GAME LAWS. 45 



less than one pound each. Entering on posted preserves without consent 

 of owner is trespass. Local laws arj in force in many counties. A paid 

 State game and flsh warden, to hold office for two years, is appointed 

 by the Governor, He may appoint as many deputies as he desires, the 

 latter to receive constable's fees for performance of duty. 



WYOMING.— Partridges, pheasants, prairie chickens, prairie hens or 

 grouse, August 15 to November 1. Sage chickens, July 15 to September 

 15. Snipes, green shanks, tatlers, godwits, curlews, avocets, or other 

 waders, plovers, quails, larks, whip-poor-wills, finches, thrushes, snow_ 

 birds, turkeys, buzzards, robins or other insectivorous birds, protected 

 at all times. Wild ducks, August 1 to May 1. Deer, elks, moose, mount- 

 ain sheep, mountain goats, antelopes, protected at all times, except that 

 a bona fide resident may at any time kill not more than three of any of 

 said animals in any one week, for the purpose only of supplying himself 

 and family with food. Non-residents prohibited from hunting them at 

 any time. Bison or buffalos and beavers protected until March 15, 1900- 

 Exportation of game, hides or heads prohibited. Any game brought 

 into the State must be accompanied by an affidavit, to be recorded in the 

 office of the county clerk and recorder of the county, to prove that said 

 game was not killed in any other State or Territory in violation of the 

 laws of such State or Territory. Trapping and netting prohibited. 

 Justices of the peace are empowered to appoint special gama constables. \ 



