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in twenty-nine of them that enactments have been passed 

 for the preservation of game ; although those few States 

 which have not legislated upon the latter subject are among 

 the least important and the least populated in the Union. 



It must first be remarked, then, that in their titles the 

 laws always profess to be, not for the protection of game as 

 for the profit or enjoyment of the proprietors of land, but for 

 its preservation as for its popular and general use. Notwith- 

 standing, however, this evident interest of the different Acts 

 that the legislation on this subject should be for the protec- 

 tion rather of public than of individual interests, there is not 

 the slightest indication that the game on private lands is to 

 be considered the property of the State, or of any other 

 person than the landlord. 



There is no law in any State of the Union requiring a 

 game certificate or a licence for carrying a gun. 



Everywhere it is forbidden to shoot on Sunday. 



GAME LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 



4. No person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in 

 his possession after the same is killed, any wood duck (some- 

 times called summer duck), dusky duck (commonly called 

 black duck), mallard, or teal duck, between the 1st of 

 February and the 15th of August in each year, except 

 on the waters of Long Island Sound or the Atlantic Ocean. 

 No person shall at any time kill any wild duck, goose, or 

 other wild fowl, with or by means of the device or instru- 

 ment known as the swivel or punt gun, or with or by means 

 of any gun other than such guns as are habitually raised at 

 arm's length, and fired from the shoulder, or shall use any 

 such device or instrument or gun other than such gun as 

 aforesaid, with intent to kill any such duck, goose, or other 

 wild fowl. No person shall in any manner kill, or molest 

 with intent to kill, any wild ducks, geese, or other wild 



