ly sends, gives, transmits, or sounds any false alarm of fire, by means of any public fire-alarm system or signal, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding one year, or by a fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. En. 1903, 137.

TITLE XV.

MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES.

Chapter I. Violation of the Laws for the Preservation of Game and Fish, §§ 626-637a.

II. Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses, §§ 638-654.

CHAPTER I.

VIOLATION OF THE LAWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GAME AND FISH.

§ 626. Close season for quail, duck, etc.

§ 626a. Doves.

§ 626b. Nests or eggs.

§ 626c. Pheasants, bobwhites, quail, etc.

626d. Limit of one day's bag.

§ 626e. Female deer, spotted fawn, antelope, etc.

§ 626f. Male deer, closed season.

§ 626g. Tree squirrels, close season.

§ 626h. Sale or possession of deer pelts.

§ 6261. Limit of deer that may be killed in one season.

§ 626j. Running or trailing deer during close season.

§ 626k. Sale of certain game prohibited.

§ 6261. Live animals or birds for scientific purposes or propagation. § 626m. Night-time hunting.

§ 627. Trespass upon inclosed or cultivated grounds a misdemeanor. § 627a. Unlawful carrying of deer and other game.

§ 627b. Shipments of game to be labeled.

627c. Transporting out of the state. (Repealed.) § 627d. Penalty. (Repealed.)

§ 628a. § 629.

Lobsters, crawfish.

Close season. (Repealed.)

§ 630.

§ 631.

Penalties.

Screens to be put at inlet of canal, irrigating ditch, etc.

Use of phosphorus on land in certain counties prohibited.
Netting, trapping, etc., of birds.

§ 631a. Penalty for violations of provisions of this act.

§ 631b.

Disposition of moneys from fines.

§ 632. Trout, close season for.

§ 632a. Explosives, use of prohibited. (Repealed.)

§ 632b. Only hook and line to be used in streams where U. S. hatchery is located. (Repealed.)

§ 634.

§ 635.

§ 636.

(Repealed.)

Taking, sale or possession of salmon, when prohibited.
Use of explosives, and pollution of waters.

Setting net, trap, etc., for fish.

636a. Nets, seines, etc., prohibited.

§ 637.

Fish commissioners to examine dams. Fishways. 637a. Destroying, etc., meadow-larks, their nests and eggs.

§ 626. Close season for quail, duck, etc. Every person who between the fifteenth day of February and the fifteenth day of October of any year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills or destroys, or has in his possession, whether taken or killed in the state of California, or shipped into the state from any other state, territory or foreign country, any valley quail or partridge, or any kind of wild duck, or any rail, or any curlew, ibis or plover; or who between the fifteenth day of February and the first day of September of any year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills or destroys, or has in his possession, whether taken or killed in the state of California, or shipped into the state from any other state, territory or foreign country, any mountain quail, grouse, or sage-hen is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. February 14, 1872. Am'd. 1875-6, 113; 1877-8, 119; 1880, 41; 1883, 80; 1887, 236; 1891, 472; 1893, 278; 1895, 256; 1897, 90; 1901, 819; 1903, 2.

Cal.Rep.Cit. 103, 479; 136, 528.

Acts for the protection of game: See post, Appendix, title Game Laws.

§ 626a. Doves. Every person who, between the fifteenth day of February and the first day of July of the same year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills or destroys, or has in his possession, any dove, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. 1895, 257. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 819. Am'd. 1903, 3.

§ 626b. Nests or eggs. Every person who destroys or has in his possession the nest or eggs of any of the birds mentioned in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1895, 257. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 819.

§ 626c. Pheasants, bobwhites, quail, etc. Every person who takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his possession any Mongolian or English pheasant, or any bobwhite or eastern or Chinese quail or English partridge, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1895, 257. Rep. 1897, 92. En. 1901, 819.

