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GAME COMMISSIONS AND VVARDKNS. 



I'inir irilhiii irhlcJi ('riiiiiiiiil I'roxcciitioii.'^ (Oul Ciril Acl kjiis far ViuUdUni. of (iainc l.(nn< 



iiiiisl he coiinnenced — Continued. 



n.iii'. 



Criiriiiuil iirosecution. 



Mississi])iii 

 MiMsoiiri . . 

 Moiitiiiiii — 



Neljrnskii 



Ncviidii 



New lliiiiiiishin 



Nt'W Jersey . 

 New Mexico 

 New York . . 



Civil action. 



2 yen IS 



1 yeiir 



T) years ( felony) "2 years. 



I year (inisrtemcanor) 



II years 1 year, net ion for recovery of penalty 



iinposed upon eonimoii carriers 



1 year (line not exceedintilKHior iiii 

 prisonnicnt 3 inoiillis). 



1 year 



li years 



1 "year (line not cxeeedinK |10() or 

 imprisonment (> montlis). 



•_' vears 



•2 years 



2 vears 



I 



Norlli CiiroliiiM 2 years 



Norlli Dakota 2 yi'ars 



Ohio :'. years 



( )k lalioma :i years 



(iretjon 2 years 



I'cnnsvlvania 1 year 



Ivliodi' Isliuid I 2 years ( line to tlie State) 



1 year (line or any part to prosec-n- 

 'ton. 



'.)() days, for violiil ions, as to birds. . . 

 Sonlli Dakota 1 year small Kame 



;{ years, bi^ >,'ame 



'lennessee 1 year 



Texas 2 years 



I' tall :'. years 



; 2 years, before a justice of the iieaee . 



Vermont 3 years 



Virginia 1 year 



WasliinKton 1 year 



West Vii'Kinia 1 year 



Wisconsin I! yt'ars 



illeKally IransportinK K'lnie. 



2 years. 



1 year where whole or part of jii'nalty 

 is alloweil jierson iirosecntinf; lor 

 same. 2 vears, liv tlieStati'. 



., 2 years. 



S K r A I ! A T K < ) KFENSES. 



'I'lic i)rfi<'tif(> of niiiUino- u violjition of law, as to oach individual 

 aiiiiiial or Mid or cadi unlawful actor oiiii.ssion, a sci)aratc oH'cilsc, 

 and piinislial)lc, as, such, is so u(>ncral at the present da}' that scarcely a 

 Stale fails to include it in some part of its g-amo law. The provision 

 has much to commend it, especially where the policy of the State is to 

 inllict small tines or short terms of imprisonment, rndcrthe laws 

 of North and South Carolina each day that a nonresident hunts with- 

 t)ul a license is declare(l a separate ollense. 



The New York scheme of penalizino- the offense and addinu" a ])enalty 

 for each l»ird or ([uadruped eonstitutino- the su])jectof the violation is 

 the sjune in effect and so is the scheme adopted by several States of 

 alli.xino- a stated line for each bird or animal in respect to which the 

 ollense was committed, however the procedure in the three cases may 

 dill'er as to the number of comi)laints or indictments. In the first case 

 as many ])rosecutions may be instituted as there are individual birds or 

 aniiiials invohed in the violation, and this litis reference rather to pro- 

 cedure, while ill (he last two cases only one indictment or action lies, 



