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'1 That the name of Ihis CKib be "Tnti JRONTO ■ ' '^•M jUN Club." ARTICLE II. 1 That the objects of this Club are for mutual improvement in the art of shooting ; in assisting to enforce the laws for the protection of game in this Province; for the collection and preservation of specimens of Natural History } and for main- taining suitable Club Rooms and" Library. ARTICLE IIL That the officers of this Club be composed of a President, Vice-President, Secretary andaTreasurer, who, together with four other members, shall form the Executive Committee, and also two Auditors ; all of whom shall be elected annually. In case of o CONSTITUTION ARTICLE IV. '" «ch year, or, i„ .h^ evlj "'"'^''^ '" ^^""^^y ^" « holiday, then 0^3'!.^'' '^^^ '■^"■•'8 E««mive Committee sha],] """'^ ^^^ ''^ the """thly meetings on thetst l? 1'*^'''"^' ^'"l month. '"^ ^ast Thursday in eveiy ARTICLE V. That no alteration nf tu- ^ .»'' Privileges of this ClI" V^llt " "^"^ ^"^ --ears due by him are paid Lfilf "" '"^ "^"^^ <*• That the ExeciifiV» ,^ . power to suspend p^rem' ^r™'""" "''«» have "^VbeguiUy^f',„7;™Pr">' -f member .ho <^onduct. and shall epo^T "'"'^ °' '^'^"^"erly the case, he shall be expelled '=°"^'d«^a''"n of ^-^hirds ballot Of the ri;,:^'^^''^* '^inixt rotr:\r^ t- °» '^« «- the Executive Comm tL Jv T °"'" *^^'' ^' "ce may appoint, who also -';W<»»^as,s,,^j^,;yi..„j,^™P^^;-^;;.^^ ,?^m^«yS*pi»»K.«,^. on to this CJub other shooting m entrance fee ^ive Dollars, ne due on the to the eJec- '^r; and no 5r enjoy the or any other shall have riember who r disorderly a regular or ^deration of stated by a >n the first er day as who also BY-LAWS.^ 9 shall have power to handicap all members at their Club matches. 8. That the Executive Committee shall have power to call special meetings for the transaction of any business connected with the Club, and also to make an assessment upon the members, in order to make up any deficiency that may arise in con- nection with the expenses of the Club during the year. 9. That at all meetings the following shall be the ORDER OF BUSINESS: I. Reading Minutes. 9. Reading Communications, 3. Nomination and Election of Members. 4 Enquiries. 5. Reports of Committees. 6. Consideration of Reports. 7. Unfinished Business. 8. Irregular Matters. 9. Adjournment >*'. I f-\ '). ■'■' IP RULES TOR TRAP SHOOTING. «iV"?'^ • .' ii' . RULES FOR TRAP SHOOTING. SINGLE BARlREL. B-OJiB I.— 7Before a match commences, a Trapper, a: Pulier, 1^ S*:orer, two Judges, and one Referee l^ust be chosen ; each party to choose a Judge, and udges to choose a Referee, whose decision in ilMfieS shall be final, if the Judges previously Each party may appoint a separate PirilcT; or, in the event of a Club match, the Executive Committee shall have power to appoint Trappers, Pullers, and one Judge, whose decision shall be ^al. Rule ll.- — All matches shall be shot from H and T ground traps, five yards apart, twenty- one yards rise and eighty yards boundary, to be mea- sured from a point equi-distant between the traps, which are to be placed in the most favorable posi- tion, so that the wind and sun shall be as nearly behind the shooter as possible. mmm mmJim iiii i^ -f % f <• riifi-Rjl FOR TRAP Footing. II .^ULE III. — A bird must be put in each trap, ^efo^e the " toss," by the Referee ^ both bird? are |o b^ released before the traps are re-filled. Rule IV. — ifiach competitor must com^, U^ the foot-mark on his name being called b/th6 l^i^r ;' biit the Judges or Referee majr Rule IX. — In case of an unavoidable miss-fire, the shooter may claim another bird. Rule X. — If a bird should fly towards any per- 80i>-, 4^0 that it would be dangerous to shoot at it, the ^m RULES FOR tRAP SHOOTING. iS Referee may give shooter another bird. But all birds shall be shot at before they pass the line of foot-mark. Rule XI. — If any party should wilfully inter- rupt or interfere with the shooter at the time he is shooting, and he should in consequence miss, the Referee, if he think proper, may give him another bird. Rule XII.— If a bird be shot at, and hit so hard by the shooter that, in the opinion of the Referee, it would have fallen within jounds, but before falling is shot at by a scout or other person, it shall be deemed " no bird," and the shooter may claim another ; but if, in the opinion of the Referee the bird was missed or only slightly wounded by the shooter, and afterwards shot by an outsider within bounds, it is then to be scored " lost bird'' to the shooter. Any bird once out of bounds shall be scored "missed." Rule XIII.— In gathering a bird, the time allowed shall not exceed three minutes from time of challenge, and it is optional with the shooter to gatlfer his own bird after it has been challenged, or i H RULES FOR TRAP SHOOTING. to appoint another i>erson so to do,- other than the officers appointed for the shoot. The gatherer sliall, in all cases, go straight from the foot-mark to the bird, take it without injury and hand it to the Referee and if it does not show blood through a shot-mark, it sliall be scored as '* lost bird/' The gatherer is not allowed to use anything other than his hands to gather the bird with. Rule XIV.— No larger gauge gun than No lo to be used, and the charge of shot shall not exceed I ^ oz. by Dixon's measure ; and in case of a cliallenge, the Referee may examine the charge to ascertain if the quantity of shot be correct, and if not, he may rule out the shooter, either from the match, or score, as missed, any bird previously scored by the shooter detected, up to that time. Rule XV. — In case of a tie, the distance shall be increased five yards, and five birds each shot at. In case of a second tie, the distance shall be again increased five yards, and three birds each shot at ; and in case of a third or more ties, this distance maintained, until the match be decided by a '* miss, and go out." RULES FOR TRAP SHOOTING. 15 DOUBLE BARRKL. Rule I.— Before a match commences, a trap- per, a puller, a scorer, two judge?, and one referee must be chosen, each party to choose a judge, and thp judges to choose a referee, whose decision in all cases shall be final, if the judges previously disagree. Each party may appoint a separate puller ; or, in the event of a club match, the Ex- ecutive Committee shall have power to appoint a trapper, a puller, and one judge, whose decision shall be final. Rule II. — All matches shall be shot from H and T ground traps five yards apart, twenty-one yards rise, and eighty yards boundary, to be mea- sured from a point equi-distant between the traps, which are to be placed in the most favourable po- sition so that the wind and sun shall be as nearly behind the shooter as })ossible. Rule III. — A bird ftiust be put in each trap, before the " toss " by the Referee ; both birds are to be released before the traps are re-filled. Rule IV. — Each competitor must come to the foot-mark on his name being called by the scorer ; m '■■ #■ t f6 RULES rOR TRAP SHOOTING. but the judges or referee may decide whether an absentee may shoot, after a lapse of ten minutes after his bein^ so called. Rule V. — The shooter shall not load his gun until after he has taken up his position within a space scu apart for that purpose behind the foot- mark ; capping a muzzle-loading gun to be con- sidered loading, and no loaded gun shall be per- mitted within the bounds (other than the one in the hands of the shooter at the toot mark.) Any member infringing this rule shall be disqualified from shooting in the match. ilULE VL — After the shooter has taken hi^ stand at the foot-mark and said, "pull," he is not to raise the whole of the stock of his gun above his elbow, until the bird is on the wing. If the bird rises and returns to the ground without being shot at, the shooter is to re-place his gun, before the bird again rises. Any infringement cf this rule, or over-stepping the foot-mark by the shooter, the bird shall be scored as missed. If the bird leaves the trap, and, in the opinion ol the Referee, is killed on the grounji, the shooter shall have another bird. By' ?»<. RULES FOR TRAP SHOOTING. 17 - Rule VII. — If after the trap is pulled the bird does not rise within one minute, or if the bird runs three yards from the trap, or alights within eighteen yards of the foot-mark, the referee shall call " no bird," and give shooter another. But if p. bird rises and alights five yards or over, beyond the trap, the same shall be considered a fair bird, and the shooter has got to takfs it. RULE VIII. — If a bird rises and is shot at with one barrel, and alights within bounds, the shooter is compelled to take t\\«i same, but has the option of appointing any person othei than the officers appointed for the matcby to put it up, or gather the same at shooter's risk. Rule IX. — When a shooter is at the score, and ready to shoot, he 19 to call " pull " sufficiently loud for the referee to hear ; and should the trap be sprung without his having given the word, he shall take another biird, whether the bird is shot or