public notice has been given by the owner or occupant thereof, as provided in the following section, shall be liable to such owner or occupant, in exemplary damages, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and shall also be liable to such owner or occupant for the value of the game killed or taken. The possession of implement of shooting or fishing shall be presumptive evidence of the purpose of the trespass.

Sec. 17. The notice referred to in the preceding section shall be given by erecting and maintaining sign boards, at least one foot square, upon every one hundred acres of land upon the lot lines thereof, in at least two conspicuous places on the premises, such notices to have appended thereto the name of the owner or occupant, and any person who shall tear down or in any way deface or injure any such sign board, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars.

CHAPTER 534, LAWS OF 1879.

AN ACT for the preservation of Moose, wild deer, birds, fish, and other game.

Sec. 27. Any owner or lessee of lands desiring to lay out or devote the same for the purposes of a private park, or grounds for propagating or protecting fish, birds, or game, shall publish, at least once a week for three months, in a paper of general circulation, printed in the county or counties within which such lands are situated, a notice describing the same, and that they will be used for such purposes; and it shall be the duty of such owner or lessee, within six months after the final publication of said notice, to post or put up notices or sign-boards warning all persons against trespassing upon such private grounds, which notices shall not be less than a foot square, and placed not more than forty rods apart along the entire boundary of said grounds; but when said lands shall be inclosed by fences not less than six feet high, then such notices or sign-boards shall be placed not more than one-half mile apart.

Sec. 28. After such grounds are inclosed in such manner as to render such fish or game private property, no person shall catch or take from or kill any fish, birds, or game in or upon said grounds, or the waters thereon, or put on such grounds, or in any such waters, any poisonous or other deleterious substance, or piscivorous fish, or let off the waters from said grounds, with intent to take fish, or to destroy the fish or eggs placed in such waters, or deface or destroy any sign or notice posted or put up as aforesaid; or place any object against or near such fence or inclosure, with intent to aid dogs or other animals to get into said grounds, or to enable animals kept therein to escape therefrom, or enter upon any such ground with the implements or weapons for catching, taking, or killing fish, birds, or game, with the intention of catching, taking, or killing any fish, birds, or game thereon. Any person found guilty or any offense against this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to the owner or lessee in addition to the actual damages incurred, in exemplary damages to the amount of twenty-five dollars.

CHAPTER 430, LAWS OF 1881.

AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act for the preservation of moose, wild deer, birds, fish and other game."

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Sec. 25. No person, association, company or corporation shall throw or deposit or permit to be thrown or deposited any dyestuff, coal tar, refuse from gas-houses, saw dust, lime or other deleterious substance, or cause the same to run or flow into or upon any of the rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, or any of the bays or inlets adjoining the Atlantic ocean within the limits of this State. Any person who shall violate this section, or any member of any such company, association or corporation who shall authorize and direct any such violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.

CHAPTER 243, LAWS OF 1885.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the preservation of moose, wild deer, birds, fish, and other game," being chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.

Sec. 16. Any person who shall knowingly trespass upon inclosed or cultivated lands, for the purpose of shooting or hunting any game protected by this act, or shall take any fish from private ponds or private streams not stocked in whole or in part by the state, or after public notice has been given by the owner or occupant thereof, or persons, associations, or corporations hiring or leasing the exclusive right to shoot or hunt thereon or fish therein from the owner or occupant, as is provided in the following section, shall be liable to such owner or occupant, "or person, association, or corporation," in addition to the actual damages sustained, exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding twenty-five nor less than fifteen dollars. Sec. 2. Section seventeen of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 17. The notice referred to in the preceding section shall be given by erecting and maintaining sign-boards, at least one foot square, upon at least every fifty acres of land upon or near the lot lines thereof, or upon or near the shores or banks of any lake, stream or pond, in at least two conspicuous places or prem ises, or by the personal service upon any person of a written or printed notice containing a brief description of the premises, the name of the owner or person in possession thereof, and such notice to have appended thereto the name of the owner or occupant, or person, association or corporation having the exclusive right to shoot or hunt thereon or fish therein. Any person who shall tear down or in any way deface or injure any such sign-board shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars.

Sec. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed as authorizing the leasing of any of the lands or waters belonging

to the State, to any person, association or corporation for a fish or game preserve, except for fish-hatching purposes.

CHAPTER 623, LAWS OF 1887.

AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act for the preservation of Moose, wild deer, birds, fish and other game."

Sec. 27. Any owner or owners or lessee or lessees of lands or lands and water, whether such owner or owners, lessee or lessees be individual or individuals, association or associations, society or societies, corporation or corporations, or any person, association or corporation having the exclusive right to shoot or hunt thereon or fish therein, desiring to lay out, devote or dedicate such lands or lands and water for the purpose of a private park or territory for propagating or protecting fish, birds or game, shall publish at least once a week for three months in a paper of general circulation printed in the county or counties within which such lands or lands and water are situated, a notice substantially describing the same, or containing a diagram showing substantially the location of said lands or lands and waters. And there shall be inserted in said notice so published, a clause declaring that such lands or lands and water will be used as a private park for the purpose of propagating and protecting fish, birds and game; and it shall be the duty of such owner or owners, lessee or lessees, or person, association or corporation having such exclusive right to shoot or fish at anytime during the publication of said notice, or within six months after the final publication thereof, to post or put up notices or signboards warning all persons against trespassing upon such private territory, which notices or sign boards shall not be less than one foot square, and placed not more than forty rods apart along the entire boundary of said private park or territory, when the same shall consist entirely of land, and when said private park or territory shall consist of both land and water, the notices afore

said shall be placed in conspicuous places upon said territory SO there shall be at least one notice or sign board so placed or erected for every one hundred acres of said territory. And when the property to be protected shall consist of a lake or pond only, said notices shall be placed in at least four conspicuous places upon the shore of such lake or pond. But when said territory or any part thereof, shall be inclosed by a fence or fences of reasonable capacity for protection of said premises, then notices or sign boards of the dimensions aforesaid shall be placed on said fence or fences not more than one-half mile apart. After any such territory shall be dedicated and designated as aforesaid, all fish, birds and game, of, in or upon said territory, shall be the property of the owner or owners, lessee or lessees thereof, or of the person association or corporation having the exclusive right to shoot, hunt or fish thereon.

Sec. 2. Section twenty-eight of the said act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 28. After any such territory shall have been dedicated and designated as a private park in such manner as to render such fish or game private property, no person shall catch or take from or kill any fish, birds or game in. or upon said grounds or the waters thereon, or put on such grounds or in any such waters, any poisonous or other deleterious substance, or pisciverous fish, or let off the waters from said grounds, with intent to take fish, or to destroy the fish or eggs placed in such waters, or deface or destroy any sign or notice posted or put up as aforesaid, or place any object against or near such fence or inclosure, with the intent to aid dogs or other animals to get into said grounds or to enable animals kept therein to escape therefrom, or enter upon any such ground with the implements or weapons for catching, taking or killing fish, birds or game, with the intention of catching, taking or killing any fish, birds or game thereon, except that the person, association or corporation having the exclusive right to shoot, hunt or fish thereon, or any person possessing a written permit from such person, associa

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