CHAPTER 159.
OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "An Act for the Protection and Preservation of Birds and Certain Animals," being Chapter 165, Volume 26, Laws of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Section 3, Chapter 165, Volume 26, Laws of Delaware, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "April first" where they occur in the ninth and tenth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "March fifteenth"; by striking out the words "April fifteenth", where they occur in the twelfth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "March fifteenth"; by striking out the words "from July first to September first next following and", where they occur in the thirteenth and fourteenth lines of said section; by striking out the words "November twentieth to March fifteenth", where they occur in the eighteenth and nineteenth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "December first to March tenth"; and by striking out the word "September" where it occurs in the twenty-third line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "November".
Section 2. That the change herein above provided for the open season on muskrats, shall apply to New Castle County only; that is the open season for the trapping of muskrats for Kent and Sussex Counties, shall be from November twentieth to March fifteenth next following in every year as heretofore.
Approved March 18, A. D. 1913.