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VOL.27.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., APRIL 23, 18G8.
NO. 4
RiMislioA'by Theodore Schocht
TERMS Two dollars a year in advance and if not
p.id brf.jre the end of t tw )'Car, tw o dollar; and fitly
yt. will be charged.
No paprrdisoonli fined until al I arrcaiages are paid,
except at Ibc o-.?on of the Editor.
lE7.VJvei?.".'oine!itsof one square of (cigl.t lines) or
hi';'. on, .0 rents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOR PlfclftTlffG,
Or ALL KINDS,
Executed inthe higlirl tyle of the Ail.andonthe
mo.t reaoii-ible terms. .
Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
PHYSICIANS AM) SURGEONS.
DRS. JACKSON &.. BIDLACK, are
prepared to attend promptly to nil calls
of a' Professional character. OJice Op
posite the Stroudsburg Bank.
April 23, lS67.-tf. '
11 11. 1. S. S.lUTal,
Surff'eon! Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite
Stokes' residence, Sproidsbirg, Pa.
Judge
("O" Teeth extracted w ithout pain.$
August 1, 1SG7.
.A. Co ixl.
The undersigned has opened an office for
the purchase and sale of Real Estate, in
Fowler's Building, on Main street." Parties
having Farms. Mills, Hotels or other proper
ty for sale will find it lo their advantage to
call on me. I have no agents. Parties
must eec me personally.
GEO. L. WALKER,
Real Estate Agent, Stroudsburg, Pa.
C. V. SEIP, M. D.,
Physician and Surereon,
Has removed his office and residence to
the building, lately occupied by Wm. Davis,
Esq., on Main street. Devotinjr all his time
to his profe.-sion he will be prepared to an
swerall calls, either day or night, when not j
professionally engaged, with promptness,
CttT" Charges reasonable.
. Stroadcburg, April 11, 15G7.-tf.
DR. A. H. SEEM,
DENTIST,
WILL !c pleased to see all wlio wish
to have their Dentistry done in a
proper and careful manner, beautiful eets of
artificial teeth made on Gold, Silver,or Rub
ber Plates as persons may desire. Teeth
carefully extracteJ without pain, if desired.
The public are invited to give him a call at
the office formerly occupied by Dr. Scip,
next door to the Indian Queen Hotel. All
work warranted
April 'Jo, 'G7.
3v
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office irfth S. S. Vrehcr, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rites. j
(gj- An additional bounty of $100 and of;
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
KEK OF EXTRA CHARGE. -TQ
August 2, 1S66.
.A. CaixL
Dr. A. BEEVES Jit'KSOX,'
Physician and Surgeon,
BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT IIAV
ing returned from Europe, he is now
prep-ired to rp.Mime the ac'ive duties of his
profession. In order to prevent disappoint
ment to persons living at a distance who
may wi&h to consult him, he will Le found
at bis rffice every THURSDAY and SAT
URDAY for consultation and the perform
ance of Sur;ric-il opentions.
Dec. 12. HG7.-1 vr.
Itch! ItelT! Itch!
SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH
. USE
MOLLISIIEADS ITdf k S.UT nilEDI flINTMEM.
No Family t-hoold be without this valua
ble medicine, for on the firs-t appearance of
the disorder on the wrists, bttweeu the fin
f era, &c, a tilinht application of the Oint
ment will cure it, and prevent its being ta
ken by others. .
Warranted to give satisfaction or money
refunded.
Prepared and sold, wholesnle and retail,
by W. HOLLINSHEAD,
Stroudfburg, Oct. 31, '07. , Druggist.
J. f jAXTZ, wztist.
' lias permanently located him
.FcJf in KtroudKburg, and moved
his office next dooi to Dr. S.