§ 626d. Limit of one day's bag. Every person who, during any one calendar day, takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his possession, more than twenty-five quail, partridge, snipe, curlew, or ibis, or more than fifty doves, or more than fifty ducks, or more than twenty rails, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1895, 257. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 820.

§ 626e. Female deer, spotted fawn, antelope, etc. Every person who pursues, takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his possession, any female deer or spotted fawn, or any antelope, elk or mountain sheep, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1895, 257. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 820.

§ 626f. Male deer, closed season. Every person who be tween the first day of November and the fifteenth day of July of the following year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills or destroys, or has in his possession, whether taken or killed in the state of California, or shipped into the state from any other state, territory, or foreign country, any male deer, or any deer meat, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1895, 258. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 820. Am'd. 1903, 3.

§ 626g. Tree squirrels, close season. Every person who hunts, takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his possession, between the first day of February and the first day of August of any year, any species of tree squirrel, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1895, 258. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 820.

§ 626h. Sale or possession of deer pelts. Every person who buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale, barter or trade, the hide, pelt or skin of any deer, or who transports, carries, or has in his possession, the skin, pelt or hide of any female deer, or spotted fawn, or any deer hide or pelt from which the evidence of sex has been removed, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the skin, pelt or hide of any deer killed or taken in a foreign country. En. Stats. 1895, 258. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 820. Am'd. 1903, 3.

§ 626i. Limit of deer that may be killed in one season. Every person who takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his possession, whether taken or killed in the state of California or shipped into the state from any other state, territory or foreign country, more than three deer, during any one open season, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Stats. 1895, 258. Rep. 1897, 92. En. Stats. 1901, 820.

En.

§ 626j. Running or trailing deer during close season. Every person who, controlling or having in his possession any deerhounds, foxhounds, greyhounds, or any other kind of dog, willfully suffers, permits, or allows, any of said dogs to run, track, or trail any deer during the time when it is unlawful to kill the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1901, 820.

§ 626k. Sale of certain game prohibited. Every person who buys, sells, offers, or exposes for sale, barter or trade, any quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse, sage hen, ibis, or plover, or any deer meat, whether taken or killed in the state of California, or shipped into the state from any other state, territory, or foreign country, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1901, 820.

§ 626 I. Live animals or birds for scientific purposes or propagation. Nothing in this act shall be held to prohibit the possession for scientific purposes, or the taking alive

for the purpose of propagation, any of the animals or birds mentioned in this section; provided, permission to take and possess said birds or animals for said purposes shall have been first obtained in writing from the game commissioner or the state board of fish commissioners, and said permission shall accompany the shipment of said birds or animals, and shall exempt them from seizure while passing through any part of the state. En. Stats. 1901, 821.

§ 626m. Night-time hunting. Every person who, at any time, between one half hour after sundown and one half hour before sunrise of the following day, hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys, any of the birds mentioned in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. Stats. 1901, 821.

§ 627. Trespass upon inclosed or cultivated grounds a misdemeanor. Every person who upon any inclosed or cultivated grounds, which is private property, and where signs are displayed not less than three to the mile, along all exterior boundaries thereof, forbidding such shooting or hunting, hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys, any quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse, dove, wild duck, snipe, curlew, ibis, or plover, or any deer, without permission first obtained from the owner or person in possession of such ground, or who maliciously tears down, mutilates or destroys any sign, signboard, or other notice forbidding shooting on private property, is guilty of a misdemeanor. En. February 14, 1872. Am'd. 1875-6, 113. Rep. 1883, 82. En. Stats. 1895, 258. Am'd. 1897, 92; 1901, 821.

Cal.Rep. Cit. 119, 578.

§ 627a. Unlawful carrying of deer and other game. Every railroad company, express company, transportation company, or other common carrier, its officers, agents and servants, and every other person who transports, carries or takes out of this state, or who receives for the purpose of transporting from the state, any deer, deer skin, buck, doe or fawn, or any quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse,