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Show Iron County, State of Utah, to prohibit night hunting, or shooting, within the limits of Iron County in order to prevent vandalism and the illegal shooting of livestock. (b) It is the intent of the County Commissioners that all sections and provisions of this ordinance have an independent existence and should any section or provision be declared invalid, or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is the intent of the County Commissioners Com-missioners that any sections, or provisions, so declared be severable from and shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the ordinance. SECTION II. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, or take any form of terrestrial, or avian wildlife during the nighttime within the limits of Iron County, Utah. SECTION III. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, or take any form of terrestrial, or avian wildlife with the aid and-or use of an artificial light. SECTION IV. Nothing in this ordinance shall prevent any land owner, or his agent, from using an artificial light, or discharging a firearm at any time on lands under his control for the purpose of protecting livestock. SECTION V. Nothing in this ordinance shall prevent any peace officer, or conservation officer in the performance of his duties, from the use of an artificial ar-tificial light, or discharging a firearm at any time. SECTION VI. Nighttime, or night, within the meaning of this ordinance, shall be that time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. SECTION VII. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction con-viction thereof may be fined in any sum less than $300.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. im-prisonment. SECTION VIII. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days from date of its first publication. Passed and adopted, and ordered or-dered published by the Board of County Commissioners of Iron County, State of Utah, this 16th day of January, 1975. i Commissioner Graham D. MacDonald voting aye Commissioner Ivan M. Matheson voting aye Commissioner Cleo Wood voting aye Graham D. MacDonald, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners of Iron County, Utah ATTEST: Clair Hulet County Clerk Pub. Jan. 23, 1975 ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING NIGHT HUNTING HUN-TING IN IRON COUNTY, UTAH: PROVIDING ENFORCEMENT EN-FORCEMENT MEASURES: DECLARING SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The Board of County Commissioners Com-missioners of Iron County, Utah, State of Utah, ordains as follows: SECTION I. Intent. (a) It is the intent and purpose of the County Commissioners of |