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Sec. 29. The injuring, destruction or killing of each animal and bird injured, cap- 

 tured, killed or destroyed contrary to the provisions of this act shall be a separate 

 offense, and the person so offending shall be liable to the penalties and punishments 

 herein provided for each such offense. 



Sec. 30. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by 

 a fine not less than ten dollars and not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dol- 

 lars, and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 

 thirty days and not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in 

 the discretion of the court. 



Approved May 26, 1897. 



Public Acts of 1899, Wo. 238, p. 374. 



Sec. 1. That hereafter no person or persons shall pursue, injure, kill or attempt 

 to kill, capture or attempt to capture by any means whatever, any mourning dove 

 within the limits of this State. 



Sec. 2. [Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall 

 be punished by a fine of $5-$100 or by imprisonment for 10 to 90 days, or by both 

 fine and imprisonment] 



Approved June 15, 1899. 



MINNESOTA. 



General Laws of 1897, cliap. 221, pp. 413-427. 



Sec. 10 (as amended by Gen. Laws of 1899, chap. 242, p. 275). No person shall 

 catch, take, kill or have in possession or under control, for any purpose whatever, 

 at any time, any whippoorwill, night hawk, bluebird, finch, thrush, linnet, lark, 

 wren, martin, swallow bobolink, robin, catbird, or any other harmless bird, except 

 blackbirds, crows, hawks and English sparrows, except as hereinafter allowed (but 

 nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the keeping of song birds as 

 domestic pets). It shall be unlawful, and is prohibited, to catch, take, kill, or have 

 in possession or ship any turtle dove * * * between the first day of November 

 and the first day of September following; * * * wild ducks * * * or any 

 variety of aquatic fowl whatever, between the first (1st) day of January and the first 

 ( 1st) day of September following. * * * "Whoever shall offend against any of the 

 provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, 

 shall be punished by a &e of not less than ten (10) dollars nor more than twenty 

 five (25) dollars and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail for 

 not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days for each and every bird 

 so caught, taken or killed, shipped or had in possession or under control. 



Sec. 11. No person, for any reason or purpose whatever, shall take or have in 

 possession or under control, break up or destroy, or in any manner interfere with 

 any nest, or the eggs therein, of any of the kinds of birds the killing of which is at 

 any or all times herein prohibited. 



Any person offending against any provision of this section shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than 

 ten (10) dollars nor more than one hundred (100) dollars and costs of prosecution, 

 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than 

 ninety (90) days. 



Sec. 12. No person shall at any time catch or kill any of the birds permitted to be 

 killed by this act at any time in any other manner than by shooting them with a gun 

 held to the shoulder of the person discharging the same. 



No person shall at any time set, lay or prepare any trap, snare, net, birdlime, swivel 

 gun or any contrivance or device whatever with intent to catch, take or kill any of 