Walton, where he is fully prepared to treat
the natural teetii, an.4 also to insert incorrup
tible artificial t&eth on pivot ajid plate, i:ie
.Utest and , moist improved manner. J.Iosl
taoris know. the danger and folly of trust
;ing tltek -work to the ignorant as well as
Jhe traveling dentist. It matters not how
.rnuch experience a person may have, he i
riable to tave some failures out of a number
,or cases, and if the dentist lives at a distance
it i frequently put off until it is too late to
"c the 'tooth or teeth as it mav be, other
wise tho inconvenience and trouble of going
bo far. Hence tho necessity of obtaining the
services of a dwitist near home. . All work
warranted. ; , ', - -
Btroudsburg, March 27, 13G2. :
''in. 1. COOLiflAlKJIl,
Sign and Ornamental Painter,
SHOP ON MAIN STREET - .
(opposite Woolen .Mills,) '
STKOUDSUUllG, IA., -
Respectfully announces to the citizens of
Stroudsburg and vicinity that he is prepared
vo auenu to ail who may fivor
him with
. i : . . . .
wu pa.iroaage, in a prompt
aud workman
like manner
(KT CHAIRS, FURNITURE. &c,, paint-
ed and repaired.
tPcb. 20.-3m.
Heart Hymn.
Bear the burden of the.present.
Let the morrow bfcar it own;
If the morning sky be pleasant,
Why the coming night bemoan!
If the darkened hea.vcne lower.
Wrap thy cloak around ihy.form ;
Though the tempest rise in power,
God is mightier than the storm.
Steadfast hope and faith unshaken '
Animate the trusting breast;
Step by step the journey s taken,
Nearer to the land of rest.
All unseen the Master walketh
By the toiling servant's side;
Comfortable words He talkcth
While His hands uphold and guide.
Grief, nor pain, nor sorrow
. Bends thy heart, to Him unknown ;
lie to-day, and He to-morrow,
Grace sufficient gives His own.
Holy strivings nerve and strengthen,
IiOng endurance wins the crown;
When the evening shadows lengthen,
Thou shalt lay" thee gently down.
THE REGISTRY LAW.
A Further Supplement to the Act Relatin
i rr
to the Elections of this Commonwealth.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted hu the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
Common iccaft U o 1'ennsylvanta in Uen-"lCTVJ iU utJ maue out, juriuwun in ai
eral -Assembly met audit is hereby cn-' phabetical order, one of which shall be
actedbytlie authority of the same: That, j placed on the door of or on the house
from and after the passage of this act.
shall be the duty of the several assessors
within this Commonwealll
on receiving'
! eir traD5cr5Pt3 from the county comnm
j ctvutis, iu mvvci;u iu uiuki; uuii a nob iu
j alphabetical order of the white freemen
, eiinA?0 i n . s. I wm L- r nn t r fir-. art
above twenty-one years of age, whom
they shall know, or who shall make claim
to saiJ assessors, to be
qu;
tlified voters !
within their respective townships, bor -
oughs, wards or other election districts, I four) prior to the tenth day next preced
and, opposite said names, state whether jinS ay general or presidential election,
the said freeman is or is not a house- ol which meeting and its purposes they
keeper and, if he is, the number of his 'shall give due public notice by written
residence, in towns where the same are or printed handbills posted in at least six
numbered, with the street, alley or court j of the most public places in their rcspec
in which situated, and, if in a town where t'e wards in cities, borough.?, wards in
there are no numbers, the name of the ' boroughs or townships; And provided
street, alley or court ou which said house furtlier. That, where any ward in a city,
fronts; also the occupation of the partyJ borough, or ward in a borough or town-
and. where he is not a housekeeper, the
! occupation, place of boarding, and with
whom. and. if working for another, the
i name of the employer; and write oppo-j'such
site said name As word ' voter"; and, j ward in a city, oorougn, ward in a bor
where said party claims to vote by reason odgh or township respectively, shall meet
of naturalization, he shall exhibit his cer-at the usual place of holding the election
tificate thereof to the assessor, unless he ia the precinct polliug the largest num
shall have voted in the township, bor-; bcr of votes at the last preceding election
ough, ward or district at five preceding j in their respective wards, boroughs or
general elections, and, on exhibition of , townships, and shall give due public no
the certificate, the name shall be marked ; ticc as herein before provided of the
with the letter X; where the party has' time and place of their meeting, and, in
merely declared his intention to bccomeall cases where any ward in a city, bor
a citizen, and designs to be naturalized i jough, ward in a borough or township, is
before the next election, the name shall! so divided into two or more election dis
bc marked I) I; where tire claim is tojtricts, it shall be the duty of the assessor
