Delaware General Assembly

CHAPTER 195.

FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME - GAME.

AN ACT to Amend Chapter 74 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware providing for the Shipment and Sale of Rabbits from other States Into the State of Delaware.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of all the members elected to each branch thereof concurring therein):

That Chapter 74 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following Sections:

2389 A Sec. 32 A.

2389 B Sec. 32 B.

2389 C. Sec. 32 C.

2389 D. Sec. 32 D.

2389 E. Sec. 32 E.

2389 A. Sec. 32 A. That from and after the approval of this Act it shall be lawful for all grocerymen, provision dealers, merchants, hucksters and all other persons, firms and corporations within the State of Delaware, to have shipped to him, her, them or it from other States and to have in his, hers, theirs or its possession and to expose, offer and to sell the animal commonly called "Rabbit" at any and all places within the State of Delaware from the fifteenth day of November up to and including the thirty-first day of December in any year.

2389 B. Sec. 32 B. That such groceryman, provision dealer, merchant, huckster or any other person, firm or corporation so having had Rabbits shipped to him, her, them or it and having them in his, hers, their or its possession for the purpose of selling the same within the State of Delaware shall not be required to take out or have any special license therefor.

2389 C. Sec. 32 C. That all persons, firms, or corporations availing himself, herself, themselves or itself of the provisions of this Act of having shipped to him, her, them or it and of exposing for sale Rabbits, shall mark on a card not less than twelve by eight inches in readable letters the following words "Shipped Rabbits," the name of the State from where said Rabbits were shipped and the name of the Shipper.

2389 D. Sec. 32 D. That all persons, firms or corporations so having Rabbits in his, hers, their or its possession and offering them for sale shall on demand from any constable, police officer or game warden show to said constable, police officer or game warden the Bill of Lading and all other memoranda of the shipment, so as to satisfy the said constable, police officer or game warden that said Rabbits were not killed or shipped from any place within the State of Delaware.

2389 E. Sec. 32 E. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of 2389 C. Sec. 32 C. and 2389 D. Sec. 32 D. of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction before any Justice of the Peace or the Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington shall be fined for each offense not less than Ten or more than Twenty Dollars.

Approved February 24, A. D. 1915.