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MAMMALS OF AMERICA 



In the decade from 1861 to 1870 the Hst of States was still further increased by ten. 

 The chief advance was in the Rocky Mountain States — in Colorado, Montana, and 

 Wyoming; farther west in Nevada and Washington; and in the middle West in Kansas, 

 Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. 



In the decade from 187 1 to 1880 the progress of game legislation extended to forty-eight 

 States by the addition of North and South Dakota, Utah and Oregon in the West ; Arkansas 

 and New Mexico in the South; and the District of Columbia in the East. 



In the decade from 1881 to 1890 the first game laws were passed in the Territones 

 of Arizona and Oklahoma. 



FEDER.\L LEGISLATION 



The decade from 1891 to 1900 was marked by the first real Federal legislation. In igoo 

 the earUest game provision for Alaska was incorporated in the Alaska Civil Code, although 

 the first general game law for the Territory did not pass until 1902. The year 1900 also 



MAP SHOWING NATIONAL PARKS AND GAME RESERVATIONS 



marked the final passage of the earliest general Federal statute, commonly known as the 

 Lacey Act, which became a law after being under consideration by Congress for three years. 

 Since 1900 a number of new State restrictions have been placed on the statute books, among 

 which maybe mentioned the prohibition of the use of automatic guns (Pennsylvania, 1907) 

 and silencers (Maine, North Dakota, and Washington, 1909). The propagation of game 

 has received widespread attention through the so-called " More Game movement," 

 inaugurated in 1908. 



New impetus was given to game protection through the establishment of sportsmen's 

 journals in the early seventies, and this movement was almost immediately reflected in 

 an increased volume of legislation; so that during the last three decades of the century the 

 number of laws rapidly increased. 



STATE CLOSE TERMS 



Early in the history' of the country, in some localities where game was becoming exter- 

 minated, hunting was suspended for a term of years in order to afford opportunity for 

 recuperation. These close terms were later extended to so many States that in some cases 