vote by reason of being between the to assess each voter in the election dis
ages of twenty-one and twenty-two as ! trict to which he belongs, and to furnish
provided by law, the word "age" shall separate duplicate lists to the election of
be entered; and, if the party has moved;ficers in each election district; it shall be
iuto the election district to reside since! the further duty of the said inspectors,
the last general election, the -letter 11' judges and assessor, in each ward, bor
sball be placed opposite the name; and jough and township, to meet again at the
in all of the cases enumerated a tax shall place fixed on by the third section of this
forthwith be assessed against the pcrson.jact on the Thursday next preceding any
And in' order to carry this law into effect general election, between the hours of
for the present vear. it shall be the dutvfnine and ten a.m., and remain in session
of the commissioners of the respective
counties of this Commonwealth, .within
sixty days after the passage of thi3 act, tolpreseuted to them by any person or per
cause alphabetical lists of the persons re-1 sous claiming to be entitled to vote, and
turned by the assessors as having been whose name or natnc3 have not been en
assessed in the several districts for thejtercd on the registry of the election dis
present year to be made out and placed! trict in which he or they claim to be en
in the hand of the respective assessors,! titled to vote; each person so claiming to
whose duty it shall be, on or before the! be entitled to vote. therein shall produce
first of September, to ascertain the fjuali-jat least one qualified voter of the district
fications of the persons so named, and as a witness to the residence of the claim
their claims to vote as before mentioned, :
and perform in regard to such persons' be a voter, for a period of at least ten
all of the duties enjoiued by this act, and days next preceding the general election
furnish said list to the commissioners and then next ensuing, which. w;tnc33 shall
election board as hereinafter directed; take and subscribe an affidavit to the facts
Provided, That the names of all persons, stated by him, which affidavit shall define
who were duly registered aod permitted clearly where the residence of the person
to vote at the next preceding general eo claiming to be a voter, and the person
election in October shall, without further so claiming to bo registered shall also
proof or application, be placed on the list1 take and subscribe an affidavit stating
or registry directed to be prepared forfwhere and when he was born, 'that he is
the elect on in November, but thev and
all others shall be subject to challenge,
and their riht to vote: be passed on as
prescribed by the fourth section of this
act. ' '-"
Sec. 2.- On tho list being completed
and the assessment made as aforesaid,
the same shall forthwith be returned to
the county commissioners, who shall
cause duplicate copies of said lists, .with
the observations and explanations requir
ed to be noted as aforesaid, to be made
out as soon as practicable and placed in
the hands of the assessor, who shall, prior
to tho first of August next ensuing . said
assessments, put one copy thereof on the
door of the house wliere the ' election of
the respective district is required- to be
held, and retain the other in his; posses
sion for the inspection, free of charge, of
any person resident within the said elec
tion district who shall desire to Eee the
same, aud it shall be the duty of said as
sessor1 to add from time to time, on the
personal application of any claiming the
riiriit to
vote, tn name or bucii claimant,
. P t -I A
and mark opposite the name 0 V, and
immediately assess mm wuu a.iax. wu
the tenth lay preceding the general elec
tion in October next thereafter, , it fchall
be tho duty of the ' assessor ,to produco
the list in his possession to the inspectors
ana juuges or tne election. or tne proper
dristrtct, at a meeting to be held by them
as hereinalter directed.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the
inspectors and judge of the election, to
gether with the assessor, to attend at the
place of holding the general elections for
the respective election districts, on. . Sat
urday the tenth day next preceding the
second Tuesday in October, and on the
other days hereinafter ' mentioned, and
continue in open session at said place
from nine o'clock a.m. till six o'clock p.m.
of said day, to hear proof of the right of
the respective persons to vote whose
names are contained in the assessor's list
;as before mentioned, or who shall apply
to them to have their names registered.
and all persons who have not previously find that the applicant or applicants pos
voted in the election district shall make'ecss all the legal qualifications of voters.
