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N0, 91}17 ORDER AUTRORIZING RETURN OF PLEDGED SECURITIES TO CHAS. SCHREINER BANK
On this the 8th day of April, 1963, came on to be heard and considered by the Court the ^
request of the Chas, Schreiner Bank of Kerrville, Texas, for the release of certain securities
heretofore pledged by said bank pursuant to a certain Depository Contract entered into between
said bank and Kerr County, the securities now being held by the National Bank of Commerce of
San Antonio, Texas, and it appearing to the Court that the Depository Contract pursuant to
which said securities were pledged has now expired and that said securities are not among
those pledged pursuant to new Depository Contracts, entered into previously by Kerr County
and said Chas, Schreiner Bank, it is hereby Ordered on motion by Commissioner Stone, seconded
by Commissioner Bartel and unanimously approved by the Court, that the National Batik of
Commerce of San Antonio, Texas, be and is hereby authorized to return forthwith the following
securities, for the reasons above set forth, to the Chas, Schreiner Bank of Kerrville, Texas:
Ten X10,000.00 U, S. Treasury 2 1/2~ Bonds of 8-15-63 dated 12-15-54 due 8-15-63, Nos,
3733, 3734, 3735, 3736, 3737, 3738, 3739, 3740, 3741, and 3742•
Nine X10,000,00 U; S. Treasury 3 3//1~ Bonds Nos. 59587, 59588, 59589, 59590, 59591, 59592,
59593, 59594, and 38895.
One X5,000,00 U, 3, Treasury 3 3/4~ Bond No, 16902.
Five X1,000.00 U, S, Treasury 3 3/4,°~ Bonds, Series D, dated 6-23-60 and due 5-15-64
Nos, 21708, 21709, 21710, 21711, and 21712.
And it is further ordered that the Clerk of this Court furnish certified copies of this
Order to the said banks,
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N0, 9418 ORI'ER AUTHORIZING RETURN OF PLEDGED SECURITIES TO CHAS. SCHREINER BANK
On this the 8th day of April, 1963, came on to be heard and considered by the Court the
request of the Chas, Schreiner Bank of Kerrville, Texas, for the release of certain securities
heretofore pledged by said bank pursuant to a certain Depository Contract entered into between
said bank and Kerr County, the securities now being held by the Frost National Bank of San
Antonio, Texas, and it appearing to the Court that the Depository Contract pursuant to which
said securities were pledged has not expired and that said securities are not among those _
pledged pursuant to new Depository Contracts, entered into previously by Kerr County and said
Chas, Schreiner Bank, it is hereby Ordered on motion by Commissioner Bartel, seconded by
Commissioner Stone and unanimously approved by the Court, that the Frost National Bank of San
Antonio, Texas, be and is hereby authorized to return forthwith the following securities, for
the reasons above set forth, to the Chas, Schreiner Balk of Kerrville, Texas:
Ten Kerr County, Texas 2 1/2°~ Agricultural and Livestock Exhibition Building Bonds,
Series 1953 dated May 1, 1953 and due May 1, 1963, Nos, 116 to 125 inclusive in the amount oP
X10,000.00;
And it is further ordered that the Clerk of this Court furnish certified copies of this
Order to the said banks,
N0, 9419 ORDER APPROVING EDWARDS
On this the 8th day of April,
sitting during its regular term fo
approving Edwards Plateau Hunting,
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PLATEAU HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING PROCLAMATION NO A-15
FOR KERR COUNTY
1963, came on to be heard and considered by the Court,
r the month of April, 1963, the matter of approving or dis-
Fishing and Trapping Proclamation No A-15, promulgated by
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the Game and Fish Commission of the State of Texas on the 15th daq of October A.33. 1962; and
^ it appearing to th® Court that the statutory authority under rich the said proclamation was
issued makes it incumbent upon the Commissioners' Court of Kerr County to either approve or
disapprove the said Proclamation, so that its applicability to Kerr Countq may be lawfullq
determined, and it further appearing to the Court that more than five daps have elapsed since
the promulgation of the said Proclamation, and after the reading aloud in open court of said
Proclamation and after the hearing of all interested parties here now present, it is Ordered
on motion bq Commissioner Bartel, seconded by Commissioner Schwethelm, that the said Proclama-
tion be in all things approved by the Commissioners' Court of Kerr County and it is so Ordered,
the motion having been unanimously approved, and it is further Ordered that the aforesaid
Proclamation be recorded verbatim in the Minutes of the Commissioners' Court of Kerr Countq,
as an appendix to this Order.
