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TO MILLINERS AND OTHERS. 



Chapter 142, of the Public Laws of 1901, provides as follows, that: 



"No person shall, within the state of Maine, kill or catch or have 

 in his or her possession, living or dead, any wild bird, other than a 

 game bird, nor shall purchase, offer or expose for sale, any such wild 

 bird after it has been caught or killed. No part of the plumage, skin or 

 body of any bird protected by this section shall be sold or had in pos- 

 session for sale. Nor shall any person within the state take or needless- 

 ly destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild bird, nor have such nest or 

 eggs in his or her possession. The English or European house sparrow, 

 the common crow, and the hawks and owls are not included among the 

 birds herein protected; for the purposes of this Act, the following 

 only shall be considered as game birds: the anatidse, commonly known 

 as swans, geese, brant, and river and sea ducks; the rallidse, common- 

 ly known as rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinules; the limicola?, com- 

 monly known as shore birds, plovers, surf-birds, snipe, woodcock, sand- 

 pipers tatlers and curlews; the gallinaB, commonly known as wild tur- 

 keys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges and quails. 



Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to affect in any 

 way the protection of game birds as provided in sections 11 and 13 in 

 the Act hereby amended. 



Any person who violates any of the provisions of this ^section shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and when convicted therefor, shall be fined 

 five dollars for each offense, and an additional five dollars for each bird 

 living or dead, or part of bird, or nest or eggs possessed in violation 

 of this section, or to imprisonment for ten days, or both, in the dis- 

 cretion of the Court." 



(Note. The only birds, other than game birds, not protected are 

 CROWS, HAWKS, OWLS and English Sparrows.) 



It is the purpose of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and 

 Game to see that this law is strictly enforced. Attention is called at this 

 time to that part of the law prohibiting the selling, offering for sale, 

 or having in possession, any dead bird, or part thereof. 



L. T. CARLETOX. 

 H. O. STANLEY. 

 E. E. RING. 



Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game. 



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