due proor, in tne manner now prescribed
by the election laws, of their right to vote
in said district, and like proof shall be
made in all cases by those applying for
registry whose names are not enrolled by
the assessor and marked " voter," and it
shall then be the duty of the assessor
forthwith to assess said person with a tax
as required by law, on the proof being
made to the satisfaction cf the election
board if not already assessed: on the l"i3t
of the voters in said district being com-
j'icic, ii suan uv iuu uuiy 01 tne election
officers aforesaid to "cause duplicate copies
it.wnerc mc elections are to be held, and
i stilt? .atitinAil V. . fTi a C . rl nf 1
tion, who shall hold the same subject to
tne inspection or any citizen or said dis
j drict uutil the day of the general election,
.and produce the same thereat; Provided,
'that the officers herein before named,
i when they shall deem it advisable, may
meet ,or lhe purposes named in this sec-
tl(n one or more days (not exceeding
ship, having but one assessor is divided
'into two or more election precincts ordis-
tricts, the judges ami inspectors of all
election districts or precint3 in each
until sir p.m., for tho purpose of hearing
and determining all
claims that may be
ant, m the district m which he claims to
a citizen oi tne uommonweaun or l'cnn
sylvania, and of the United States, and,
if a naturalized citizen, shall also state
when, where and by what court he was
naturalized, and he shall also present his
certificate of naturalization for cxaniina-jsame
tionv unless he has been a voter in said
election district for five years then next
preceding, that he has resided in this
Commonwealth one year or, if formerly a tion of the claimant only, and, if the per
citizen therein and has moved therefrom, 'son shall not have been previously asses
that ho Ii3S resided therein six 'months eed, it shall be the duty of the assessor
next preceding the general election then forwith to assess him with the proper tax ;
next following, that he has not moved in after, completing the list a copy thereof
the district for 1 the purpose rf voting shall bo placed on thefdoor. of or on the
therein, that he has paid a State or conn- house where the election is to be held at
ty tax within,two years, which was'as"- least eight days prior to holding the same,
scsscd at least ten days before the elec- when the same course shall be pursued
tion for which he purposes to be regis- in every particular iu regard to receiving
tered, and that-he was prevented from or rejecting the votes, markiug the same
registering his . name at tho first meeting! on the registry list, endorsiug tho natural
for that purpose as directed .by this act; ! ization papers with the proper month and
the said affidavit shall also state when and 'year, preserving the paper and all other
where the tax claimed to be paid by tho! things, as are required by this act at the
affidavit was assessed,' and when, where general election in October. . ;
and to whom paid, and the tax-receiptj Sec 7 At every 6peciul' electlon di
thcrefor shairbe produced for examioa-i rcct0ll by jaw and at cvery Beparate citv
tion unless the affiant shall make oath: wardt: borough or-township election, the
that it has been lost or destroyed or that! registry required to do. kept as aforesaid
he never received any receipt; JVovided, miy MSQi by the proper officers aa ev
tbatif tho person bo claimang the right aence of the persons entitled to vote there
to vote tl:sll lake aud fulscrile an ad Ja- at, r.n l aid nffievrs thill 'require all per
vit that he is a citizen of the United
States, that he is at the time of making
the affidavit or will be on or before the
day of the next election ensuing between
the ages of twenty-one and 'twenty-two
years, that he has resided in tho State
one year and in the election district ten
days next preceding such election, he
shall be entitled to be registered as a
voter although he shall have not paid
taxes: the said affidavits ot all persons
making such claims, and tho affidavit of
the witnesses to their residence, shall be
preserved by the said board until the day
of election, and shall, at the close thereof,
be placed in the ballot-rjox along with the
other papers now required by law to be
preserved therein: if said board shall
the name or names shall be added to the
list alphabetically with like effect as if
done ten days betore the election, and
that they shall forthwith be placed with
the other names at the foot of the list on
the door or house of the place of the clcc-
i i
non, aim, as sucn person wnose name is
enrolled votes at said election, one of the
clerks thereof shall mark on or opposite
to the name " vote," and it shall not be
lawful for the officers of the election to
receive the vote of any person whose
name wa3 not contained in said registry
made out and put up at least eight days
before the election as aforesaid, or in the
registry made on Thursday next preced
ing the election, and the reception of the
vote of any person not so registered shall
constitute a misdemeanor in the election
officers so receiving it, and on conviction
thereof, the election officers so offending
shall be subject to fine or imprisonment
or both at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. It shall be lawful for any quali
fied citizen of the district, notwithstand
ing the namo of the proposed voter is
contained in the"registry and the right
to vote has been passed on by the election
board, to challenge the .vote of such per
son, whereupon the same proof of the
right of suffrage as is now required by
law shall be publicly made and again act
ed on by the election board, and the vote
admitted or rejected according to the evi
dence ; every person claiming to be a na
turalized citizen shall be required to pro
duce his naturalization certificate at the
election before voting, as required by ex
isting laws, except where his case comes
within the fifth provision of the sixty
fourth section of the act of one thousand
ctght hundred and thirty-nine, to which
this is a supplement, although tho same
may have been exhibited to the election
board before registry ; and, on the vote
of such persons being received, it shall
be the duty of the election officers to cause
to be distinctly written therein the word
"voted," with the month and year, and
if any. election officer at the same or any
other district shall receive a second vote
ou the same day by virtue of such certifi
cate, they and the person who shall offer
such second vote upon so offending shall
be guilty of a high misdemeanor and, on
conviction thereof, be fined and impris
oned at the discretion of the court j Pro
vided Said fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars and the imprisonment shall
not exceed one year; and like punish
ment shall be inflicted on the officers of
the election who shall neglect or refuse
to make or cause to be made the endorse
ment required as aforesaid on said na
turalization certificate.
Sec.; 5. On the close of the polls, the
registry list, on which the memorandum
of the votiDg has been kept as before di
rected, shall be sealed up with and pre
served in the same manner now required
by law as the tally papers, and not taken
out until after the next meeting of the
Legislature, unless required on the hear
ing of a contested election, or for the pur
pose of being used at the election of pre
sidential electors or preparatory 'thereto
as hereinafter provided, after which it
shall again bo sealed up aud carefully
preserved as before directed. ' '
Sec. G. Ten ' days ' preceding' every
election for electors of Prcisident and
Vice President of; the United States,- it
shall be the duty, of the election board
and the proper assessor to meet at the
place of holding the general election in
the district, for the same length of time
and in the manner directed in the third
section of this act, and then aud there
hear all applications of persons whose
names have been omitted from the iegis-
ahd who claim the -risht to vote, or
whose rights have originated since the
was mado out,' and add thereto the
names of such persons as shall show that
they are entitled to the right o suffrage
in such district, on the personal aprdica-
sons whose names are not on the registry,
whether challenged or not, to show that
they possess the right of suffrage at said
election, but nothing herein contained
shall make the want of said registry con
clusive against the rights of the : person
to vote at such election, but the same
shall be jndged of and decided as iu oth
er case?. .
Sec. 8. Before entering on the duties
of their offices under this act, the respec
tive assessors and inspectors and judges
of the election shall take an oath before
some competent authority, in addition to
the oaths now required by law, "to per
form the several daties enjoined by this
act with fidelity and according to the re
quirements thereof in every particular to
the best of their'ability ;" they shall each
have' the power to administer oaths to
every person claiming the right to be as
sessed, or enrolled, or the ri"ht of suf
frage, or in regard to any other matter, or
thing required to be done or inquired in
to by said officers under this act, and any
willful false swearing by any person,- in
relation to anv matter or thin
o
concerning which they shall bo lawfully
interrogated by any of said officers under
this act, shall be punished as perjury;
said assessors, inspectors and judges shall
each receive the same compensation for
the time necessarily spent in performing
the duties hereby enjoined as is provided
by law for the performance of their "other
duties, to be paid by the county commis
sioners as iu other cases, with a proper al
lowance to be judged of the said commis
sioners for the expense of making the list
or registries hereby required to be made
out, and it shall not be lawful for any as
scssor to assess a tax against any person
whatever within ten days next preceding
the election to be held on the second
Tuesday in October in any year, or with
in ten days next before any election for
electors of President or Vice President
of the United States, and any violation of
this provision shall bo a misdemeanor
and subject the officer so offending to a
fine on conviction of not less than ten nor
exceeding one hundreds dollars, or to im
prisonment not exceeding three months,
or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 9. On tho petition of five or
more citizens of the county, stating, un
der oath that they verily believe that
frauds will be practiced at the election
about to be held in any district, it shall
be the duty of the court of common picas
of said county if in session, or, if, a judge
therefore iu vacation, to appoint two per
sons, judicious, sober and intelligent citi
zens of the county, t act as overseers at
said election ; said persons shall be select
ed from different political parties where
the inspectors belong to different parties.
