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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C1-is. 417, 418. 1899. 1013 gun, or device than such as are habitually raised at arm’s length and tired from the shoulder, under a penalty of nve dollars for each wild —P¤¤¤·1lY· d\1Ck,·\\’lld; goose, wild brant, or wild bird killed, and in default thereof to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding thirty days; and the further penalty of twenty dollars for having any firearm, gun, or device other than the gun habitually used at arm’s length, in possession, for the purpose of violating the provisions of this chapter, and, in default, to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not excébding ninety days. Sec. 5. That to carry out the provisions of this chapter any police b {;*¤P·g*l°¤ -** vl¤°P• officer, game warden having police authority, or health officer, in the ggmtgzie. ° °°° am District of Columbia, with sworn information presented to such oillcer or warden, is authorized and empowered to thoroughly inspect any house, boat, market box, stall, cold storage, or other place of whatever ` character or kind, where he may believe game, meats, or birds, as heretofore mentioned in this chapter, maybe stored or kept; and any -—i>•¤¤ltr f<>r r¤¢'¤¤•1 proprietor, agent, employee, or other person refusing to permit such °° P°"'“°‘ inspection shall be deemed guilty of interference with the police, and, upon conviction therefor, be fined not more than one hundred dollars I nor less than twenty-five dollars, and, in default of such payment, to be imprisoned in the United States jail not exceeding six months. Sec. 6. That any person who shall knowingly trespass on the lands Tmspqssfcrrurpon of another for the purpo e of shooting or hunting thereon, after due °H'“"""g‘ notice by the owner or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such owner ‘ or occupant in exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars. That notice shall be given by erecting and maintaining Notivelrysignbosrdm signboards, at least eight by twelve inches in dimensions, on the borders of the premises, and at least two such signs for every fifty acres; and ;P°¤¤l°¥ M <**>¤"°¥· any person who shall maliciously tear down or in any manner defuce or g" injure any of such signboards shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ilve dollars for each and every signboard so torn down, defaced, or injured; and, in default, to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding thirty days in the workhouse. ' Sec. 7. That there shall be no shooting, or having in possession in the S Sh‘;»¤ti¤r.h•·;lt_·; hon open air the implements for shooting, on the lirst day of the week, called '“‘ “*` "'° ‘ ° Sunday, except to transport said implements within or without the District of Columbia; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars for each offense. Sec. 8. That wherever in this Act possession of any birds, fowls, or w1_f;_¢1·;{{:;$_{ll;::_{j{;]l: meats is prohibited, the fact that the said birds, fowls, or meat were mance. killed or captured outside the District of Columbia shall constitute no defense for such possession. _ Sec. 9. That any officer or other person securing the conviction of et;¥·•L{_£;;;n¤¤&gjgg;; any violator of any of the provisions of this Act, in the police court or uni, E other court of the District of Columbia, shall receive one-half of any flue which may be imposed and paid for such violation,and prosecution shall be brought in the name of the District of Columbia. Sec. 10. That all acts now in force in the District of Columbia incon- R¢r¤¤¤· sistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1899. CHAP, 418.-An Act To prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday in the M¤¤‘¤¤ 3- 1999- District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Smeg.; of America in Congress assembled, That it_shall be unlawful for Igsgiggfgglpgkgii any maker, brewer, or distiller of beer or other intoxicating liquors in eaonguaubn on sume District of Columbia, or other person or corporation oi- the agent Mr PM bmor servant of such maker, brewer, or distiller, or the agent or servant