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Ch. 372 GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH Ch. 372 shall be made according to the following schedule: (2) Commercial boats under sixteen feet long and under four feet beam, one dollar and five cents; boats over sixteen feet long and over four feet beam, twenty cents for each additional foot or fraction thereof of length or beam. (3) A certificate of registration and a boat number as required in chapter 371, shall be issued with each license sold under this section. (4) An additional license tax of twenty-five dollars shall be required of all aliens or nonresidents of the state on all boats, vessels, schooners or launches used for commercial purposes and owned in whole or in part by such alien or nonresident in addition to the boat license tax required by this section. HI.tor;y.-U32, 38, ch. 18644, 1929; CGL 1986 Supp. 1877(32). 1977(33); 12, ch. 59-399. 372.65 Fresh water fish dealer's license. No person shall engage in the business of wholesale or retail fresh-water fish dealer until such person has taken out a license to carry on such business, as provided for in this chapter. A wholesale dealer shall be considered one who sells or ships fish by the barrel or half barrel, or in bulk, and shall be required to pay a license fee of fifty dollars per annum. A retail dealer shall be considered anyone who sells fish or supplies in any manner direct to the consumer or wholesale dealer, and shall pay a license fee of five dollars per annum: a nonresident wholesale dealer shall be required to pay a license fee of five hundred dollars per annum, a non-resident or alien retail dealer shall be required to pay a license fee of fifty dollars per annum. Application shall be made to the game and fresh water fish commission for the licenses set forth in this section and §372.66, on blank forms to be supplied by it, and such license shall be dated and issued only for the open season and all moneys derived from this source shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state game trust fund. This does not apply to dealers operating exclusively in salt water territory. Hlstory.-§31, ch. 13644, 1929; COL 1936 Supp. 1977(31) ; 12, ch. 61-119. 372.66 License required for fur and hide dealers.- (1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of a dealer or buyer in alligator skins or green or dried furs in the state or purchase such skins within the state until such person has been licensed as herein provided. (2) Any resident dealer or buyer who so buyer employed by or buying for such licensed state dealer. (3) Any resident dealer or buyer who does not solicit by mail, advertise, travel to buy or employ or have agents or traveling buyers shall be deemed a resident local dealer and shall be required to pay a license fee of ten dollars per annum. (4) A nonresident dealer or buyer shall be required to pay a license fee of five hundred dollars per annum and shall pay a license fee of one hundred dollars per annum for each agent, resident buyer or traveling buyer employed by or buying for or acting as agent for such nonresident buyer. (5) All agents' licenses shall be applied for by, and issued to, a resident state dealer or nonresident dealer and shall show name and residence of such agent and shall be in possession of such agent at all times when engaged in buying furs or hides. Application for such licenses shall be made to the game and fresh water fish commission on blanks furnished by it. (6) All dealers and buyers shall forward to the game and fresh water fish commission each two weeks during open season a report showing number and kind of hides bought and name of trapper from whom bought and his license number, or if trapper is exempt from license under any of the provisions of this chapter, such report shall show the nature of such exemption. No common carrier shall knowingly ship or transport or receive for transportation any hides or furs unless such shipments have marked thereon name of shipper and the number of his fur-animal license or fur dealer's license. Hlstor;y.-§61, ch. 13644, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 1977(61). 372.661 Private hunting preserve, license; exception.-Any person who operates a private hunting preserve commercially or otherwise shall be required to pay a license fee of twentyfive dollars for each such preserve; provided, however, that during the open season established for wild game of any species a private individual may take artificially propagated game of such species up to the bag limit prescribed for the particular species without being required to pay the license fee required by this section; provided further that if any such individual shall charge a fee for taking such game he shall be required to pay the license fee required by this section and to comply with the rules and regulations of the game and fresh water fish commission relative to the operation of private hunting preserves. Hlstory.-§3, ch. 69-73. licits business through the mails, or by adver- 372.662 Unlawful sale, possession or transtising, or who travels to buy or employs or has porting of alligators or alligator skins.-Whenother agents or buyers, shall be deemed a resi- ever the sale, possession or transporting of allident state dealer and shall be required to pay gators or alligator skins is prohibited by any a license fee of one hundred dollars per annum law of this state, or by the rules, regulations or and shall pay an agent's license fee of five orders of the game and fresh water fish commisdollars per annum for each agent or traveling sion adopted pursuant to §9, Art. IV of the state 1894
