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if at any time any person shall be found in possession of any 

 partridge, pheasant, prairie hen, prairie chicken or grouse, or 

 sage chicken at any other time than between the dates above 

 mentioned, or any other of the fowls or birds mentioned in this 

 section, except in the season, it shall be prima facie evidence 

 that the same was killed, netted, ensnared or trapped by such 

 person in violation of the provisions of law. Provided, That 

 snipe, green shank, tatler, godwit, curlew, avocet, or other 

 wader or plover, may be shot from the first day of September to 

 the first day of May, in each year; Provided, also. That this 

 section shall not be construed to prohibit any person from im- 

 porting or dealing in quail, partridge, prairie chicken, prairie 

 hen, pheasant or grouse imported into this state from any other 

 state or territory, said person to furnish proof that such game 

 birds were killed out of this state. Any person who shall vio- 

 late any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in 

 any sum not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, together 

 with costs of suit, and shall be prosecuted and punished in the 

 same manner as in other cases of misdemeanor. — (Section 2105, 

 Revised Statutes.) 



No person or persons shall ensnare, net or trap within this 

 state any wild duck, wild goose, or wild swan at any time. Any 

 person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this sec- 

 tion shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- 

 tion thereof shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than 

 fifty dollars for each duck, goose or swan so ensnared, netted or 

 trapped. There shall be established from the first day of Sep- 

 tember until the first day of May, an open season in which 

 ducks, brant or geese may be shot, killed or taken by means of 

 gun shot, but nothing but shoulder guns may be used at any 

 time. And it shall be unlawful to kill any of the above men- 

 tioned water fowls by any other means, or during any other 

 period, than above specified ; Provided, That it ^hall be unlaw- 

 ful for any person or persons to kill any wild swan in the state 

 of Wyoming. Any person or persons who shall violate the pro- 

 visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten nor 

 more than twenty-five dollars for each ofifense, and may be im- 

 prisoned in the county jail for not more than sixty days. 



(Section 2106, Revised Statutes.) 



