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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.]

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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.