﻿HUNTING 
  LICENSES; 
  THEIE 
  HISTOEY, 
  OBJECTS, 
  AND 
  

  

  LIMITATIONS. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  problems 
  of 
  practical 
  game 
  protection 
  

   are 
  how 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  laws 
  and 
  how 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  funds 
  necessary 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose. 
  Without 
  funds 
  it 
  is 
  manifest^ 
  impossible 
  either 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   vide 
  or 
  maintain 
  the 
  service 
  required 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  laws 
  into 
  effect; 
  

   and 
  if 
  no 
  serious 
  effort 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  secure 
  compliance 
  with 
  the 
  law 
  

   public 
  interest 
  in 
  game 
  protection 
  flags 
  until 
  it 
  becomes 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   secure 
  either 
  appropriations 
  or 
  such 
  legislation 
  as 
  will 
  yield 
  revenue 
  

   for 
  warden 
  service. 
  The 
  most 
  successful 
  method 
  of 
  raising 
  funds 
  

   thus 
  far 
  devised 
  is 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  licenses 
  which 
  in 
  effect 
  amounts 
  to 
  a 
  

   direct 
  tax 
  on 
  those 
  who 
  hunt. 
  Several 
  States 
  depend 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   on 
  some 
  system 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  for 
  maintaining 
  their 
  warden 
  service, 
  and 
  

   others 
  receive 
  from 
  it 
  important 
  additions 
  to 
  their 
  game 
  protection 
  

   funds. 
  How 
  important 
  such 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  revenue 
  may 
  become 
  can 
  

   readily 
  be 
  appreciated 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  } 
  r 
  ear 
  Maine 
  

   collected 
  license 
  fees 
  amounting 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  $25,000, 
  Wisconsin 
  

   $90,000, 
  and 
  Illinois 
  nearly 
  $100,000. 
  In 
  some 
  States 
  this 
  money 
  is 
  

   derived 
  principally 
  from 
  resident, 
  in 
  others 
  from 
  nonresident, 
  licenses. 
  

  

  The 
  requirements 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  fees 
  and 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  obtaining 
  

   licenses 
  differ 
  widely 
  in 
  different 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  every 
  

   sportsman 
  who 
  resides 
  in 
  a 
  State 
  which 
  has 
  license 
  laws 
  or 
  who 
  visits 
  

   States 
  where 
  licenses 
  are 
  required 
  is 
  directly 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  S3 
  T 
  stem. 
  

   As 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  widespread, 
  it 
  seems 
  desirable 
  to 
  bring 
  

   together 
  data 
  showing 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  hunting 
  

   licenses, 
  but 
  also 
  their 
  advantages 
  and 
  disadvantages. 
  Few 
  questions 
  

   in 
  game 
  protection 
  have 
  attracted 
  more 
  attention 
  in 
  recent 
  } 
  T 
  ears, 
  and 
  

   none, 
  perhaps, 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  fruitful 
  of 
  discussion 
  or 
  led 
  to 
  more 
  

   diverse 
  opinions. 
  

  

  HISTORY 
  OF 
  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  commonl3 
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  supposed 
  that 
  the 
  license 
  feature 
  of 
  game 
  protection, 
  

   which 
  by 
  many 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  unnecessaiy 
  and 
  unjust, 
  is 
  a 
  recent 
  devel- 
  

   opment; 
  but, 
  although 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  laws 
  have 
  been 
  enacted 
  

  

  