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as heretofore without an increase in the amount of deputies' 

 traveling^ expense accounts. 



ALL WOMEN AND BOYS UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS 

 OF AGE SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE PRO- 

 VISIONS OF THE LICENSE LAW. 

 Under the present hunting and fishing license law, as enacted 

 by the Eleventh Assembly, every one, men, women and 

 children, are obliged to be in possession of a hunting and 

 fishing license if desiring to hunt or fish. As our criminal 

 statutes forbid any child under the age of fourteen carrying 

 firearms unless accompanied by parent or guardian, T believe 

 that boys under this age should be exempt from license both 

 for hunting and fishing and that all women should be exempted 

 from the provisions of the license law, and would respectfully 

 recommend an amendment to this effect. 



ALL MALE HUNTERS TO HAVE LICENSE. 

 I would also recommend that any person who goes hunting 

 in Montana should l)e compelled to first be in possession 

 of a license which would consequently do away with the excuse 

 so often given to a game warden after a long chase of u 

 suspected hunter that he was not hunting protected game — 

 "was out after rabbits," or bear, for instance. Instances are 

 numerous especially among the foreign element where the 

 hunter goes out to kill whatever game he may find, and 

 takes his chances on having to show his license. If accosted 

 by a game warden before he has killed any protected game, 

 then the old excuse of rabbit hunting is ofifered. 



TO CHANGE DATE OF EXPIRATION OF LICENSE. 

 Under the present law all licenses expire December 31st. 

 Every other year, when the legislature is in session, it is 

 impossible to issue new licenses until after adjournment and 

 then it usually takes a month longer to have the supplji 

 printed. Thus leaving three months of the fishing season 

 when no licenses are available for would-be purchasers. On 

 this amount I would recommend that the law be amended 

 to make all licenses expire !March jTst of each year, instead 

 of December 31st. 



RESTRICTIONS FO'R TRAPPERS. 

 Many of the older states have stringent laws upon trapping 

 and few, if anv. of them offer the attractions to the trapper 