ind, where both of said inspectors belong
io me same political party, Dotn oi the
overseers shall be taken from the opposite
political party ; said overseers shall have
the right to be present with the officers
of the clcctiou during the whole time the
same is held, the votes counted and re
turns made out and signed by the election
officers, to keep a list of the voters if they
see proper, to challenge any person offer
ing to vote and interrogate him and his
witnesses under oath in regard to thc
right of suffrage at said election, to ex
amiuc his papers produced, and the offi
cers of said election are required to afford
to said cvcrsccrs so selected and appoint
ed every convenience and facility for the
discharge of their duty, and if said offi
cers shall refuse to permit said overseers
to be present and perform their duty as
aforesaid, or they shall be driven away
from the polls by violence or iutimidation,
all the votes polled at such election dis
trict shall bo rejected by any tribuual try
ing a contest under said election. '
Skc. 10. If any protbonotary, clerk,
or the deputy of cither, or any other per
sons, shall affix the seal of office to any
naturalization paper, or given out the
same in blank whereby it may be fraudu
lently used, or furnish a uaturlization cer
tificate to any person who shall not havo
been duly examined and sworn in open
court in presence of some of the judges
thereof according to the act of Congress,
he shall be guilty of a high misdemeauor,
or if any person shall fraudlently use any
such certificate of naturalization knowing
that it was fraudulently; issued, and shall
vote or attempt to vote thereon, , he shall
be guilty of a high misdeuieanar, and cith
er or ' any of the persons, their aiders or
abettors, guilty of either of ' the Misde
meanors aforesaid, on conviction shall be
fined inn sum not exceeding one thous
and dollars and imprisoned iu tho proper
penitentiary for a period not exceediug
three years. ' ' ' ! ' 1
Skc. 11. Any assessor, ! election offi
cer or person appointed as an overseer,
who shall neglect or refuse to perform any
duty cujoiued by this act without reasou
blo legal cause shall be subject to a pen
alty of one hundred dollars, and if any
assessor or election officer shall enrol auy
person as a voter who ho shall know is
not qualified, or refuse to enrol any one
who ho 3 shall know is qualified, he fchall
bo guilty of a misdemeanor in office and,
on conviction, bo. punished by fine and
imprisonmeut and also bo subject to an
action for damages 'by the party aggriev
ed, and if any persou shall fraudulently
alter, add to, deface, or, destroy any regis
try of yoters made out as directed by this
act, or tear down or remove the same from
tho placo where it has been fixed by or
under the direction of the clcctiou offi
cers, with like 'fraudulent or mischievous
intent or for auy i in proper purpose, tho
rxsrson so olleudiuir fhall bo Kuilty of a
a i
h
igh
mi
domf aojr - Bud. ccavictioa,
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars and imprisonment
not exceeding two years.
Sec. 12. If any tax collector is found
guilty of issuing a receipt for taxes to any
person whatever, said taxes not having
been paid, he shall be deemed guilty of a.
misdemeanor in office and, on conviction,,
shall be fined in a sum not less than one
hundred dollars and suffer an imprison
ment in the county jail for a term not
less than three months for every offences
Sec. 13.. That for all elections here
after holden under this .act the polls shall
be opened between the hours of six and
several o'clock A M and be closed at six
o'clock P M.
Sec. 14. That the county commis
sioners shall, at the proper expense of the
county, procure and furnish all the blanks
made necessary by this act.
