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sportsmen, however, are universally required to 

 have them. In the States whose residents are per- 

 mitted to shoot without taxation, a person is gen- 

 erally allowed to do so only in his own county. 

 If he desires to hunt in a distant portion of his 

 State, it then is necessary to obtain a license. 

 And some States demand a county license as 

 well as a State license. Thus, for instance, in 

 Maryland, if a man shoots only in his own 

 county he is taxed $1.50 ; but if he desires to hunt 

 in other portions of the State he is compelled to 

 pay $5.10. 



As in New York, the funds obtained from these 

 taxes go toward state maintenance of game and 

 fish. In other words, they go to further the carry- 

 ing out of the last two provisions of the game- 

 law code. Virtually all the States now have a 

 special department to handle all matters pertain- 

 ing to fish and game which happen to come under 

 the jurisdiction of the local government. This 

 department generally consists of a commission 

 appointed by the governor of the State, although 

 it may be a division of the Board of Agriculture 

 or a division of a conservation commission, or, 

 as in North Carolina, it may operate under the 

 name of the Audubon Society. 



The work of the fish and game department is 

 everywhere the same. It appoints game-wardens 

 and prosecutes violations of the law. It estab- 

 lishes fish-cultural stations, develops game-breed- 



