1822

John Gaston Aikin, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing all the Statutes of a Public and General Nature, in Force at the Close of the Session of the General Assembly, in January, 1833. To Which are Prefixed, the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution of the United States; the Act to Enable the People of Alabama to Form a Constitution and State Government, &c.; and the Constitution of the State of Alabama. With an Appendix, and a Copious Index Page 201, Image 249 (1833) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources. [Last viewed 3 October 2014.]

Alabama

Fire-Hunting § 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to hunt with fire in the night-time ; and every person convicted thereof, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense, the sum of fifty dollars ; and half to go to the use of the informer, and the other half to go to the use of the county : Provided, that this act shall be construed only to embrace persons hunting deer with a gun and fire at night.
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1871

Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876 : with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permenent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated Page 929-30, Image 945-46 (1877) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Alabama

Offenses Against Property. §4406 (3479). Hunting wild hogs. – Any person who, without first giving notice to at least three freeholders in the neighborhood, hunts, catches, or kills wild hogs, unmarked, with dog and gun, or with either, must on conviction, be fined not less than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars. § 4407 (3750). Fire-hunting. – Any person who, in the night time, hunts deer by fire, and with a gun, must on conviction, be fined not less than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars.
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