62 LEGISLATION FOB THE PROTECTION OF BIEDS. 



Revised Statutes, 1892, Appendix, chap. 4050, p. 992. 



Sec. 1. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to kill, in this State, for 

 the purpose of sale or commercial traffic any of the following named plumed birds: 

 That is to say any crane, egret, ibis, curlew or heron. 



Sec. 2. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, trade or 

 traffic in any of the plumed birds hereinbefore mentioned, or for commercial pur- 

 poses to purchase, trade or traffic in the plumes or pelfry of the said plumed birds 

 of the State. 



Sec. 3. That whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceed- 

 ing three hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, 

 at the discretion of the court. 



Approved June 5, 1891. 



GEORGIA. 



Public Laws of 1896, Title VII, No. 68, p. 74. 



Sec. 1. * * * It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, trap, kill, ensnare, 

 net or destroy in any manner * * * any insectivorous or singing bird, except 

 English sparrows, crows, larks, rice birds, night-hawks, wheat birds and doves, 

 between the fifteenth day of March and the first day of November. It shall also be 

 unlawful to shoot, trap, kill, ensnare, net or in any manner destroy any dove 

 between the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day of August. It shall also 

 be unlawful for any person to remove from the nests, or in any manner destroy the 

 eggs of any of the birds protected by this Act during the periods they are so pro- 

 tected. * * * It shall be further unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale 

 any game, bird or animal, or any part of either, whether dead or alive, that are pro- 

 tected by this Act during the periods so protected, and it shall be taken and deemed 

 as prima facie evidence of a violation of the provision of this section for any person 

 or persons to be found in possession of any of the animals or birds (or the eggs of 

 birds) during the periods in which they are protected by this Act, and any person 

 or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act as enumerated in this 

 section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Approved December 22, 1896. 



General Laws of 1898, Title VI, No. 13, p. 259. 



Sec. 1. * * * That from and after the passage of this Act, the baiting or kill- 

 ing of doves thus baited, any season of the year, shall be a misdemeanor, and any 

 person convicted thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty 

 dollars. 



Approved December 6, 1898. 



ILLINOIS. 



Laws of 1899, pp. 224-228. 



Sec. 1. [Permits killing of mourning doves between September 1 and December 1. J 



Sec. 3. Any person who shall, within the State, kill or catch or have in his or her 



possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than a game bird, English sparrow, 



crow, crow-blackbird or chicken hawk, or who shall purchase, offer or expose for 



sale any such wild bird after it has been killed or caught, shall, for each offense, be 