not, . Rule X. — If the shooter discharges one barrel, It shall be cpn$ldf red a bird, whether the second goes off ornot. I^ RULES FOR TRAP SHOOTING. Rule Xf. — If a bird should fly towards any person so that it would be dangerous to shoot at it, the referee may give shooter another bird. But all birds shall be shot at before they cross the line of foot-mark. I. Han yards Rule XII. — If any party should wilfully inter- rupt or interfere with the shooter at the time he is shooting, and he should in consequence miss, the referee, if he thinks proper, may give him another bird. Rules 12, 13, 14, and 15, of single barrel matches to apply in all cases to double barrel matches. ••> SMALL BIRDS, etc. Small birds, such as snow birds, etc.. Shooters, Judges, and Referee, with all others, shall be governed by the preceding rules in all cases, but the traps shall be placed eighteen yards from the foot-mark. RULES FOR TRAP SHOOTING. 19 DOUBLK BIRD MATCHES. 1. AH double bird matches shall be shot from H and T Plunge Traps, which shall be placed four yards apart, eighteen yards rise, and one hundred yards boundary, to be measured as in single bird matches ; both traps must be pulled at the same time, and both birds must be on the wing, when the first bird is shot at. If the shooter misses with the first barrel he can shoot with the second, at the same bird. If but one flies, the shooter shall have two more birds^, whether he kills or not ; or, if he kills both with one barrel, he shall have two more birds. In gathering, shooter shall not exceed six minutes in gathering both birds. 2. In case of a tie, the distance shall be increased to twenty-one yards, and five double rises allowed to each. In case of a second tie, the distance shall be again increased to twenty-three yards, and three double rises allowed to each ; and in case of a third or more ties, the same distance shall be maintained, and decided by " miss, and go out.*' 3. The Rules for single bird shooting to govern the above in all cases, excepting Rule V., which limits the loading or capping of one barrel only. *K> PROTECTION OF GAME. PROTECTION OF GAME AND FURBEAR- ING ANIMALS. i. An Act to amend the law f^r the Proteetron of Game and Fur-bearing^ animals. Passed ^th March^ 1880, Whereas.it is expedient to amend the law respecting the preservation of game and fur bearing animals in Ontario : Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Lejfislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : — I. Thfe Act passed in the forty-first year of Her Majesty's reign, and chaptered eighteen, is hereby repealed. ,2. None of the animals or birds hereinafter mentioned, iftl^ be hmited, taken or killed within the periods herein- aftel limited; (i) deer, elk, moose^ reindeer or caribotu between the fifteenth day of December and the first day of October ; (2) grouse, pheasants, prairie fowl or partridge, between the first day of January and the first day of Sep- teml>er ; {3) wild turkeys or quail, between the first day of J#miary and the first day of October ; (4) woodcock, between llie first day of January and the first day of August ; (5) snipe, between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of August ; (6) water fowl, known as mallard^ grey duck, black duck, wood summer duck, between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of August ; (7) other ducks, swans or geese, between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of August ; (8) hares, between the fii-st day of Hai^h and the first day of September. 5. No person shall have in his possession any of the^id animals or birds, or any part or portion of any of such anin&I^^if birds, during the periods in which they are so I PROTECTION OF GAME. Hi protected : Provided that they may be exposed for skle Tor twenty days, and no longer, after such periods, and may be had in possession for the private use of the owner and his fomily at any time, but in all cases the proof of the time of killing, taking or purchasing shall be upon the person so in possession. 4. No eggs of any of the birds above mentioned shall be taken, destroyed, or had in possession by any person at any time. 5. None of the said animals or birds, except the animals mentioned in the seventh section of this Act, shall be trapped, or taken, by means of traps, nets, snares, gins, baited lines or other similar contrivances ; nor shall such traps, liets, snares, gins, baited lines or contrivances be set fur them, or any of them, at any time ; and such traps, nets, snares, gins, baited lines or contrivances may be destroyed by any person without such person thereby incurring any liability therefor. 