THE DEROSSITT BILL (1903): St. Francis County representative Frank W. DeRossitt took the floor and explained the bill. It contained both the stricter non-exportation law (along with more considerable fines for the shipping companies) and the non-resident prohibition law that the Arkansas State Sportsmen’s Association thought most critical; it also listed new seasons for some animal species and stipulated that hunters could not shoot ducks and geese at night. To clarify who would enforce these updated game laws, the bill officially announced that county sheriffs and constables were also game wardens. The legislation set penalties at no less than $50 and no more than $100 for each offense for individuals and for railroad companies or express agents, and a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $500 for each act of shipping game out of the state. Any levied fines went to the arresting officers, and the courts could charge costs.
Arkansas Wildlife History 