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Authority of Commissioners : Sec. 19. The authority of the commissioners on 

 fisheries and game and of their deputies shall extend to the propagation, protection 

 and preservation of birds and animals in like manner as to fish. 



Disposition of fines: Sec 20. [As amended by Laws of 1907, chap. 300.] All fines 

 and forfeitures accruing under the provisions of laws relating to birds, mammals and 

 game shall be paid and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section one 

 hundred and thirty-seven of chapter ninety-one. 



Acts of 1902, chap. 127, p. 64. 



Prima facie evidence : Sec. 2. Possession of the wild or undomesticated birds 

 specified in this act [nongame birds, except certain species,] shall be prima facie 

 evidence that they have been captured and are held in possession contrary to law. 



Acts of 1904, chap. 367, p. 237. 



Seizure: Sec 1. Any commissioner on fisheries and game, deputy commissioner 

 on fisheries and game, member of the district police, or officer qualified to serve 

 criminal process, may, with a warrant, search any boat, car, box, locker, crate, or 

 package, and any building, where he has reason to believe any game or fish taken or 

 held in violation of law T is to be found, and may seize any game or fish so taken or held, 

 and any game or fish so taken or held shall be forfeited: Provided, however, That 

 this section shall not authorize entering a dwelling house, or apply to game or fish 

 which is passing through this Commonwealth under authority of the laws of the 

 United States. 



Saarch warrant: Sec 2. A court of justice authorized to issue warrants in criminal 

 cases shall, upon complaint under oath that the complainant believes that any game 

 or fish unlawfully taken or held is concealed in a particular place, other than a 

 dwelling house, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, issue a 

 warrant to search therefor. The search warrant shall designate and describe the 

 place to be searched and the articles for which search is to be made, and shall be 

 directed to any officer named in section one of this act, commanding him to search 

 the place where the game or fish for which he is required to search is believed to be 

 concealed, and to seize such game or fish. 



Approved May 23, 1904. 



Acts of 1905, chap. 317, p. 236. 



An act to provide for granting to unnaturalized, foreign born persons licenses to hunt. 



Production of alien license : Sec 2. * * * The said license shall not be 

 transferable, and shall be exhibited upon demand to any of the commissioners on 

 fisheries and game or their deputies, and to any game warden or deputy game 

 warden, and to any sheriff, constable, police officer or other officer qualified to serve 

 process. The fees received for the said licenses shall annually be paid into the 

 treasury of the Commonwealth. 



Approved April 21, 1905. 



Acts of 1907, chap. 198, p. 116. 



Nonresident hunting- license, production of : Sec 4. No license shall be valid 

 unless the signature of the person to w T hom it is issued is written thereon, and every 

 such person shall at all times w T hen hunting carry his license on his person, and 

 shall at all reasonable times and as often as requested produce and show such license 

 to any person requesting him to do so, and if he fails or refuses so to do he shall 

 forfeit the license and be deemed to be hunting in violation of the provisions of this act. 



Failure to produce license ; Arrest without warrant : Sec 6. The commis- 

 sioners on fisheries and game, and the detectives in their employ, shall have the right, 