EDWARDS PLATEAU HUNTING, FISHING AND
TRAPPING PROCLAMATION tJO. ri-15 1y62
Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall,
Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Niason, Menard, Schleicher, and Sutton Counties and for
limited purposes in McCulloch, San Saba and Travis Counties
STATF. OF TF,XAS O
COUNTS OF TRAVIS I
By virtue of the authority vested in the Game and Fish Commission under Chapter 50, 55th
Legislature; Chapter 156, 56th Legislature; Chapters 47, 58, 59,185,1>89,354,356, and 534, 57th
Legislature; Chapter 55, 57th Legislature, First Called Session; and Chapters 7 and 75, 57th
Legislature, Third Called Session, and after having held public hearings and continuous research
and investigations of the supply, economic value, environment, breeding habits, and sex ratio
of the wildlife resources and the factors affecting their increase or decrease, as required by
said Acts in the counties of Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays,
Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, and Travis,
it is deemed expedient and in the interest of sound conservation practice to provide an open
season or period of time when it shall be lawful in the above named counties, to take or possess
wildlife species as hereinafter provided, the facts having disclosed that there is an ample
supply of such wildlife resources that a portion thereof may be taken which will not threaten
depletion or waste of such wildlife species.
Now, therefore, in obedience to the directions given under the above laws, it is hereby pro-
claimed and ordered by the Game and Fish Commission of the State of Texas that there shall. be an
open season or period of time when it shall be lawful to take and possess game animals, game
birds, furbearing animals, and fish in the above named counties after obtaining the consent of
the owners of the land or the water were hunting, trapping, or fishing may be done; and that this
proclamation and all rules and regulations hereby adopted shall be in ei'fect in eacYi county on
and after October 27, 1962, subject to the approval of the commissioners courts of Bandera,
Crockett, Edwards, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, and Sutton Counties, and
until amended, revoked, or modified.
"GAME ANIMALS° DEFINED
PJild deer, wild elk, wild antelope, wild sheep, wild black bear, and wild gray and red
squirrels, cat squirrels, or fox squirrels, collared peccary or javelina, and buffalo are here-
by declared to be game animals within the meaning of this Act. (Arts. 892, 8798-2, and 97$h,
P. C., 1925.)
?age 2 "GAME BIRDS" DEFINED
19i1d turkey, wild ducks of all varieties, wild geese of all varieties, wild Brant, wild
grouse, wild prairie chickens, or pinnated grouse, wild pheasants of all varieties, wild part-
ridge, and wild quail of all varieties, wild pigeons of all varieties, wild mourning doves, and
wild white-winged doves, wild snipe of all varieties, wild shore birds of all varieties, wild
Mexican pheasants or chachalacas, wild plover of all. varieties, and wild sandhill cranes are
hereby declared to be game birds within the meaning of this Act. (Art. 872, P. C., 1925.)
"FUR-UEARItdG ANIMALS" DEFINED
~^'ild beaver, wild otter, wild mink, wild ring-tailed cat, wild badger, wild polecat or
skunk, wild raccoon, wild muskrat, wild opossum, wild fox, wild civet, and coypu (nutria) are
hereby declared to be fur-bearing animals. (Art, 923m, P.C,, 1925, as amended)
The open season, bag and possession limits, shooting hours, and means and methods for tak-
ing game animals, game bird, fur-bearing animals, and fish in the above named counties shall be
as follows, but only as here indicated in McCulloch, San Saba, and Travis Counties.
McCulloch County: only for antlerless deer, turkey, quail, and fish.
San Saba and Travis Counties: only for antlerless deer.
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Open seasons include the onening and closing dates.
HUPd`1'I:dG RF,GULATIOidS
On state game Freservev,statutory wildlife sanctuaries, United States wildlife sanctuaries,
within the corporate limits o£ any city, and on public roads and highways, there shall be no
open season on any species of game animals, game birds, or fur bearers.
