44 Decrease of Birds 



on dogs, 1; Tax bird dogs $5 each, 2; Heavy tax on bird 

 dogs, 1; Keep dogs muzzled during birds' breeding season, 

 1; Heavy tax on female dogs and premium on every one 

 killed after having been seen three times without tax col- 

 lar, 1; Curtail numbers of negroes' half- fed dogs, 1; High 

 dog license to prevent negroes from having so many, 1; 

 Strictly enforced dog and gun license, 1. 



Tax or License on Guns 



Tax guns $2.50 each, 1; Shot gun tax, 1; High tax on 

 guns, money to be used for school purposes, 1; Gun and 

 dog license, 1; Gun and dog tax, 1; Tax shot gun and 

 rifles, 1; Gun tax and hunting license, 1; Tax with license 

 on every shot gun and sporting rifle $2.50 per year, 1; 

 Statewide hunters or gun tax, 1; Statewide gun license, 1; 

 Every shot gun $1 license, 1; Statewide hunting or gun 

 tax no exemptions, 1. 



Hunting License 



Resident hunting license, 3; Make hunting license $25, 

 1; Hunting license $3, 1; License for merchants who sell 

 guns, 1; License for carrying gun at all, 1; Hunting license 

 in addition to gun tax, 1. 



(As the material from which this report is complied is 

 drawn from replies to a questionaire sent out before the 

 resident hunting license law became effective, in order to 

 get an average of opinion as to the effects of the said law 

 and bring the subject matter up-to-date, requests for infor- 

 mation were submitted to those men who had been public- 

 spirited enough to reply to the former inquiry, in those 

 counties fortunate enough to have the resident hunting 

 license law. A discussion of the matter contained in these 

 replies will be given later. 



Season Limit 



Short hunting season, 6; Closed hunting season, 3; Uni- 

 form open season for all coast counties, 1; Closed hunting 



