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J 2. That on and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons 

 to detain or entrap any Antwerp or homing pigeon, provided, however, that such Antwerp or 

 homing pigeon shall have the name of its owner stamped upon its wing or tail, or wear a ring or 

 seamless leg band with its registered number stamped upon it, and any person or persons so 

 detaining such pigeon or pigeons, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 

 shall, for every such offense, pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars. 



* 3. That on and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons 

 to remove the ring or seamless leg band with its registered number from any Antwerp or homing 

 pigeon, to which he or they cannot prove ownership, and any person or persons removing such 

 a ring or leg band from such pigeon or pigeons shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction thereof shall, for every such offense, pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than 

 twenty-five dollars. 



(As amd. by chap. S24. of Laws of 1896.) 



CHAPTER 656 OF THE LAWS OF 1896. 



AN ACT for the republication and distribution of the fish, game and forest laws of eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-five, and all acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-six amendatory and 

 supplementary thereto. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 



Section 1. The clerk of the assembly shall print and distribute copies of the fish, game and 

 forest laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and all acts amendatory and supplementary 

 thereto of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as follows : Twenty-five copies to each senator and 

 member of the assembly, each game protector and forester, and each of the town clerks of the 

 several towns of this state; and twenty-five hundred copies to the commissioners of fisheries, 

 game and forest. 



2. This act shall take effect immediately. 



duffolr^ Coant^. 



AX ACT for the protection of soft shell clams in the waters of the town of Brookhaven, 

 in Suffolk county. 



The authority to pass this resolution is found in chapter 488 of the session laws of 1892. 



It was passed March 21, 1893, by a vote of two-thirds of all members elected. 



The board of supervisors of the county of Suffolk, at a meeting thereof lawfully assembled 

 on the 21st day of March, 1893, at least two-thirds of all the members elected being present 

 and voting therefor, do enact as follows : 



