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ing in possession Mongolian, English or ring-neck pheasants, or deer 

 in private enclosure for the purpose of domestication or propogation. 

 And any person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction shall be fined as provided 

 in section 6968. 



(6963-1) SEC. i. [Unlawful killing or transportation of quail, 

 etc.; evidence.] No person shall at any time kill any quail, ruffed 

 grouse or pheasant, or any Mongolian, English, or any ring-neck pheas- 

 ant, for the purpose of conveying the same beyond the limits of this 

 state, nor for the purpose of sale in the markets of this state, or shall 

 transport, or have in possession with intent to procure the transporta- 

 tion beyond said limits, any of such birds killed within this state. The 

 reception by any person within this state of any such birds for shipment 

 to a point without the state, shall be prima facie evidence that said birds 

 were killed within the state for the purpose of carrying the same be- 

 yond its limits. 



SEC. 2. [Penalty, for violation.] Any person violating any of 

 the provisions of the preceding section, shall be fined as provided in sec- 

 tion sixty-nine hundred and sixty-eight. 



SEC. 6964. [Purchase, sale, exposure, or possession of certain 

 birds or game.] Whoever has in his possession, any quail or wild 

 turkey, except between the tenth day of November and the fifteenth day 

 of December, inclusive ; or any woodcock or squirrel, except between the 

 fourth day of July and the fifteenth day of December, inclusive ; or any 

 ruffed grouse, or pheasant, or prairie chicken, except between the first 

 day of September and the fifteenth day of December, inclusive; or 

 whoever purchases, sells or exposes for sale, or has in his possession, 

 any dove, except between the fourth day of July and the fifteenth day 

 of December, inclusive; or any snipe, rail, kildeer or plover, except 

 between the first day of September and the fifteenth day of May, in- 

 clusive; or any coot or mud hen, or wild duck, except between the first 

 day of September and the fifteenth day of April, inclusive ; or any Mon- 

 golian pheasant, English or ring-neck pheasant, before the tenth day of 

 November, 1903, or after that date, except between the tenth day of 

 November and the fifteenth day of December, inclusive; or any of the 

 song or insectivorous birds mentioned in section 6960; 



[Killing, selling or transportation of game,] Or whoever shall 

 at any time, catch or kill, any quail, wild turkey, ruffed grouse or pheas- 

 ant, prairie chicken, woodcock, squirrel, Mongolian pheasant, or English 

 or ring-neck pheasant, for the purpose of conveying the same beyond 

 the limits of this state, or for sale in the markets of this state, or shall 

 transport or have in possession with intent to procure the transporta- 

 tion beyond the limits of this state, or for sale in the markets of this 

 state, any quail, wild turkey, ruffed grouse or pheasant, prairie chicken, 

 woodcock, squirrel, Mongolian pheasant, or English or ring-neck pheas- 

 ant, killed within this state, shall be fined as provided in section 6968. 

 And in addition thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dol- 

 lars for each bird trapped or possessed contrary to the provisions of 

 this act. 



[Evidence.] The reception by any person within this state of 

 anv such birds, game or animals, for shipment to a point without the 

 state, shall be prima facie evidence that such birds, game or animals, 