DIEANS AND METHODS OF TAKING GARiF, ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS
It shall be lawful to hunt or shoot game animals and game birds with a rifle or shotgun,
capable of being fired from the shoulder, or bow and arrow. Shotguns shall be permanently
plugged to three-shell capacity when taking or shooting game birds. Use of .22 caliber rifles
using rimfire ammunition shad be unlawful in the shooting of deer, elk, and antelope, except
in Kendall County. It shall be unlawful at any time to hunt, take, or kill with bow and arrows Page 3
wild deer, wild bear, wild turkey gobblers and collared peccary or javelina under each of these
circumstances: using a bow that is not capable of shooting a hunting arrow equipped with a
broadhead hunting point for a distance of one hundred and thirty (130) yards; using arrows that
are not equipped with broadhead hurting points at least seven-eights inch (7/g") in width and
not over one and one-half inches (1 7/2"1 in width; using arrows that do not have on them, in some
nonwater-soluble, medium, the name and address of the user; using either poisoned, drugged or
explosive arrows; using a crossbow. It shall be unlawful to shoot at or take any game bird or
dame animal from any type of motor-powered vehicle or boat under sail or power. All other
means and methods of taking game shall be unlawful.
It shall be unlawful to use a dog or dogs in hunting or pursuing deer; however, it shall be
lawful to use a dog or dogs for the purpose of trailing wounded deer.
SHOOTING HOURS
It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take any species of game animals or game birds
except during the hours from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset; how-
ever, the shooting hours for migratory birds shall be regulated by a special proclamation.
GAPiE ANINit!LS
^lild Antelope
Open Season: No open season
41i1d Buffalo
Open Season: No closed season. Permit from Game and Fish Commission is required under
House Bill No. 5$6, 54th Legislature.
Bag Limit: No bag limit.
Wild Deer
Antlerless deer are those with no hardened antler protruding through the skin, e11 other
deer are buck deer, except in McCulloch, San Saba, and Travis Counties where buck deer are those
having at least one pronged horn (antler).
Open Season: November 16 - December 31, except that there shall be a special additional Page 4
open season on buck deer, October 1 - October 31, in Burnet County, during which only longbow
and arrows may be used.
Bag Limit: Two (2) buck deer, except that antlerless deer may be taken by special permit
only in areas to be designated by the Game and Fish Commission; however, no one. person shall kill
or possess more than three (3) deer in the aggregate.
Special Provision for Antlerless Deer: Hunting of antlerless and/or doe deer shall be by
e,pecial permit only and shall be restricted to areas designated by the Game and Fish Commission.
The carcass, or any part thereof, of any deer in possession of any person shall have attached
thereto a tag issued to such person on his valid hunting license. Any person possessing an an-
tlerless deer shall have in his possession a special antlerless and/or doe deer permit on which
appear the hunter's name and signature of the landowner, or his authorized agent, on whose pro-
perty the deer was killed. No person shall attach the bonus deer tag from his valid hunting
license to other than an antlerless and/or doe deer.
The carcass of any deer, or any part thereof, in possession of any person, shall not have
all evidence of sex removed.
Regulations for Issuing Antlerless and/or Doe Deer Hunting Permits: The Game and Fish
Commission shall issue antlerless and/br doe deer hunting permits for designated areas only to
bona fide landowners or their authorized agents only after said landowners or agents have applied
in writing for the exact number of permits to be used. Said landowners or agents shall then
issue permits to individual hunters only after hunters have bagged an antlerless and/or doe deer
on the area designated for the individual. permit.
Landowners or their authorized agents receiving antlerless and/or doe deer hunting permits
shall return the fully completed stubs from used permits, and all unused permits, to the issu-
ing officer not later than February 1 of the year following date of issuance.
Javelina
(Collared Peccary)
Open Season: No closed season.
Bag limit: No bag limit.
Wild Squirrels ,,
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Open Season: No closed season.
Bag limit: No bag limit.
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GAME BIRDS
4Tild Prairie Chicken
,,,, Open Season: No open season.
gild (wail
Open Season: December 1 - January 16, except in Crockett County where the open season
shall be November 15 - January 13.
Bag Limit: Twelve (12) quail per day; possession limit, thirty-six (36) quail.
Wild Pheasant
Open Season: No open season.
