70 LEGISLATION FOR THE PEOTECTION OF BIEDS. 



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 l'3-30 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 hLstory, or to any properly accredited person designated by such society; 

 but specimens thus collected can only Ije disposed of by exchange. Applicants nmst 

 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 bv 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 of 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 (00) days 

 or both.] 



Appn.wd April 23, 1S97. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Annotated Code, 1892, pp. 346, 538. 



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

 pursue with such intent, a mocking-bird, or cat-bird, orthrusli; t)r shall destroy or 

 rob the nest of any wilil bird whatever, except crows, black-birds, English sjtarrows, 

 blue jays, hawks, i>wls, and other birds of prey, he shall Ix.' guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and, on couvictioii, shall be fined not le.«s tlian one dollar nor more than ten dollars, 

 <jr be impri.><oned in county jail not exceeding ten days. 



[Skc] 1135. If any ])erson« shall slioot, wound, injure, kill, catcli or jtursue with 

 HUi'h intent, any deer, or any turtle-<love (sometimes called mourning dove), or any 

 starling (connnonly calle*! field-lark), In'tween the first day of March and the 

 fifteenth day oi Septeml)er, or any wild turkey, or any quail (usually called par- 

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

 shall lu- guilty of a nii.sdemeanor, and, on conviction, sliall l)e punished by fine not 

 k'ss than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be imi>risoned in the 

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

 wiM turkeys, shall not apply to the counties of Calhoun, Clarke, Covington, (Jreene, 

 JiUJper, .Tones, Marion, Newtim, Pfrry, Tearl-Kivcr, Simitson, and Smith. (T^aws 

 1882, ].. 14(); Laws 1SS4, p. 129.) 



[Sp:c.] 113(i. If any i>erson, save in the <-ounties named in the last section, shall 

 have in his po.'^session, or shall sell or buy, or offer or expose for sale, or receive ft)r 

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

 the eggs of any wilil bird, excei)t those in the section next before the last ex<'epted, 

 * * * during the jjcriod in which it is made unlawful to kill such aninuil or l)ird.s, 

 he shall on ct)nviction, be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-live 

 dollai-s. (Laws 1882, \>. 91.) 



[Skc] 2118. Tlu' term "giune'' includes all kimls of anin)als and birds fonml in 

 till' state of nature, and commonly so called; * * * 



[Skc] 2119. The lioards oi supervisoi-s are given full jiiri.>jdiction and authority for 



