70 LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



the birds in this act mentioned * * * [under same penalty as provided for 

 violation of section 11.] 



Sec. 13. [No person shall at any time catch, take, kill or have in possession any 

 of the birds mentioned in this act with intent to ship them out of this State, under 

 penalty of a fine of $10-$25 or imprisonment of 10-30 days for each and every bird 

 had in possession.] 



Sec 32. No person shall at any time have in possession or under control in this 

 State any bird, animal or fish caught, taken or killed outside of this State at a time 

 when it is unlawful to have in possession or under control such birds, animals or 

 fish when caught, taken or killed in this State [under penalty of a fine of ?10-$50 or 

 imprisonment of 10-60 days for each and every bird had in possession]. 



Sec 41. [Certificates for collecting birds, nests, and eggs for scientific purposes 

 may be granted by the board of game and fish commissioners to any member of any 

 incorporated society of natural history or other scientific body organized for the study 

 of natural history, or to any properly accredited person designated by such society; 

 but specimens thus collected can only be disposed of by exchange. Applicants must 

 file with the board of game and fish commissioners written testimonials, as to good 

 character and fitness, from two well known scientific men; a properly executed bond 

 of $100 signed by two responsible freeholders of the State as sureties; and must pay 

 said board the sum of two dollars. Such certificate to be in force for 1 year from 

 date qf issue, and not transferable. Penalty for violation of this section a fine of 

 not less than fifty (50) dollars or imprisonment in county jail for sixty (60) days 

 or both.] 



Approved April 23, 1897. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Annotated Code, 1892, pp. 346, 538. 



[Sec] 1134. If any person shall at any time shoot, wound, injure, kill, catch, or 

 pursue with such intent, a mocking-bird, or cat-bird, or thrush; or shall destroy or 

 rob the nest of any wild bird whatever, except crows, black-birds, English sparrows, 

 blue jays, hawks, owls, and other birds of prey, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars, 

 or be imprisoned in county jail not exceeding ten days. 



[Sec] 1135. If any person shall shoot, wound, injure, kill, catch or pursue with 

 such intent, any deer, or any turtle-dove (sometimes called mourning dove), or any 

 starling (commonly called field-lark), between the first day of March and the 

 fifteenth day of September, or any wild turkey, or any quail (usually called par- 

 tridges), between the first day of May and the first day of October, in any year, he 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not 

 less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned in the 

 county jail not exceeding thirty days; but this section, so far as it relates to deer and 

 wild turkeys, shall not apply to the counties of Calhoun, Clarke, Covington, Greene, 

 Jasper, Jones, Marion, Newton, Perry, Pearl-River, Simpson, and Smith. (Laws 

 1882, p. 146; Laws 1884, p. 129.) 



[Sec] 1136. If any person, save in the counties named in the last section, shall 

 have in his possession, or shall sell or buy, or offer or expose for sale, or receive for 

 transportation or carriage, or on deposit, or for sale, or for any other purpose, any of 

 the eggs of any wild bird, except those in the section next before the last excepted, 

 * * * during the period in which it is made unlawful to kill such animal or birds 

 he shall on conviction, be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five 

 dollars. (Laws 1882, p. 91.) 



[Sec] 2118. The term "game" includes all kinds of animals and birds found in 

 the state of nature, and commonly so called; * * * 



[Sec] 2119. The boards of supervisors are given full jurisdiction and authority for 



