Obstructions in streams. AN ACT To Punish Placing Obstructions in Streams and Ditches. Section 1. Any person or persons who shall will fully, wantonly, or negligently cut, fall, throw, or place in any running stream in this state, of sufficient capacity to float any saw-log, or logs, or in any draining ditch.in this state, any tree, brush, log, or drift, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars or more than fifty dollars; provided always, that this act shall not apply to saw-logs placed in any stream for driving or rafting. Section 2. Justices' courts shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed under this act. Approved February 20, 1891. Obstructing highway. AN ACT To Prevent and Punish the Driving or Herding Live-stock along or near Public Highways (not Toll-roads) and Causing the Same to be Obstructed. Section 1. Any person or persons driving or herding, or causing to be driven or herded, cattle, horses, sheep, or any kind of live-stock along or near a public highway, and causing such highway to be obstructed thereby with stones, earth, or other débris, and leaving the same to so remain for more than twenty-four hours, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, such fine to be enforced as other fines in criminal cases, and justices of the peace of the county where the offense is committed shall have original jurisdiction of all violations hereof. Section 2. Inasmuch as many of the public highways of this state are being constantly obstructed by the herding and driving of live-stock, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the gov- Obstructing ernor. highway. Approved February 20, 1891. AN ACT To Punish Persons for Refusing to Aid an Officer in the aid officer. Section 1. Any person who shall willfully refuse Refusing to to assist an officer in the lawful discharge of any duty pertaining to his office, when requested to do so by such officer, such person shall be subject to indictment therefor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by fine of not less than ten dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Inasmuch as it is of great importance that officers should be rendered assistance whenever necessary, in the lawful discharge of any duty pertaining to their office, this act shall be in force and take effect from and after approval by the governor. Approved February 20, 1891. AN ACT To More Fully Define the Criminal Jurisdiction of Justices' Courts. justices' Section 1. In addition to the criminal jurisdiction Jurisdiction of of justices' courts already conferred upon and exer- courts. cised by them, such courts shall have jurisdiction of all misdemeanors committed or triable in their respective counties, where the punishment prescribed shall not exceed three months' imprisonment in the county jail, or a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. Approved February 21, 1891. Minor, sale of liquor. AN ACT To Punish Minors over the Age of Sixteen Years for Obtaining or Attempting to Obtain Intoxicating Liquors under False Pretenses. Section 1. If any minor over the age of sixteen years shall, for the purpose of inducing any person to give or sell to such minor any intoxicating liquor, represent to such person that such minor is twenty-one years of age or upwards, such minor upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars. Section 2. It is hereby made the duty of district attorneys, sheriffs, and police-officers to see that this law is enforced. Approved February 20, 1891. Jury, request to be placed upon. . AN ACT Making It a Misdemeanor for Any Person to Ask or Request for Himself or Another to be Placed upon Any Jury, and Making it a Misdemeanor for Any Sheriff, Constable, or Other Person, when Asked or Requested so to do, to Select or Place Any Such Person upon the Jury, and Providing for the Punishment thereof. Section 1. Any person who shall ask or request any sheriff, constable, or other person or persons whose duty it is or may be under the law to select or summons any jury or juror that he be selected or put upon the jury, or shall procure or offer to procure for himself or for an other person a place upon any jury, or shall seek to have himself or another placed upon the list of jurors that is now required by law to be made, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars. Section 2. Any sheriff, constable, or other person whose duty it may be under the law to select or sum to be placed mons a jury, who shall select, summons, or place upon Jury, request any jury any person whom he has been asked or re- upon. quested to select or summon, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars. Approved February 25, 1889. AN ACT For the Protection of Birds within the State of Oregon. birds. Section 1. Every person who shall, within the state Protection of of Oregon, after the passage of this act, for any purpose, injure, take, kill or destroy, or have in his possession, except for breeding purposes, sell or offer for sale any nightingale, sky-lark, black thrush, gray singing thrush, linnet, goldfinch, greenfinch, chaff-finch, bullfinch, redbreasted European robin, black starling, crossbeak, or mocking-bird, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, being the species of German and American singing birds introduced and about to be introduced into this state from Germany and the Eastern States by an association styled, viz.: "Association for the Introduction of Useful Singing Birds into Oregon," of which Mr. Frank Dekum, of Portland, is president. Section 2. Every person who shall, within the state of Oregon, at any time after the passage of this act, destroy or remove from the nest of any nightingale, skylark, black thrush, gray singing thrush, linnet, goldfinch, greenfinch, chaff-finch, bullfinch, red-breasted European robin, black starling, crossbeak or mocking-bird, any egg or eggs of such birds, or have in possession, sell, or offer for sale any such egg or eggs, or willfully destroy the nests. of any such birds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 3. Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, and in default of payment of the fine birds. Protection of imposed, shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county where the offense was committed at the rate of one day for each two dollars of the fine imposed. Section 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved February 20, 1891. Sea-gulls. AN ACT To Protect Certain Birds Known as Sea-gulls. Section 1. Every person who shall within the state of Oregon, after the passage of this act, for any purpose, willfully injure, take, kill, or destroy any seagulls shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 2. Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and costs for each and every offense, and in default of payment of the fine imposed, shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county where the offense was committed at the rate of one day for each two dollars of the fine imposed. One half of all fines collected for violation of the provisions of this act shall be paid to the informer and one half to the district attorney. Section 3. Any justice of the peace shall have jurisdiction of offenses committed under this act. Filed in the office of the secretary of state February 11, 1891. Game birds. AN ACT To Protect the Ringneck Mongolian Pheasant, Quail or Bob Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the state of Oregon, in that part east of the Cascade Mountains, for and during the term of five years from |