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154 GENERAL LAWS.
and House concurred in Senate amemdment after being recalled
106 yeas, 4 nays. Received in the Executive Office March 14,
1930, and in the State Department March 14, 1930, without the
Governor's signature.]
AMENDING FUR-BEARING ANIMAL LAW.
H. B. No. 134.] CHAPTER 24.
An Act amending Chapter 22 of House Bill No. 164, passed by the Second
Called Session of the 41st Legislature, the same being an Act regulating
the taking of fur-bearing animals in certain counties; declaring
the wild beaver, wild otter, wild mink, wild ringtail cat, wild badger,
wild polecat or skunk, wild o'possum, wild raccoon, wild fox and
wild civet-cat to be fur-bearing animals, and making it unlawful to
take any of the fur-bearing animals of this State by means of a steel
trap, deadfall or snare, in the Counties of Panola, Shelby, Nacogdoches,
Rusk, Cherokee, Angelina, San Augustine, Hardin, Harris, Harrison.
Polk, San Jacinto, Brazos, Madison, Trinity, Tyler, Liberty, Anderson,
Sabine, Grimes and Montgomery; providing a penalty; and declaring
an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. House Bill No. 164, enacted by the Second Called
Session of the 41st Legislature, same being Chapter 22, and
found on page 36 of the General Laws of the 41st Legislature,
and being an Act regulating the taking of fur-bearing animals
in certain counties, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"Chapter 22-Section 1. For the purposes of this Act the
wild beaver, wild otter, wild mink, wild ringtail cat, wild badger,
wild polecat or skunk, wild o'possum, wild raccoon, wild fox,
and wild civet-cat, are hereby declared to be fur-bearing animals.
"Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time
to take any of the fur-bearing animals of this State with a steel
trap, snare, or deadfall or any other mechanical device other
than a gun or pistol in any of the counties to which this Act
applies.
"Provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to a
trapper employed by the United States Government, the State
of Texas, or by the Commissioners' Court of any of the counties
mentioned herein, and that this provision shall not apply to
trapping within the bounds of State Game Preserves that may
be located in any of the counties herein mentioned when doing
so is under the direction of the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner.
"Provided, however, that this Act shall apply only to the
Counties of Panola, Shelby, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Cherokee, Angelina,
San Augustine, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Polk, San
Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler, Liberty, Anderson, Sabine, Brazos, Madison,
Grimes, and Montgomery.
"Section 3. Any person violating any provision of this Act
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/166/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .