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SEC. 150. No person shall, in this State, at any time, molest or destroy the nests or eggs of any of the aforesaid birds, except those of hawks or other birds destructive to domestic poultry and game birds, or those of English sparrows, crows and blackbirds, under a penalty of not less than one nor more than five ($5) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25) for each and every such offense.

SEC. 15R. [Provides for issue of certificates by State Game Warden to persons over 18 years of age, for killing birds or collecting eggs for purely scientific purposes, provided application and affidavit have been filed with the warden.]

Approved April 9, 1898.

MASSACHUSETTS.

Supplement Public Statutes, 1888, chap. 276, p. 435.

SEC. 2. Whoever takes or kills * * * a wild or passenger pigeon, or a gull, or a tern, between the first day of May and the first day of October, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars for every bird so taken or killed.

SEC. 4. Whoever takes or kills any wild or undomesticated bird not named in sections one and two [the species there named are pinnated grouse, woodcock, ruffed grouse, quail, ducks, plover, snipe, sandpiper, rail, shore birds, wild pigeon, gull and tern] except English sparrows, crow blackbirds, crows, jays, birds of prey, wild geese, and such fresh water and sea fowl as are not named in sections one and two, or wilfully destroys, disturbs or takes a nest or eggs of any wild or undomesticated birds, except of the birds herein exempt from protection, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars: Provided, That any person above the age of twenty-one years having a certificate from the game commissioners or from the president of the Boston Society of Natural History to the effect that such person is engaged in the scientific study of ornithology or collecting in the interest of a scientific institution, may take the nests and eggs of, or at any season take or kill, any undomesticated bird, except woodcock, ruffed grouse and quail. And provided further, That the game commissioners and the president of the Boston Society of Natural History may at any time revoke any certificate they have respectively issued.

Act of June 10, 1886.

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Acts and Resolves of 1897, chap. 140, p. 102.

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Whoever takes or kills * * * any land bird, except the English sparrow, within the limits of that section of this Commonwealth bounded by Squam river, Ipswich bay, the Atlantic ocean, Massachusetts bay and Gloucester harbor, at any time within five years from the passage of this act, shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars for every * * * bird so taken or killed.

Approved March 8, 1897.

Acts and Resolves of 1898, chap. 339, p. 275.

SEC. 1 [chap. 524, Acts of 1897, amended to read:] Whoever has in his possession the body or feathers of any bird whose taking or killing is prohibited by section four of chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty six [=chap. 276, Pub. Stat., 1888], whether taken in this Commonwealth or elsewhere, or wears such feathers for the purpose of dress or ornament, shall be punished as provided in said section: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to prohibit persons having the certificate provided for in said section from taking or killing such birds; and provided further, That this act shall not apply to natural

history associations or to the proprietors of museums, or other collections for scientific purposes, nor to nonresidents of the Commonwealth passing through it or temporarily dwelling within the limits thereof.

Approved April 14, 1898; in effect April 1, 1899.

Acts and Resolves of 1899, chap. 116, p. 57.

[Every Lord's day shall be close season. Whoever hunts or destroys birds or game of any kind on this day, shall be liable to the penalties imposed for violation of the law in other close seasons, in addition to those for shooting on the Lord's day.] Approved March 1, 1899.

MICHIGAN.

Public Acts of 1893, No. 196, pp. 312-314.

SEC. 1. That no person shall at any time or in any manner acquire any property in, or subject to his dominion or control, any of the birds, game or fish, the killing, taking, or having in possession of which is at any time or at all times prohibited by any of the laws of this State, that they shall always and under all circumstances and conditions be and remain the sole property of the State. When their killing is not prohibited by law, the same may be used at the time, in the manner, and for the purposes expressly authorized by law, but not otherwise.

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SEC. 2. [No person, company or corporation shall at any time take, kill or have in possession with intent to ship beyond the limits of the State any of the birds the killing of which is at any time or all times prohibited by law, or shall ship, allow or aid in their shipment out of the State.]

SEC. 5. [Sale or possession of birds during close seasons prohibited. But nothing in this act shall prevent the taking or catching alive of birds for domestication, propagation, or breeding purposes.]

SEC. 6. [Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of $10-$50, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.] Approved June 1, 1893.

Public Acts of 1897, No. 159, p. 202.

SEC. 14 [(as amended by Acts of 1899, p. 80.) Protects "wild ducks * * * or other wild water fowl" between February 1 and August 31, except in Upper Peninsula, where the close season is January 16 to August 31. It also protects wild pigeons at all times until 1905, and thereafter from December 1 to October 19.]

SEC. 17. No person or persons shall at any time or in any manner whatever injure or destroy or rob the nest, or take, injure, destroy or have in possession the eggs of any bird the killing of which is at any time or at all times prohibited by law, nor shall any person or persons at any time or in any manner whatever, molest, harass or annoy such birds while on their nesting places.

SEC. 19. [Provides for the protection of pigeon roosts until after 1905.]

SEC. 20. No person or persons shall at any time or in any manner whatever injure, kill or destroy, or attempt to injure, kill or destroy, any robin, night hawk, whippoor-will, finch, thrush, lark, swallow, yellow bird, blue bird, brown thresher, cat bird, wren, martin, oriole, sea gull, woodpecker, bobolink, or any song bird or insectivorous bird excepting black bird, blue jay, English sparrows and butcher bird. SEC. 21. The term "game bird" used in this act shall be construed to mean all birds named or referred to except those mentioned and referred to in section twenty. SEC. 27. [State game and fish warden authorized to issue permits in writing for collecting birds for scientific or propagating purposes. Such permits are not transferable.]

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SEC. 29. The injuring, destruction or killing of each animal and bird injured, captured, killed or destroyed contrary to the provisions of this act shall be a separate offense, and the person so offending shall be liable to the penalties and punishments herein provided for each such offense.

SEC. 30. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than ten dollars and not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days and not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Approved May 26, 1897.

Public Acts of 1899, No. 238, p. 374.

SEC. 1. That hereafter no person or persons shall pursue, injure, kill or attempt to kill, capture or attempt to capture by any means whatever, any mourning dove within the limits of this State.

SEC. 2. [Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of $5-$100 or by imprisonment for 10 to 90 days, or by both fine and imprisonment.]

Approved June 15, 1899.

MINNESOTA.

General Laws of 1897, chap. 221, pp. 413-427.

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SEC. 10 (as amended by Gen. Laws of 1899, chap. 242, p. 275). No person shall catch, take, kill or have in possession or under control, for any purpose whatever, at any time, any whippoorwill, night hawk, bluebird, finch, thrush, linnet, lark, wren, martin, swallow bobolink, robin, catbird, or any other harmless bird, except blackbirds, crows, hawks and English sparrows, except as hereinafter allowed (but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the keeping of song birds as domestic pets). It shall be unlawful, and is prohibited, to catch, take, kill, or have in possession or ship any turtle dove between the first day of November and the first day of September following; * * * wild ducks * * * or any variety of aquatic fowl whatever, between the first (1st) day of January and the first (1st) day of September following. Whoever shall offend against any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten (10) dollars nor more than twenty five (25) dollars and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days for each and every bird so caught, taken or killed, shipped or had in possession or under control.

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SEC. 11. No person, for any reason or purpose whatever, shall take or have in possession or under control, break up or destroy, or in any manner interfere with any nest, or the eggs therein, of any of the kinds of birds the killing of which is at any or all times herein prohibited.

Any person offending against any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten (10) dollars nor more than one hundred (100) dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days.

SEC. 12. No person shall at any time catch or kill any of the birds permitted to be killed by this act at any time in any other manner than by shooting them with a gun held to the shoulder of the person discharging the same.

No person shall at any time set, lay or prepare any trap, snare, net, birdlime, swivel gun or any contrivance or device whatever with intent to catch, take or kill any of

the birds in this act mentioned * * * [under same penalty as provided for violation of section 11.]

SEC. 13. [No person shall at any time catch, take, kill or have in possession any of the birds mentioned in this act with intent to ship them out of this State, under penalty of a fine of $10-$25 or imprisonment of 10-30 days for each and every bird had in possession.]

SEC. 32. No person shall at any time have in possession or under control in this State any bird, animal or fish caught, taken or killed outside of this State at a time when it is unlawful to have in possession or under control such birds, animals or fish when caught, taken or killed in this State [under penalty of a fine of $10-$50 or imprisonment of 10-60 days for each and every bird had in possession].

SEC. 41. [Certificates for collecting birds, nests, and eggs for scientific purposes may be granted by the board of game and fish commissioners to any member of any incorporated society of natural history or other scientific body organized for the study of natural history, or to any properly accredited person designated by such society; but specimens thus collected can only be disposed of by exchange. Applicants must file with the board of game and fish commissioners written testimonials, as to good character and fitness, from two well known scientific men; a properly executed bond of $100 signed by two responsible freeholders of the State as sureties; and must pay said board the sum of two dollars. Such certificate to be in force for 1 year from date of issue, and not transferable. Penalty for violation of this section a fine of not less than fifty (50) dollars or imprisonment in county jail for sixty (60) days or both.]

Approved April 23, 1897.

MISSISSIPPI.

Annotated Code, 1892, pp. 346, 538.

[SEC.] 1134. If any person shall at any time shoot, wound, injure, kill, catch, or pursue with such intent, a mocking-bird, or cat-bird, or thrush; or shall destroy or rob the nest of any wild bird whatever, except crows, black-birds, English sparrows, blue jays, hawks, owls, and other birds of prey, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars, or be imprisoned in county jail not exceeding ten days.

[SEC.] 1135. If any person shall shoot, wound, injure, kill, catch or pursue with such intent, any deer, or any turtle-dove (sometimes called mourning dove), or any starling (commonly called field-lark), between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of September, or any wild turkey, or any quail (usually called partridges), between the first day of May and the first day of October, in any year, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days; but this section, so far as it relates to deer and wild turkeys, shall not apply to the counties of Calhoun, Clarke, Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Marion, Newton, Perry, Pearl-River, Simpson, and Smith. (Laws 1882, p. 146; Laws 1884, p. 129.)

[SEC.] 1136. If any person, save in the counties named in the last section, shall have in his possession, or shall sell or buy, or offer or expose for sale, or receive for transportation or carriage, or on deposit, or for sale, or for any other purpose, any of the eggs of any wild bird, except those in the section next before the last excepted, * * * during the period in which it is made unlawful to kill such animal or birds, he shall on conviction, be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars. (Laws 1882, p. 91.)

[SEC.] 2118. The term "game" includes all kinds of animals and birds found in the state of nature, and commonly so called; * * *

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the protection and preservation of game and fish in their respective counties, and to conserve the same for the use and consumption of the inhabitants.

SECS. 2120, 2121. [Boards of supervisors authorized to regulate times and places in which game may be taken, and to adopt such regulations, not contrary to law, `as they deem necessary for the protection of game in their counties.]

SEC. 2123. [Boards of supervisors may entirely prohibit the taking of any species of game for one or more years or seasons when they believe that the species of game is about to be destroyed or become extinct.]

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MISSOURI.

Laws of 1895, p. 182.

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* It is further declared unlawful to kill any wild song bird or insectivorous bird at any season of the year, or to disturb, rob or destroy the nests of such birds, or take therefrom any egg or eggs. [Killing of turtle doves and meadowlarks permitted between August 1 and January 1.] * And any person offending against any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

Approved April 8, 1895.

MONTANA.

Laws of 1897, p. 251.

SEC. 7. Every person, who, wilfully shoots, or otherwise kills or causes to be killed, any meadow lark, blue bird, thrush, oriole, woodpecker, mocking bird, gold-finch, snow-bird, cedar-bird, stork, or any other of the small birds known as singing birds, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, nor less than five Dollars and by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 9. Any person who shall wilfully destroy the nests or carry away the eggs from the nests of any of the birds or wild fowls mentioned in this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than Five Dollars nor more than Twenty five Dollars for each offense committed, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not exceeding sixty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 25. None of the Sections of this Act shall apply to persons hunting or otherwise engaged in collecting specimens under the direction of, and in the interest of any State Educational Institution of the State of Montana.

Approved March 8, 1897.

NEBRASKA.

Compiled Statutes, 9th ed., 1899 (Criminal Code, Chap. XI), p. 1384.

SEC. 6736. It shall be unlawful for any person in the State of Nebraska to knowingly and intentionally kill, injure, or harm, except upon the lands owned by such person, any robin, lark, thrush, bluebird, king bird, sparrow, wren, jay, swallow, turtle dove, oriole, wood pecker, yellow hammer, cuckoo, yellow bird, bobolink, or other bird or birds of like nature, that promote agriculture and horticulture, by feeding on noxious worms and insects, or that are attractive in appearance or cheerful in song. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than three nor more than ten dollars for each bird killed, injured, or harmed.