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  HUNTING- 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  from 
  hunting" 
  deer 
  for 
  profit 
  in 
  certain 
  counties, 
  and 
  in 
  1889 
  pro- 
  

   hibited 
  all 
  hunting 
  by 
  nonresidents 
  in 
  certain 
  others; 
  but 
  these 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  were 
  replaced 
  by 
  license 
  provisions 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  game 
  law 
  

   of 
  1903. 
  Absolute 
  prohibition 
  has 
  recently 
  found 
  favor 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   other 
  States. 
  It 
  was 
  adopted 
  by 
  Louisiana 
  in 
  1902," 
  and 
  by 
  Arkansas 
  

   (except 
  in 
  Mississippi 
  County) 
  in 
  1903. 
  Louisiana, 
  however, 
  sub- 
  

   stituted 
  a 
  license 
  fee 
  in 
  1904; 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  present 
  Missouri 
  and 
  Arkan- 
  

   sas 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  States 
  which 
  deny 
  the 
  nonresident 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  

   hunting 
  within 
  their 
  borders. 
  

  

  NONRESIDENT 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  nonresident 
  license 
  legislation 
  may 
  be 
  conveniently 
  

   divided 
  into 
  three 
  periods, 
  which 
  overlap 
  one 
  another: 
  (1) 
  Develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  license, 
  beginning 
  in 
  1872; 
  (2) 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   market-hunting 
  license, 
  beginning 
  in 
  1875; 
  and 
  (3) 
  development 
  of 
  

   the 
  general 
  license, 
  beginning 
  in 
  18T8. 
  

  

  LOCAL 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  The 
  local 
  license 
  had 
  its 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States. 
  The 
  first 
  law 
  

   containing 
  a 
  nonresident-license 
  provision 
  was 
  apparently 
  that 
  passed 
  

   in 
  1873 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  under 
  the 
  title, 
  "An 
  act 
  to 
  incorporate 
  the 
  

   West 
  Jersey 
  Game 
  Protective 
  Association. 
  " 
  (Acts 
  of 
  1873, 
  chap. 
  470, 
  

   p. 
  553.) 
  This 
  association 
  was 
  incorporated 
  for 
  fifteen 
  } 
  T 
  ears, 
  and 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  7 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  incorporation 
  provided: 
  

  

  That 
  if 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  nonresidents 
  of 
  this 
  state, 
  shall 
  kill, 
  destroy, 
  hunt, 
  

   or 
  take 
  any 
  doe, 
  buck, 
  fawn, 
  partridge, 
  moor 
  fowl, 
  grouse, 
  quail, 
  or 
  woodcock, 
  at 
  

   any 
  time 
  within 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Camden, 
  Gloucester, 
  Atlantic, 
  Salem, 
  Cumberland 
  

   and 
  Cape 
  May 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  without 
  complying 
  with 
  the 
  bylaws 
  of 
  this 
  Game 
  Pro- 
  

   tective 
  Society 
  then 
  the 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  so 
  offending 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  and 
  pay 
  the 
  sum 
  

   of 
  850 
  each, 
  for 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  offence 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  provided 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  Act 
  shall 
  

   prevent 
  residents 
  of 
  this 
  state 
  from 
  taking 
  game 
  or 
  fish, 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  existing 
  laws 
  

   of 
  this 
  state. 
  

  

  The 
  membership 
  fee 
  was 
  fixed 
  at 
  $5 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  } 
  T 
  ear 
  and 
  $2 
  per 
  year 
  

   thereafter, 
  and 
  nonresidents 
  were 
  required 
  to 
  procure 
  membership 
  

   certificates 
  before 
  hunting 
  in 
  the 
  six 
  counties 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  These 
  

   certificates 
  thus 
  became 
  in 
  effect 
  nonresident 
  licenses. 
  In 
  1878 
  a 
  some- 
  

   what 
  broader 
  general 
  act 
  was 
  passed 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  chap. 
  184), 
  applicable 
  

   to 
  other 
  associations 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  The 
  Delaware 
  Game 
  Protective 
  

   Association 
  was 
  incorporated 
  by 
  act 
  of 
  legislature 
  in 
  1879 
  along 
  much 
  

   the 
  same 
  lines. 
  Its 
  membership 
  fees 
  were 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   West 
  Jersey 
  Game 
  Protective 
  Association, 
  and 
  nonresidents 
  wishing 
  

   to 
  hunt 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  were 
  first 
  required 
  to 
  secure 
  certificates 
  of 
  mem- 
  

   bership. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1879, 
  chap. 
  111.) 
  The 
  same 
  idea 
  was 
  later 
  adopted 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  police 
  jury 
  of 
  Caddo 
  Parish, 
  La., 
  in 
  1896, 
  however, 
  passed 
  a 
  measure 
  pro- 
  

   hibiting 
  hunting 
  by 
  nonresidents 
  in 
  that 
  parish. 
  (Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  XLVII, 
  p. 
  

   386, 
  Nov. 
  14, 
  1896. 
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