, Sec 15.' All laws inconsistent with
j nny of ' the provisions of this act be and1
the same are hereby repealed,
A New Game Law,
The Legislature of this State has pass
ed axery stringent law for the preserva
tion of game and insectivorous birds.
The bill provides that it shall not be law
ful for. any person within the Common
wealth to shoot, kill, or in any way trap
or destroy any blue-bird, swallow, martin,
or otner insectiterous bird at any season
of tho year; that no deer, fawn or elk
shall be hunted or killed between the?
1st of December and the 1st of Septem
ber in any year; that no wild turkey,
pheasant or rabbit shall be banted or
killed between the 1st of January and
the 1st of September in any year; that
no partridge or quail shall, be taken or
killed between the 20th of December and,
the 20th of October; no woodcock or
snipe shall be killed between the 1st of
.March and the 1st of September;that no
wild turkey, pheasant, partridge, quail,
woodcock or snipe shall be trapped or
taken by means of traps, nets, snares,,
springs or other means of taking suchi
birds other than by shooting,-at any time
whatever, nor shall any trap, net or snaro
be made, erected or set either wholly or
in part for tho purpose of such trapping
or taking; that no eggs of any kind of
the birds above enumerated aTe herebv
declared to be game, or any insectivorous
bird?; shall be taken or destroyed at any
time.
- Any offence against any provision of
this act shall be punished Eummarily, on
information and conviction before a jus
tice of the 'peace, by a fine not exceed
ing 25 for each head of game killed in
contravention hereof, in the discretion of
such justice, with costs, or in default of
payment by imprisonment in a common
jail for a term not exceeding thirty days;
one-half of the fine to go to the county
and the other half to the informer; that
in all cases confiscation of the game shall
loiiow conviction, and the game so confis
cated shall be given to the informer;
that any person may destroy traps, net3
or snares set or erected either wholly or
in part in contravention of any provision
of this act. -
In order to encourage persons who
have or", may hereafter import different
kinds of game with a desire to breed
and preserve the same on their lands in
this Province, it is further enacted that
it shall not be lawful to hunt, shoot, kill
or destroy any such game without the"
consent of the owner of the property,
wherein the same may have been bred.
That possession of the said wild tur
keys, pheasant, partridges, quail, wood
cock or snipe, or either of them, shall bo
and it is hereby made jirima facit evi
dence of the fact that the person havinf,
such possession has killed or trapped the -same,
and unless explained by such per
sou to the justice trying the case under -the
provisions of the eighth section hero
pf, shall be sufficient to sustain a recove
ry of the penalty thereby inflicted; pro
vided, that an action be commenced un
der tho provisions of the said eighth
section within sixty days of the commit-.
ting of such offence; aud provided fur
ther, that no catching or trapping of any
of the aforesaid wild turkeys, pheasants,
partridges, quails, woodcock or snipe for
the purpose of saving their lives d'rstig
the wiuter season, or of preserving them,
as pets, shall be deemed to' be withiu thu
penalties prescribed by this act.
J Mortgages Exempt from Taxation.
.Tho following law exempting mortga
gee, judgments, Ac, was passed by the
Legislature of this State, at the late scs-
sion
'licit enacted, Arc, That mortgages,
judgments, recoguizances and moneys duo
upon; articles for the sale of real cstaU
made after the passage of this Act, aro
exempt from all taxation except State tax
es, aud, that from aud after tho 1st of De
cember no taxes of any description except
Stato taxes shall bo assessed x collected
on mortgages, judmcnts, recognizances ,
and articles of agreement for . the sale of
real estate, whether mado before, or af;r
the passage of this Act. Provided, that
this shall dot. apply to mortgages - givca
by corporations.
We consider this a very good law as
in consequence of tho heavylocal taxe
it has become almost imposoible ,to bor
row mouey on bond and mortgage secur
ity. The tries eat up all tho interest,
tnd people do much better by iuvostiug
their money iu bonds, stocks .and other
; securities. It was contended iu tho Le
i gisUture that if mouey loaucd out'ou a
mortgage 'resurify w.t? cxetnf t frcm lyC