`^)il d Turkey
Open Season: November 16 - December 31.
Bag Limit: Two (2) turkey gobblers per season.
Migratory Birds
The regulations for taking migratory birds will be prescribed by the Game and Fi:.h Commis-
sion in a separate proclamation.
FUR-BEARING ANIMALS
Open Season: The open season for taking pelts of fur-bearing animals shall be December 1
- January 31, except muskrats, the open season for which shall be November 15 - March 15. A
person may hunt, take, or kill a fur-bearing animal for purposes other than taking its pelt dur-
ing any month of the year.
Sag Limit: No tag limit.
.-_ Means of Taking: Not restricted, except that artificial light may not be used in taking fur
bearers at night where deer are known to range.
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Open Season: Except on state wildlife sanctuaries and United States wildlife sanctuaries,
there shall be no closed season.
Size Limit: No size limits on fishes except as specifically designated herein.
Channel, Blue, and Flathead Catfish
Bag Limit: Twenty-five (25) catfish per day; no possession limit.
Crappie
Bag Limit: Twenty-five (25) crappie per day in Lake Travis in Burnet County only, no pos-
session limit; elsewhere, no bag or possession limit.
Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Spotted Black Bass
Sag Limit: Fifteen (15) black bass per day; no possession limit except that on Lake Travis
in Burnet County the daily bag limit shall be fifteen (15) black bass, none of which shall be
less than seven (7) inches in length and not more than ten (10) shall be greater than eleven
(11) inches in length, and there shall be no possession limit.
GThite Bass
Bag Limit: Twenty-five (25) white bass per day in Lake Travis in Burnet County only, no
possession limit; elsewhere, no bag or possession limit.
Minnows and Sunfish
'"' (Bream or Perch)
Bag Limit: Bag and possession limit, at any one time two hundred (200). Exceptions are
no bag or possession limit for minnows fram hatcheries in state, or from waters in Burnet,
Menard, Llano, and Crockett Counties. (Transportation of minnows beyond county where taken is
regualted by Acts of Legislature applying to certain counties.)
Page 7. Other Fish Species
A11 other fish species not specifically listed above are not regulated as to season, size
limit, bag or possession limit.
Rough fish shall be defined as carp, suckers, buffalo, gar, shad, Rio Grande perch and
drum (gaspergou).
MEANS AND METHODS OF TAKING FISH
Except in the Pecos River and East Fork of tkie Nueces River where those rivers form bound-
aries of Crockett and Edwards Counties, only the following means and methods o1' taking or attempt
ing to take fish may be used: rod and reel, pole and line, hand line, set line, and throw line;
trotline with not more than fifty (50) hooks each, except in Lakes Travis and Buchanan as noted
below; and artificial bait. Except in Lakes Travis and Buchanan, hooks on throw line and trotlin
must be spaced not less than three (3) feet apart, and not more than two (2) trotlines may be
used by any one person at any time. 4dire or metallic throw lines and trotlines shall be unlaw-
ful. Not more than one hundred (100) hooks in the aggregate may be used by one person at one
time.
Special Rules in Lake Buchanan
In Lake Buchanan, hooks on trotlines and throw lines must be spaced at 1Past three feet
apart. tdot more than thirty (30) hooks may be used on one trotline. Not more than a total
of tf:irty (30) hooks in the aggregate may be used by one person at one time, except when used
on more than one trotline. Not more than six (6) hooks may be employed on one throw line.
Special Rules in Lake Travis
In Lake Travis hooks on trotlines and throw lines must be speced at least three (3) feet
apart. Not more than thirty (30) hooks may be used on one trotline. IVot more than a total of
thirty (30) hooks in the aggregate may be used by one person at one time. Not more than six (6)
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hooks may be employed on one throw line.
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No fishinF_ device may be attached to any other fishing device by use of buoys, jugs, or
other means. No trotline may be placed or set in the vicinity of any boat dock, or bathing
pier, or bathing beach, or any place commonly used as a swimming or bathing area. -
In the Pecos River in Crockett County, only the following means of taking fish may be used:
ordinary hook and line or trotline or artificial bait. (No restrictions on number of hooks.)
