1915 N.M. Laws 153
| dc.coverage.spatial | New Mexico | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T20:55:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:26:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1915 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 101, §7: No person shall at any time shoot, hunt or take in any manner any wild animals or birds or game fish as herein defined in this state without first having in his or her possession a hunting license as hereinafter provided for the year in which such shooting, fishing or hunting is done. The presence of any person in any open field, prairie or forest, whether enclosed or not with traps, gun or other weapon for hunting, without having in possession a proper hunting license as herein provided, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this section. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Sec. 7. That Section 12 of Chapter 85 of the Laws of 1912 [§ 2435] be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 12. No person shall at any time shoot, hunt or take in any manner any wild animals or birds or game fish as herein defined in this state without first having in his or her possession a hunting license as hereinafter provided for the year in which such shooting, fishing or hunting is done. The presence of any person in any open field, prairie or forest, whether enclosed or not, with traps, gun or other weapon for hunting, without having in possession a proper hunting license as herein provided, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this section. Hunting licenses shall be issued by the county clerks when duly authorized by the State Game and Fish Warden, and such deputies as may be designated for that purpose by the State Game and Fish Warden. None of the provisions of this act shall require any resident of this state to obtain or have a license to fish for trout. (1) A general hunting and fishing license shall entitle the person named therein to hunt game and other quadrupeds and birds and to take fish during the open season therefor. (2) A general hunting license shall entitle the person therein named to hunt game and other quadrupeds and birds during the open season therefor. (3) A big game license shall entitle the person named therein to hunt game and other quadrupeds during the open season therefor. (Wild turkeys are classified as big game under the meaning of this act.) (4) A bird license shall entitle the person named therein to hunt birds other than wild turkeys, during the open season therefor. (5) All licenses shall carry detachable shipping permit which must accompany shipment of all game and fish killed under this act. (6) Additional coupons shall be issued by any deputy game warden upon payment of a fee of twenty-five cents and all such wardens shall be provided with blanks for this purpose. (7) Any and all permits for the killing or taking of beaver shall be issued solely to deputy game wardens under salary, and the skins of all such beaver killed or taken shall be preserved and sold, the receipts to be paid into the Game Protection Fund. Any person may procure the hunting and fishing licenses herein provided for such person by applying to the State Game and Fish Warden or any deputy warden authorized to issue hunting or fishing licenses, stating his or her name, age, height, weight, place of residence, postoffice address, color of his or her hair and eyes, and paying for such resident, non-resident, resident-alien, or non-resident alien hunting or fishing license. Any citizen of the United States who has been a bona fide resident of this State for six months then last past shall be entitled to procure a resident hunting or fishing license. (Pueblo and Reservation Indians of this State shall be considered residents for the purpose of this act.) Any person not a bona fide resident of this State, but who is a citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to procure a non-resident hunting or fishing license. Any unnaturalized foreign born person who has lived in this State for six months then last past, shall be entitled to procure a resident-alien hunting or fishing license; Provided, that no hunting or fishing license shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game, or fish upon or within any park or enclosure licensed or posted in accordance with this act, without permission of the owner or licensee thereof. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law required anyone hunting or taking game in the state to obtain the appropriate hunting or fishing license, with different licenses for general hunting, big game, birds, and fishing. It established licensing requirements based on residency and required licenses to include shipping permits for transported game and fish, while exempting resident trout fishing from licensing. Presence in the field with a gun or trap without a license was prima facie evidence of a violation. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4702 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_the_State_of_New_Mexico/rVMwAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=New+Mexico+Laws&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | HUNTING REGULATION | |
| dc.title | 1915 N.M. Laws 153 |