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EVERY SUNDAY IS CLOSE TIME. 



R. S., c. 30, § 27. Sunday is a close time, on which it is uot 

 lawful to hunt, kill or destroy game or birds of any kind, under 

 the penalties imposed therefor during other close times ; but the 

 penalties already imposed for violation of the Sunday laws are not 

 repealed or diminished. 



TAXIDERMIST. 



1895, c. 50, § 1. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 

 game may, upon application, issue a license to such persons as 

 taxidermists, who, in their judgment, are skilled in that art, of 

 good reputation and friendly to the fish and game laws of this 

 state. For such license the applicant shall pay into the state 

 treasury the sum of $5, to be credited as additional to the funds 

 appropriated by the state to inland fisheries and game, and be in 

 force for three years from the date of its issue, unless sooner 

 revoked. Such licensee may at all times have in his possession at 

 his place of business, fish and game, or parts thereof, lawfully 

 caught or killed in open time for the sole purpose of preparing for, 

 and mounting the same ; and such fish and game or parts thereof 

 may be transported to such licensee and retained by him for the 

 purposes aforesaid, under such rules, restrictions and limitations 

 as shall, from time to time be made by said commissioners and 

 stated in such original license and additions made thereto from 

 time to time by said commissioners. 



Sect. 2. Such licenses may be revoked by said commissioners 

 at any time after notice and an opportunity for a hearing ; and 

 every licensee and carrier violating any of the provisions of this act, 

 or of the rules, restrictions or limitations set out in said license and 

 additions thereto, shall, on complaint before any trial justice or 

 municipal or police court, be fined not less than $20 nor more than 



CERTAIN PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS 

 AND EGGS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES. 



1885, c. 333, § 1. Upon the request and recommendation of 

 the fish and game commissioners, the governor, with the advice 

 and consent of the council may commission persons to take, kill, 

 capture and have in possession any species of bird other than domes- 