In that part of the East Ford of the Nueces River which forms the boundary line between
Edwards and Real Counties, starting at the Iiackberry Community south to the Uvalde County line,
it shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take any fish by any method, means or device equipped
with more than two (2) hooks, except artificial lures used with a rod and reel. Bottles, cans,
and floats of any kind shall not be used unless the line to which kooks are attached is tied
securely to a stationary object or held by the fisherman.
A common funnel fruit jar type trap or its metallic counterpart, not longer than twenty-
four (24) inches with throat no larger t}ian one (1) inch in diameter, minnow seines, not more
than twenty (20) feet in length, dip nets, cast nets, and umbrella nets constructed of non-
metallic materials may be used for taking minnows, sunfish (bream or perch), and rough fish,
as defined. Provided, however, in Buchanan Lake in Burnet and Llano Counties, minnow seines
not more than fifty (50) feet in length may be used, All fish species which cannot be legally
taken by trap, net or seine must be immediately released in the waters from which they are
taken when caught by such device. '
Spear gun and spear, as well as bow and arrow, may be used for taking only rough fish, as
defined. It shall be unlawful to have in possession any fish other than rough fish while using
a spear gun and shear, or bow and arrow, for taking such fish.
It shall be lawful in all of the above named counties, except Menard County, to Lake or
catch rough fish as defined with a wire loop; however, it shall be unlawful for any person to have
in possession any crappie; largemouth, smallmouth, or spotted bass; channel, blue, or flathead
catfish; or white bass at the time such person has in possession any rough fish that were taken
by a wire loop.
In Gillespie County on'_y, it shall be lawful to take or catch rough fish with a net, the Page 9
mesh of which is not less than two (2) inches square, during all months except March, npril, and
P~iay. It shall be unlawful for any person using said nets to have in his possession any fish
not designated as rough fish in this proclamation. It shall be unlawful for any person to use
a net made of metallic materials to take or attempt to take fish.
The taking or attempting to take any game or fish in the above named counties by any means
other than as hereinabove set forth shall be unlawful except under fish management contracts
with the Game and Fish Commission for removal of rough fish as provided in Chapter 422, 51st
Legislature. However, none of this proclamation shall apply to the Game and Fish Commission of
Texas, their agents or employees, when in the course, acts, or procedures of conservation,
removal of rough fish or other practices deemed by said Commission to be in the best interest
of game and fish culture and the preservation of the sport of hunting and fishing.
There shall be no open season or period of time when it shall be lairful to take any of the
wildlife resources in the above named counties other than during the open seasons hereby pro-
claimed.
The rules and regulations in the proclamation herein promulgated by the Game and Fish Com-
mission are cumulative of all General and Special Laws enacted by the Legislature regulating the
taking of wildlife,
The penalty provided by law for violation of the rules herein set forth is a fine of not
less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) and not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) in all counties ^
except Burnet and Gillespie where such fine is not less than Twenty-Five Dollars (.S'25.00) and
not more than Two Hundred Dollars (w200.00) and except Travis where such fine is not less than
Fifty Dollars 050.00) and not more than Two Hundred Dollars 0200.00).
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY tY,at the above is a true and correct copy of the proclamation and rules
and regulations issued by the Game and Fish Commission at a regular meeting, with a quorum
present, at its office in Austin, Texas, on the 12th day of October, .{.D., 1962, in accordance
with the minutes of said Commission.
+IITNES5 MY HAP1D AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 15th day of October, A.D., 1962.
ATTEST: /s/ H, D. Dodgen ^'';+d'
/s/ Martha Giest /t/ H. D. Dodgen, Executive Secretary ~~'"''-"
/t/ Martha G'7est, Secretary GANd; aTdD FISH COA;PflISSION OF TEX„S
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N0, 9!}20 READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
This the t~th day of April, 1963, upon motion of Commissioner Bartel, seconded by
Commissioner Witt, the Court unanimously approved the Minutes of Commissioners Court of Kerr
County, Texas, from pages 1!} thru 21, Volume M,
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N0. 91YZ1 TRANSFER OF X5,000,00 FROM GENERAL FUND TO OFFICERS SALARY FUND
This the fith day of April 1963, upon motion of Commissioner Stone, seconded by Commissioner
SchHethelm, the court unanimously approved that the County Clerk and County Treasurer be, and