LEGISLATION 57 



CHRONOLOGY OF LEGISLATION RELATING TO GAME BIRDS IN 

 CALIFORNIA, 1852-1915 



1852. Open season for quail or partridges, mallard duck and wood or summer 



duck, September 20 to March 1 in counties of Contra Costa, Marin, 

 Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa 

 Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo; penalty upon conviction 

 of violating law, $50, one-half to be paid informer. 



1853. Open season: quail or partridge, mallard and wood duck, September 1 



to March 20. 



1854. Open season: quail, mallard, and wood duck, September 15 to March 1; 



penalty upon conviction $25 for each individual bird, fines to go to 

 county treasurer for school fund. Protection extended to birds named 

 above in Colusa and Tuolumne counties. 



1855. Protection extended to birds named above in Shasta and Trinity counties. 

 1857. Act of 1854 amended: one-half of fine to be paid informer, one-half to 



school fund in county where conviction is had. 



1860. Counties of Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Diego, Sau Luis Obispo, and 



Santa Barbara, exempted from acts of 1854 and 1857. 



1861. Open season: all counties except Los Angeles and San Bernardino, quail, 



partridge or grouse, mallard, wood duck, teal, spoon-bill and all other 

 broad-bill ducks, September 15 to March 15; Los Angeles and San 

 Bernardino counties, August 1 to April 1. Act of 1860 repealed. 



1866. Open season: Siskiyou County, grouse, sage-hen, prairie chicken [sharp- 

 tailed grouse], August 1 to April 1; quail, October 15 to March 15; 

 mallard, wood duck, teal, spoonbill and all other species of wild ducks, 

 September 15 to April 15. 



187t). Open season: Lassen, Plumas and Sierra counties, mallard, wood duck, 

 teal, spoonbill and other broad-bill ducks, August 15 to March 15, Lake 

 Merritt, Oakland, and its shores declared a game preserve. 



1872. Hunting in Butte County on private lands or within 500 yards of dwell- 

 ing of another person, prohibited. Hunting on enclosed lands in San 

 Francisco County, or in Napa County east of Napa River, prohibited. 

 Hunting in Yolo County, about houses, or in October on cultivated 

 lands, or anywhere in the county during the months of June to Octo- 

 ber, inclusive, prohibited. Hunting on private lands without per- 

 mission prohibited in Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Los 

 Angeles, Marin, Nevada, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San 

 Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, and Sonoma counties. 



1874. Hunting on private lands without permission prohibited in Mendocino 

 County. 



1876. Open season: Lassen, Plumas and Sierra counties, quail, partridge and 

 grouse, September 1 to March 15. Hunting on private lands unlawful 

 in certain counties. 



1878. Gadwell or gray duck, redhead, and blue-winged [cinnamon] teal speci- 

 fically mentioned among species protected during closed season. Doves 

 first protected; open season: San Joaquin County only, July 1 to 

 January 1. State Board of Fish Commissioners required to provide 

 for distribution and protection of imported game birds. Gathering 

 or destroying eggs of wild ducks prohibited. 



