Amends s. 27. Amends s. 30. Amends s. 31. Amends s. 33. Re-enacts s. 35. 18. Section 27 of said chapter 98 is amended by striking out the words "Game Conservation Board" in the fourth line, and substituting therefor the words "Provincial Game Warden." 19. (1.) Section 30 of said chapter 98 is amended by inserting after the word "record," in the third line of subsection (6), the words" in the English language." (2.) Said section 30 is further amended by inserting after the word" animal," in the first line of subsection (7), the words "skunk, or bear"; and by inserting after the word "animals," in the fourth line of said subsection, the words "skunks, or bears." (3.) Said section 30 is further amended by striking out subsection (9), and substituting therefor the following: "(9.) The provisions of subsection (7) shall not apply to a licensed trapper with respect to the pelts or skins of fur-bearing animals, skunks, or bears actually trapped or taken by him, which pelts or skins are sold by him to a licensed fur-trader to whom clause (a) of subsection (2) applies; nor shall a licensed trapper who is a resident be required to make application for or obtain a fur-trader's licence in respect of pelts or skins of fur-bearing animals, skunks, or bears trapped or taken by him." (4.) Said section 30 is further amended by striking out subsection (12), and substituting therefor the following: "(12.) Where the business carried on by the fur-trader within the Province consists only of the buying of furs at wholesale from licensed fur-traders or at sales of furs at public auction, the Provincial Game Warden may by permit, in his discretion, authorize the fur-trader to carry on his business without obtaining a furtrader's licence." 20. Section 31 of said chapter 98 is amended by inserting after the word "recorded," in the sixth line of subsection (2), the words "in the English language." 21. Section 33 of said chapter 98 is amended by striking out the words "but not to use, firearms belonging to any person for whom he is guide" in the first and second lines of subsection (2), and substituting therefor the words "firearms, but not to use them for the purpose of securing trophies of game." 22. Section 35 of said chapter 98 is repealed, and the following is substituted therefor: "35. (1.) No person shall have in his possession any game, whether alive or dead, or any part thereof during the close season: Provided this section shall not apply to trophies of game legally killed or to dressed furs; nor shall it apply to undressed pelts of fur-bearing animals in prime condition taken and had in possession north of the fifty-second degree of north latitude during the three months, and south of the fifty-second degree of north latitude during the two months, immediately following the end of the open season in any district, or during such further times as the Provincial Game Warden may by permit, in his discretion, allow such possession, or to game lawfully killed or obtained for personal use and had in possession during the fourteen days immediately following the end of any open season. "(2.) In all cases under this section the burden of proof as to the time and place of killing or taking any game shall be upon the person in possession thereof." 23. Section 38 of said chapter 98 is amended by striking out the Amends s. 38. words "Game Conservation Board" in the ninth and tenth lines, and substituting therefor the words "Províncial Game Warden." 24. (1.) Section 40 of said chapter 98 is amended by striking out Amends s. 40. the first seven lines of subsection (1), and substituting therefor the following: "40. (1.) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Provincial Game Warden may, upon such conditions and within such periods and limits as he may think fit, and upon payment of the fees therefor fixed by regulations, issue permits in writing signed by him, or by any person authorized by him to sign permits, for any of the purposes following." (2.) Said section 40 is further amended by striking out the word "Board" in the seventh line of clause (k) of subsection (1), and substituting therefor the words "Provincial Game Warden." 25. Section 57 of said chapter 98 is amended by inserting after Amends s. 57. the word "storehouse," in the eighth line, the word "garage." VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by CHARLES F. BANFIELD, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1925. H CHAPTER 14. An Act to amend the "Grazing Act." R.S.B.C. 1924, c. 100. [Assented to 19th December, 1925.] IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the "Grazing Act Amendment Act, Short title. 1925." 2. The" Grazing Act," being chapter 100 of the "Revised Statutes Enacts s. 4A. of British Columbia, 1924," is amended by inserting therein the following as section 4A: "4A. (1.) The Minister of Lands may in any year cause a notice to be published in respect of any grazing district requiring the owners of horses running at large on any Crown range within the grazing district, or within such portion of the grazing district as is defined in the notice, to round up or capture all such horses before a date named in the notice, and to remove the same and keep them removed therefrom during a period to be stated in the notice. The notice shall be published for at least four weeks before the said date named in the notice by insertion at least once each week in a newspaper published or circulating in the grazing district and by posting up copies of the notice in at least three conspicuous public places in the grazing district and within the period thereof (if any) defined in the notice. "(2.) During the period stated in the notice no horses, whether branded or unbranded, shall run at large upon any Crown range. covered by the notice." 3. Said chapter 100 is amended by inserting therein the following Enacts s. 7a. as section 7A: "7A. No stallion or bull shall be allowed to run at large on any Crown range or unfenced lands of private owners within a grazing district unless it is branded with a brand duly registered under the 'Stock-brands Act.'" |