OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME.

the Oyster Reven

ue Collector to

lic- revoke a

license to non

the resident when

good faith has

And provided further, that it shall be the duty of Oyster Revenue Collector to revoke forthwith any ense or privilege heretofore given or granted since oyster ground survey in the Delaware Bay in the year not been 1910, to any non-resident, for ground which has not prior to the passage of this Act been in good faith used for the purpose of planting and propagating oysters.

practiced

Revised Code

Section 2. That Section One of Chapter 55, of the Re- Chap. 55 vised Code of 1852 as amended in 1893, be and the same repealed is hereby repealed, provided that this Section shall not effect the collection of any license fee or tax now due and uncollected, or any pending or future prosecutions for violations of said section.

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Non-resident

to obtain hunting license

Non-resident Fisherman to buy license

of word "fish

erman"

CHAPTER 152.

OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME.

AN ACT Prescribing the Fees for Hunting and Fishing Licenses in the State of Delaware.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That every non-resident of this State must obtain a license to hunt game birds or animals in this State, for which he shall pay ten dollars and fifty cents every year to the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware.

Section 2. That every fisherman who is a non-resident of this State must obtain a license to fish in the waters of this State other than the Delaware River and Bay, for. which he shall pay three dollars and fifty cents every year to the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware; provided that the word "fisherConstruction man" used in this section shall not be construed to include excursionists on a licensed excursion boat to this State, stopping for not more than three hours. A fee of Excursion boat fifty dollars shall be paid every year to the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware for each excursion boat fishing license above prescribed. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render No immunity immune from arrest and prosecution any non-resident fishing without a license who has come into the State on a licensed boat and who does not in all other respects come strictly within the class above allowed to fish as excursionists on licensed boats.

fishing license

granted nonresident

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ners license fee

Section 3. That every resident of this State must ob- Resident guntain a license to hunt game birds or animals in this State, except landlords and tenants and their respective children on their freeholds and leaseholds, respectively, for which license he shall pay one dollar and ten cents every year to the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware.

licenses

Section 4. That the license provided for in this act scope of shall be in lieu of all charges for gunning or fishing priv-granted ileges heretofore made and shall authorize their holders to hunt game birds or animals or to fish during the calendar year, i. e., they shall all expire on the thirty-first day of December of the year they are issued.

foreigh born to

Section 5. That for the purposes of this act all un- Unnaturalized naturalized foreign born residents of this State shall be be treated as classed as non-residents of this State, and any person

not an alien who has resided a year or more within this State shall be deemed to be a resident of this State.

Section 6. That all acts or parts of acts, in so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved March 21, A. D. 1913.

non-residents

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Board of Game and Fish Com

appoint a Chief

CHAPTER 153.

OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME.

AN ACT to Authorize the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware to appoint a Chief Game and Fish Warden of the State of Delaware and to provide for his compensation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Board of Game and Fish Commismissioners to sioners of the State of Delaware shall immediately after Game and Fish the approval of this act appoint some suitable person to of Fish Com- be successor to the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries who shall be known as Chief Game and Fish Warden of the State of Delaware and who shall serve at the pleasure of the said Board.

Warden in lieu

missioner

Duties

Compensation

Chap. 349, Vol. 16 repealed

Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the said Chief Game and Fish Warden of the State of Delaware to protect, propagate and distribute game and fish throughout the State and to enforce the game and fish laws of the State of Delaware and to perform such other work as may be required of him by the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware.

Section 3. That the said Chief Warden shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of Six Hundred Dollars per annum payable monthly.

Section 4. That Chapter 349, Volume 16 of the Laws of Delaware as amended, entitled "An Act to Authorize the Governor to Appoint a Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries and to Provide for his Compensation," Be and the Same is Hereby Repealed.

Approved February 25, A. D. 1913.

OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME.

CHAPTER 154.

OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to Establish the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware," Chapter 162, Volume 26, Laws of Delaware.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

162, Vol. 26

Section 1. That Chapter 162, Volume 26, Laws of Del- Sec. 3, Chap. aware, entitled, "An Act to establish the Board of Game amended and Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware," be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words, "except those which heretofore have belonged to the Audubon Society", where they occur in the seventh and eighth lines of Section Three of said Chapter.

Approved February 25, A. D. 1913.