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encouraged rather than discouraged. 

 Regulations for the shipment of game 

 so as to avoid the smuggling of game to 

 the market by means of parcel post is 

 another important amendment. 



New laws of interest are: 



The trappers' license law, designed to 

 give a record of the fur-bearing mammals 

 taken in the state ; the taxidermist's li- 

 cense law, providing for the supervision 

 of those who mount trophies of the hunt ; 

 a law prohibiting shooting from an auto- 

 mobile ; an act providing for the revoca- 



marily engaged in the enforcement of the 

 quarantine laws. In addition, it is im- 

 portant that this commission educate 

 ranchers to recognize injurious insects 

 and to furnish information as to the 

 latest and most efficient means of protect- 

 ing crops from the ravages of insects and 

 disease. The State Board of Health is 

 responsible for the enforcement of certain 

 quarantine laws and other laws involving 

 the public health. On the other hand, 

 this same board continually carries on 

 educational and publicity work to help 



Fig. 26. Fishing on the north fork of the Feather River. Photograph by F. A. Farnum. 



tion of licenses of convicted violators ; 

 and one providing for a closed season on 

 the black bear. 



A still more important bill is one that 

 provides for the establishment of seven- 

 teen new game refuges to be located in 

 national forests. With the refuges al- 

 ready established these new ones will 

 complete a chain extending from the 

 Mexican line to the Oregon line. 



TWO FUNCTIONS MUST BE PER- 

 FORMED BY FISH AND GAME 

 COMMISSION. 



A study of the various state commis- 

 sions and their service to the state shows 

 that each commission has two prime func- 

 tions : (1) law enforcement ; (2) educa- 

 tion and publicity. For example : The 

 State Hortieultural Commission is pri- 



the people to recognize and combat in- 

 fectious disease. 



In a like manner, the State Fish and 

 Game Commission is under obligation to 

 carry on, in addition to work in law 

 enforcement, educational and publicity 

 work necessary to acquaint people with 

 the fish and game laws, and to make 

 them take sufficient interest in fish and 

 game to properly conserve it. 



The second function of a state com- 

 mission is the more constructive and 

 fundamental. Consequently it is deserv- 

 ing of wider attention than it has yet 

 received. 



SEVENTEEN NEW GAME REFUGES 

 FOR CALIFORNIA. 



If a measure proposed by the Fish and 

 Game Commission is passed by the pres- 



