SK 443 
 .fl5 
 1909a 
 Copy 1 
 
 HUNTERS 
 
 LICENSES 
 
 STATE OF 
 
 RHODE ISLAND 
 
State of Rhode Island '«''' 
 
 The attention of the public is 
 called to the following abstracts 
 from the Act entitled: An Act to 
 Require and Provide for the Regis- 
 tration of Hunters, passed at the 
 January session of the General As- 
 sembly 1909. 
 
 No person shall hunt, pursue, 
 take or kill any wild bird or animal, 
 in this state, without having first 
 obtained a license as hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 The possession of such license 
 shall not affect in any way the pro- 
 visions of the law relating to tres- 
 pass, nor authorize the killing of 
 wild birds or animals contrary to 
 laws now in force or hereafter 
 enacted, nor shall it confer any 
 privilege not enjoyed prior to the 
 passage of this act. 
 
 Every person holding such license 
 shall have same in his possession 
 while hunting, and shall present 
 same for inspection to any person 
 demanding same. Failure to pre- 
 sent license shall make person liable 
 
HUNTERS 
 
 to same penalty as if he were hunt- 
 ing without license. Licenses are 
 not transferable, and expire on the 
 31st clay of December. 
 
 Licenses may by obtained from 
 the town or city clerks, in each 
 town or city, upon payment of the 
 license fee with 1 5c. for registration. 
 
 License Fees: Every bona fide 
 resident of the state, who is a citi- 
 zen of the United States, $1.00. 
 Every non-resident of the state, 
 who is a citizen of the United States, 
 $10.00. Every unnaturalized for- 
 eign born person $15.00 
 
 Exceptions: Every bona fide 
 resident of this state, or his im- 
 mediate family,may hunt(such birds 
 or animals as may legally be killed) 
 on land owned or leased by him and 
 on which he is actually domiciled, 
 and which land is used for agricul- 
 tural purposes and not for club 
 shooting, without such license. 
 
 Any non-resident, who is a citi- 
 zen of the United States, and who 
 owns real estate in Rhode Island 
 assessed for taxation at $=;oo.oo; 
 
 LICENSES 
 
 and any non-resident, who is a citi- 
 zen of the United States, and is a 
 member of a hunting or fishing club 
 incorporated prior to January i, 
 1909, which club owns real estate in 
 Rhode Island assessed at $1000.00 
 may procure license on payment of 
 $1.00 plus registration fee. 
 
 Each non-resident license shall 
 enable the licensee to carry from 
 the state not more than ten wild 
 fowl, the exportation of which is 
 prohibited by law, in each year. 
 
 Every person who shall violate 
 the provisions of this act shall be 
 punished by a fine of not less than 
 twenty nor more than fifty dollars, 
 or by imprisonment not exceeding 
 thirty days, or both fine and im- 
 prisonment. No license shall be 
 granted any person for one year 
 after such conviction. Any trans- 
 fer or loan of license shall forfeit 
 same. 
 
 The Commissioners of Birds 
 OF Rhode Island. 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 002 898 29i5 3 M 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
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