Animals and Fish - Historical Notes

The following is a listing of acts that at one time affected, but no longer appear to have any effect on, hunting, fishing or animal control in Marion County. They are included herein for reference purposes.

1. Public Acts of 1871, Chapter 9, exempted Marion County from the general fish law which prohibited seining, basketing, trapping or netting.
2. Public Acts of 1897, Chapter 240, allowed Marion County residents to catch fish in any manner except by poison, dynamite, or wing net, except from April 1st to June 1st.
3. Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 419, make it unlawful to allow any bull over seven months or any boar over three months to run at large or on unenclosed lands.
4. Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 686, set the open season on turkey, turkey gobbler, quail, deer and squirrel.
5. Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 696, amended general law to provide that all persons would be permitted to fish in Marion County without a license.
6. Private Acts of 1921, Chapter 405, exempted Marion County from the general dog law of the state.
7. Private Acts of 1929, Chapter 263, authorized an election to ascertain the will of the voters with regard to a stock law.
8. Private Acts of 1929, Chapter 825, made a four-wire fence a lawful fence in Marion County.
9. Private Acts of 1939, Chapter 339, regulated the selection of County Agricultural Extension Committees in counties having a population of note less than 17,500, nor more than 17,600 by the Federal Census of 1930.