6« None of the contrivances for taking or killing the wild fowl, known as swans, geese or ducks which are described or known as batteries, swivel guns, sunken punts or night- lights, shall be used at any time. 7. No beaver, muskrat, sable, martin, otter or fisher, shall be hunted, taken or killed or had in possession of any person between the first day of May 'and the first day of November ; and no mink between the first day of April and the first day of November ; nor shall any traps, snares, gins or other contrivances be set for them during such p>eriod ; nor shall any nmskrat-house be cut, broken or destroyed at any time ; and any such traps, snares, gins or other con- trivances so set may be destroyed by any person without such person thereby incurring any liability therefor : Provided that this section shall not apply to any person destroying any of the said animals in defence or preservation of his property. j^^ PROTECTION OF GAME. 8. Offences against this Act shall be puni^ed upon summary conviction on information or complaint before a justice of the peace, as follows ; (i) in case of deer, elk, moose, reindeer or caribou, by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than ten dollars, with costs, for each of- fence ; (2) in case of birds or eggs, by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, nor less than five dollars, with costs, for each bird or egg ; (3) in case of fur-bearing animals mentioned in the seventh section of this Act, by a fine not exceeding twenty-'ive dollars, nor less than five dollars, with costs, for each offence ; (4) in the case of other .breaches of this Act, by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, nor less than five dollars, with costs. 9. The whole of such fine shall be paid to the prosecutor, unless the convicting justice has reason to believe that the prosecution is in collusion with and for the purpose of bene- fitting the accused, in which case the said justice may order the disposal of the fine as in ordinary cases. 10. In all cases confiscation of game shall follow convic- tion, and the game so confiscated shall be given to some charitable institution or purpose, at the discretion of the convicting justice. 11. In order to encourage persons who have heretofore imported or hereafter import different kinds of game with the desire to breed and preserve the same on their own- lands, it is 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 wherever the same may be bred. 1 2. It shall not be lawful for any person to kill or take any animal protected by this Act by the use of pois(»i or poisonous c jbotances; nor to expose poison, poisoned bai$. or other poisoned substances, in any place or locality where dogs or cattle may have access to the same. 13. No person shall at any time hunt, take, or kill any deer, elk, moose, reindeer, or caribou, for the purpose of ' expoi of pre so hu aforej ing tl (I) fine l?-rs PROTECTION OF GAME. 25 exporting the same out of Ontario, and in all cases the onus of proving that any such deer, elk, moose, reindeer, or caribou, so hunted, taken or killed, is not intended to be ex|)orted as aforesaid shall be upon the person hunting, killing or tak- ing the same ; (i) Offences against this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, nor less than five dol- lf.rs for each animal. 14. No owner of any dog, trained or accustomed to hunt deer, shall permit any such dog to run at large (if such dog is accustomed or is likely to resort to the wools unaccom- panied by such owner or any of his family or other person) during the period from the fifteenth day of November to the first day of October, under a penally, on conviction, of not more than twenty-five dollars, nor less than five dollars, for each offence. Any person harbouring or claiming to be the owner of any such dog, shall be deemed to be the owner thereof. 15. It shall be lawful for the council of any county, city, town, township or incorporated village, to appoint an officer, who shall be known as the game inspector for such county, city, town, township or incorporated village, and who shall perform such duties in enforcing the provisions of this Act, and be paid such salary, as may be mutually agreed upon. •*'! «t *4 FISHERY LAWS. The followins; are the provisions of the Fishery Laws affecting the Province of Ontario : Pickerel (Dore) cannot be caught from April 15 to May 15. Maskinonge it