered fur-bearing mammals: Black and brown bear, ring-tailed cat, coon, pine martin, fisher, wolverine, mink, skunk, river otter, grey, cross, silver and red fox. § 11. Moneys credited to game preservation fund. All moneys collected from licenses as provided herein and all fines collected for violations of the provisions hereof shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the game preservation fund. § 12. No more than one license. Not more than one license shall be issued to any one person for the same fiscal year, except upon an affidavit by the applicant that the one issued has been lost or destroyed and no license issued as herein provided shall be transferable or used by any other person than the one to whom it was issued. § 13. Disturbing traps. Every person who shall disturb or remove the traps of any licensed trapper while trapping on the public domain or on lands where he has permission to trap is guilty of a misdemeanor. §14. Refusal to exhibit license. Every person having a license as provided herein who refuses to exhibit such license or any furs that may be in his possession or control upon the demand of any officer authorized to enforce the game and fish laws of this state or any peace officer of the state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and every person lawfully having such license who transfers or disposes of same to another person to be used as a trapping license or who violates any of the laws for the protection of game shall forfeit the same. § 15. Penalty. Every person violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than ten or more than one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. § 16. Propagation in confinement. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the propagation of fur-bearing mammals in confinement in accordance with any rules and regulations that may be specified by the fish and game commission. [New section added May 13, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 389.] In the title of the amendatory act of 1919 it says that section 2 of the act was amended. No such amendment, however, appears in the body of the act. ACT 2922. Seagulls at Santa Monica, protection of. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 287.] This act prohibited the killing of seagulls within five miles of the town. Codified by § 599 of Penal Code, 1905. See note to § 599, Penal Code. ACT 2923. To prevent capture and destruction of blue cranes. [Stats. 1889, p. 205.] Codified by § 599 of Penal Code, 1905. See note to § 599, Penal Code. ACT 2924. To prevent destruction of fish and game in the waters of Lake Merritt, Alameda County. [Stats. 1869-70, p. 325.] Continued in force by Political Code, § 19, and Penal Code, § 23. ACT 2925. Napa County, for the protection of fish and game in. [Stats. 1871-72, p. 550.] "Probably repealed by the general laws upon the subject. See Penal Code, §§ 635, 636, 636a."-Code Commissioners' Note. ACT 2926. An act to provide for the acquisition, equipment and use of a railway car for the purpose of distributing live fish and stocking the waters of this state with fish, and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 21, 1907. Stats. 1907, p. 777.] ACT 2927. An act to authorize the board of fish commissioners of the state to construct a fish repository on the Stanislaus River in Tuolumne County, and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 13, 1907, Stats. 1907, p. 249. АСТ 2928. To create the office of fish and game warden, and to prescribe the powers, duties, and salary of such officer. [Stats. 1895, p. 169.] Amended 1905, p. 319. Codified: See Political Code, §§ 4149b-4149d. ACT 2929. Authorizing the fish commissioners to purchase the land on which the state fish hatcheries at Sisson are situated. [Stats. 1891, p. 258.] ACT 2930. To provide for purchasing land for the state fish hatchery at Sisson, in ACT 2931. [Approved Authorizing commissioners to remove obstructions in American River, [Approved March 5, 1889. Stats. 1889, p. 66.] ACT 2932. To provide for removing obstructions in Pitt River, above the mouth of Hat Creek, so as to enable salmon to reach the spawning grounds on the upper waters of said river and its tributaries, and making an appropriation therefor. [Approved March 25, 1901. Stats. 1901, p. 808.] ACT 2933. Authorizing the board of fish commissioners to construct a steam launch. [Stats. 1885, p. 124.]. ACT 2934. To authorize the board of fish commissioners to purchase or construct a gasoline launch, to aid in carrying out the purposes of said board, and appropriating money therefor. [Stats. 1893, p. 346.] ACT 2935. Authorizing fish commissioners to dispose of the steam launch Governor Stoneman and to replace it by two smaller boats to be used as patrol boats. [Stats. 1889, p. 350.] ACT 2936. To authorize state board of fish commissioners to import game birds into the state for propagation. [Stats. 1889, p. 304.]. This act appropriated $2,000 for the purpose indicated. ACT 2937. Authorizing fish commissioners to build and maintain a salmon hatchery. [Stats. 1885, p. 31.] ACT 2938. Authorizing the board of fish commissioners to dispose of the hatchery located on Battle Creek in Tehama County, and to expend the proceeds of the same. [Stats. 1897, p. 89.] ACT 2939. Nevada County, protecting game in. [Stats. 1873-74, p. 80.] "Probably modified and repealed by Penal Code, §§ 626e, 626f, 626h, and 626i."-Code Commissioner's Note. ACT 2940. Yolo County, restricting the hunting of game in. [Stats. 1871-72, p. 411.] "Probably superseded by the general laws on the subject. See Penal Code, §§ 635, 636, 636a."-Code Commissioners' Note. |