Ch. 372 GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH Ch. 372 constitution, the sale, possession or transporting of alligators or alligator skins shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 1 year. Hlstory.-§l, ch. 65-160; §7, ch . 69-216. 372.665 Word alligator, etc., not to be used in certain sales.-It is unlawful for any person to use the word "gator" or "alligator" in connection with the sale of any product derived or made from the skins of other crocodilia or in connection with the sale of other crocodilia. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. History.- §l , c h. 69-312. 372.67 Hunters and trappers required to make report.-To each application for license to take game or fur-bearing animals, shall be attached a stub listing the various species of game and fur-bearing animals and the applicant shall state thereon the number of such game and fur-bearing animals as were taken by him within the state in the season next preceding that for which license is applied for. Persons failing to make such statement shall be denied license applied for until they have complied with this provision. Hlstory.-§64, ch. 13644, 1929; COL 1936 SuPp. 1977(64). 372.68 Fresh water fish dealers to report. -All dealers in fresh-water fish shall, at the end of each month, report to the game and fresh water fish commission the amount of the different kinds of fresh-water fish that they have sold during the past month. Failure to make such report shall cause such dealer to be denied license for ensuing year. Hlstory.-§63, ch. 13644, 1929; COL 1936 Supp. 1977(63). 372.69 Game and fresh water fish commission to furnish forms.-The blank forms and other printed matter necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be furnished by the game and fresh water fish commission, which is required to make up forms of licenses or other blanks necessary, the same to be uniform throughout the state, and to furnish the same to the county judges of the several counties and authorized agents. The said license shall contain on the back thereof a synopsis of the game trapping or fresh water fishing laws of the state. All licenses shall be consecutively numbered. Hlstory.-§22, ch. 13644, 1929; COL 1936 Supp. 1977(22). fresh water fish commission; recognizance; cash bond; citation.- (1) In all cases of arrest by officers of the game and fresh water fish commission and the department of natural resources the person arrested shall be delivered forthwith by said officer to the sheriff of the county, or shall obtain from such person arrested a recognizance or, if deemed necessary, a cash bond or other sufficient security conditioned for his appearance before the proper tribunal of such county to answer the charge for which he has been arrested. (2) All officers of the commission and the department are hereby directed to deliver all bonds accepted and approved by them to the sheriff of the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. (3) Any person so arrested and released on his own recognizance by an officer and who shall fail to appear or respond to the proper citation to appear, shall, in addition to the charge relating to wildlife or fresh water fish, be charged with that offense of failing to respond to such citation and, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor. A written warning to this effect shall be given at the time of arrest of such person. Hlstory.-I1, ch. 65-229 ; §125 , 35, ch. 69-106. 372.71 Fines and penalties; forfeiture of Iicense.-Any person violating the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon conviction, unless otherwise provided, be fined for the first offense not less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed ninety days, and for a second or subsequent offense shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned ·not more than six months. Any person convicted as aforesaid shall forfeit any license or permit that may have been issued to him under the provisions of this chapter and shall forthwith surrender the same to the court. If such violation occurs in the open season no license or permit shall be issued under the provisions of this chapter to such person at any time during the remainder of such open season, or if such violation occurs during the closed season no license shall be issued to such person for the open season next following. Hlstory.-§70, ch. 13644, 1929; COL 1936 Supp. 1977(70); 8092(1) . ct.-§7711.06 Alternative punishment. 372.70 Prosecutions.-The prosecuting officers of the several courts of criminal jurisdiction of this state shall investigate and prosecute all violations of the laws relating to game, fresh-water fish, non-game birds and fur-bearing animals which may be brought to their attention by the game and fresh water fish commission or its conservation officers, or which may otherwise come to their knowledge. Hlstory.-§11, ch. 13644, 1929; COL 1936 Supp. 1977(11). 372.72 Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures.-All moneys collected from fines, penalties or forfeitures under this chapter shall go into the fine and forfeiture fund of the county where such convictions are had. The game and fresh water fish commission and its conservation officers shall be aHowed for making arrests the same fees as sheriffs, and the same mileage for conveying prisoners, the same to be taxed as costs in the cause, in 372.701 Arrest by officers of the game and case of conviction, and paid in the like man- 1895
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