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Alien Gun LaW"Montana Alien Gun Law as It Applies to Crees 



(Opinion of Attorney-General Ford.) 



The indiscrimiiiate slaughter of young birds and ducks and the robbing of the 

 nests of shore birds in the vicinity of the Little Rocky Mountains, In Phillips 

 County, led State Game Warden DeHart to propound the following query to 

 Attorney-General Ford: 



"In order that we may be fully advised and that we 

 may not exceed our authority, we want to ask you if, in 

 your judgment, the Cree Indian (who is considered by the 

 United States Government to be an alien, and classed as a 

 ward of the Canadian Government), would not come under 

 the Alien Gun Law, and be entitled to the same treatment 

 as other aliens in so far as being entitled to have in his 

 possession fire arms? 



In reply Mr. Ford advised the Game Warden as follows: 



"The Alien Gun Law, Chapter 38, Session Laws of 1913, requires every alien, 

 in order to be entitled to have in his possession any gun, pistol, or other firearm, 

 to pay a gun license of $25.00, provided, however, that no such license shall be 



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