68 LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



history associations or to the proprietors of museums, or other collections for scien- 

 tific purposes, nor to nonresidents of the Commonwealth passing through it or tem- 

 porarily dwelling within the limits thereof. 

 Approved April 14, 1898; in effect April 1, 1899. 



Acts and Resolves of 1899, chap. 116, p. 57. 



[Every Lord's day shall be close season. Whoever hunts or destroys birds or 

 game of any kind on this day, shall be liable to the penalties imposed for violation of 

 the law in other close seasons, in addition to those for shooting on the Lord's day.] 



Approved March 1, 1899. 



MICHIGAN. 

 Public Acts of 1893, No. 196, pp. 312-314. 



Sec. 1. That no person shall at any time or in any manner acquire any property 

 in, or subject to his dominion or control, any of the birds, game or fish, the killing, 

 taking, or having in possession of which is at any time or at all times prohibited by 

 any of the laws of this State, that they shall always and under all circumstances and 

 conditions be and remain the sole property of the State. * * * When their 

 killing is not prohibited by law, the same may be used at the time, in the manner, 

 and for the purposes expressly authorized by law, but not otherwise. 



Sec. 2. [No person, company or corporation shall at any time take, kill or have in 

 possession with intent to ship beyond the limits of the State any of the birds the 

 killing of which is at any time or all times prohibited by law, or shall ship, allow or 

 aid in their shipment out of the State.] 



Sec. 5. [Sale or possession of birds during close seasons prohibited. But nothing 

 in this act shall prevent the taking or catching alive of birds for domestication, propa- 

 gation, or breeding purposes.] 



Sec. 6. [Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be punished 

 by a fine of §10-5(50, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.] 



Approved June 1, 1893. 



Public Acts of 1897, No. 159, p. 202. 



Sec. 14 [(as. amended by Acts of 1899, p. 80.) Protects "wild ducks * * * 

 or other wild water f owl "' between February 1 and August 31, except in Upper 

 Peninsula, where the close season is January 16 to August 31. It also protects wild 

 pigeons at all times until 1905, and thereafter from December 1 to October 19.] 



Sec 17. No person or persons shall at any time or in any manner whatever injure 

 or destroy or rob the nest, or take, injure, destroy or have in possession the eggs of 

 any bird the killing of which is at any time or at all times prohibited by law, nor 

 shall any person or persons at any time or in any manner whatever, molest, harass 

 or annoy such birds while on their nesting places. 



Sec. 19. [Provides for the protection of pigeon roosts until after 1905.] 



Sec. 20. No person or persons shall at any time or in any manner whatever injure, 

 kill or destroy, or attempt to injure, kill or destroy, any robin, night hawk, whip- 

 poor-will, finch, thrush, lark, swallow, yellow bird, blue bird, brown thresher, cat 

 bird, wren, martin, oriole, sea gull, woodpecker, bobolink, or any song bird or 

 insectivorous bird excepting black bird, blue jay, English sparrows and butcher bird. 



Sec 21. The term "game bird" used in "this act shall be construed to mean all 

 birds named or referred to except those mentioned and referred to in section twenty. 



Sec 27. [State game and fish warden authorized to issue permits in writing for 

 collecting birds for scientific or propagating purposes. Such permits are not trans- 

 ferable.] 



