﻿DISCRIMINATION 
  AGAINST 
  NONRESIDENTS. 
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  In 
  1840 
  Virginia 
  prohibited 
  nonresidents 
  from 
  hunting 
  wild 
  fowl 
  on 
  

   beaches 
  or 
  marshes 
  below 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  tide 
  water, 
  and 
  maintained 
  this 
  

   restriction 
  until 
  1903. 
  In 
  1846 
  New 
  Jersey 
  made 
  nonresidents 
  liable 
  

   to 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  $15 
  and 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  their 
  guns 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  for 
  tres- 
  

   pass 
  with 
  a 
  gun, 
  while 
  residents 
  convicted 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  offense 
  were 
  

   liable 
  merely 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  $5 
  and 
  costs, 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  one-third 
  the 
  

   penalty 
  imposed 
  on 
  nonresidents. 
  

  

  In 
  1854 
  North 
  Carolina 
  prohibited 
  nonresidents 
  from 
  hunting 
  wild 
  

   fowl 
  in 
  Currituck 
  County, 
  assigning 
  the 
  following 
  reasons 
  in 
  the 
  

   preamble 
  of 
  the 
  bill: 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  wild, 
  fowl 
  collect 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  winter, 
  in 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Currituck 
  County, 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  great 
  profit 
  to 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  

   thereof; 
  and 
  whereas, 
  persons 
  from 
  other 
  States, 
  not 
  residents 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  shoot 
  

   and 
  kill, 
  decoy 
  and 
  frighten 
  the 
  same, 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  annoyance 
  and 
  detriment 
  of 
  the 
  

   citizens 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  State: 
  Now 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  etc. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1854, 
  chap. 
  55.) 
  

  

  Under 
  this 
  act 
  all 
  persons 
  who 
  had 
  not 
  resided 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  at 
  

   least 
  twelve 
  months 
  were 
  prohibited 
  from 
  hunting 
  or 
  killing 
  wild 
  fowl 
  

   in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Currituck 
  County. 
  Recently 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina 
  and 
  

   Virginia 
  nonresidents 
  hunting 
  wild 
  fowl 
  in 
  certain 
  counties 
  have 
  been 
  

   prohibited 
  from 
  shooting 
  from 
  sink 
  boxes 
  or 
  boats, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  this 
  

   privilege 
  might 
  be 
  reserved 
  for 
  residents 
  alone. 
  

  

  By 
  an 
  act 
  of 
  December 
  11, 
  1858, 
  Georgia 
  prohibited 
  nonresidents 
  

   from 
  hunting 
  or 
  fishing 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  in 
  order, 
  it 
  was 
  

   said, 
  to 
  prevent 
  strangers 
  and 
  others 
  from 
  holding 
  conversation 
  with 
  

   slaves. 
  Delaware 
  in 
  1863, 
  following 
  Virginia's 
  example, 
  made 
  it 
  

   unlawful 
  for 
  nonresidents 
  to 
  kill 
  wild 
  ducks, 
  geese, 
  or 
  other 
  water- 
  

   fowl 
  on 
  an}^ 
  of 
  the 
  marshes 
  or 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  under 
  a 
  penalty 
  of 
  

   $50 
  to 
  $100. 
  Three 
  years 
  later 
  Florida, 
  by 
  act 
  of 
  June 
  13, 
  1866, 
  pro- 
  

   hibited 
  nonresidents 
  from 
  camping 
  or 
  fire 
  hunting, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  

   dogs 
  or 
  guns, 
  in 
  Taylor 
  and 
  Lafayette 
  counties. 
  In 
  1880 
  Maryland 
  

   prohibited 
  nonresidents 
  of 
  the 
  five 
  counties 
  bordering 
  the 
  Patuxent 
  

   from 
  shooting 
  snipe, 
  rail, 
  and 
  wild 
  fowl 
  on 
  the 
  waters 
  or 
  marshes 
  of 
  

   the 
  river, 
  and 
  prohibited 
  use 
  of 
  sink 
  boxes 
  in 
  Queen 
  Anne 
  County 
  by 
  

   nonresidents 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  Several 
  similar 
  instances 
  of 
  discrimina- 
  

   tion 
  appeared 
  in 
  subsequent 
  legislation 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  culminated 
  in 
  

   1890 
  in 
  a 
  provision 
  prohibiting 
  nonresidents 
  of 
  Parsons 
  Creek, 
  Church 
  

   Creek, 
  and 
  Neck 
  districts, 
  in 
  Dorchester 
  County, 
  from 
  shooting 
  wild 
  

   fowl 
  on 
  Little 
  Choptank 
  River. 
  

  

  The 
  West 
  and 
  South 
  have 
  made 
  even 
  more 
  severe 
  discriminations 
  

   against 
  the 
  nonresident. 
  Missouri, 
  in 
  1877, 
  prohibited 
  nonresidents 
  

   from 
  hunting 
  game 
  for 
  market, 
  and 
  two 
  years 
  later 
  prohibited 
  them 
  

   from 
  hunting 
  at 
  all 
  within 
  the 
  State, 
  a 
  provision 
  which 
  still 
  remains 
  

   in 
  force. 
  Similar 
  action 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Wyoming 
  about 
  1886, 
  but 
  

   the 
  absolute 
  prohibition 
  then 
  established 
  was 
  changed 
  in 
  1895 
  to 
  a 
  

   $20 
  nonresident 
  license. 
  In 
  1879 
  Tennessee 
  prohibited 
  nonresidents 
  

  

  