﻿NONRESIDENT 
  LICENSES 
  LOCAL, 
  13 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  counties 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  shore 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  through 
  the 
  passage 
  

   of 
  a 
  law 
  in 
  1894 
  requiring 
  nonresidents 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  become 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Shore 
  Game 
  Protective 
  Association 
  before 
  hunting 
  

   wild 
  fowl 
  in 
  these 
  counties. 
  The 
  by-laws 
  originally 
  fixed 
  the 
  initiation 
  

   fee 
  of 
  members 
  at 
  $1 
  and 
  the 
  annual 
  dues 
  at 
  $1, 
  but 
  in 
  1901 
  the 
  license 
  

   fee 
  required 
  of 
  nonresidents 
  was 
  increased 
  to 
  $10, 
  the 
  rate 
  adopted 
  

   by 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  its 
  general 
  license 
  law 
  two 
  } 
  7 
  ears 
  later. 
  

  

  In 
  18T5 
  Florida 
  adopted 
  a 
  statute 
  (Acts 
  of 
  1875, 
  chap. 
  2055, 
  p. 
  62) 
  

   making 
  it 
  unlawful 
  for 
  an} 
  r 
  nonresident 
  to 
  hunt 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  con- 
  

   veying 
  game 
  beyond 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  without 
  first 
  obtaining 
  

   from 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  hunt 
  a 
  license 
  

   at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  $25. 
  In 
  case 
  several 
  persons 
  hunted 
  together, 
  six 
  could 
  

   be 
  included 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  license 
  on 
  -payment 
  of 
  an 
  additional 
  $5 
  

   each. 
  

  

  In 
  1882 
  Maryland 
  laid 
  the 
  foundation 
  of 
  a 
  county 
  license 
  s\^stem 
  by 
  

   requiring 
  nonresidents 
  to 
  secure 
  licenses 
  to 
  hunt 
  game 
  in 
  Caroline 
  

   County; 
  and 
  in 
  1886 
  established 
  a 
  like 
  requiiement 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  

   Anne 
  Arundel, 
  Baltimore, 
  Kent, 
  Prince 
  George, 
  Queen 
  Anne, 
  and 
  

   Talbot. 
  In 
  1888 
  three 
  additional 
  counties 
  — 
  Charles, 
  Dorchester, 
  and 
  

   Howard 
  — 
  adopted 
  the 
  system; 
  and 
  more 
  recently 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  counties 
  

   in 
  the 
  State 
  have 
  followed 
  their 
  example; 
  but 
  in 
  1891 
  Anne 
  Arundel 
  

   repealed 
  the 
  license 
  provision 
  and 
  prohibited 
  nonresidents 
  from 
  hunting 
  

   within 
  the 
  county. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1891, 
  chap. 
  103.) 
  

  

  In 
  1881 
  New 
  York 
  passed 
  a 
  special 
  license 
  law 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1881, 
  chap. 
  

   185), 
  which 
  required 
  nonresidents 
  of 
  Richmond 
  Count}^ 
  (Staten 
  Island) 
  

   to 
  secure 
  a 
  $10 
  license 
  before 
  hunting 
  game 
  in 
  that 
  county. 
  This 
  local 
  

   license 
  law 
  remained 
  in 
  force 
  until 
  repealed 
  by 
  the 
  general 
  game 
  law 
  

   of 
  1892, 
  eight 
  years 
  later, 
  and 
  is 
  apparently 
  the 
  only 
  license 
  of 
  the 
  

   kind 
  enacted 
  by 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  general 
  licenses 
  of 
  1900-1903, 
  reciprocal 
  

   in 
  character 
  and 
  without 
  fixed 
  fees, 
  merit 
  special 
  consideration, 
  and 
  

   will 
  be 
  discussed 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  similar 
  licenses 
  of 
  other 
  States. 
  

  

  In 
  1892 
  South 
  Carolina 
  required 
  a 
  $25 
  license 
  of 
  nonresidents 
  hunt- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  Beaufort 
  Count} 
  T 
  , 
  and 
  in 
  1893 
  extended 
  the 
  law 
  to 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  In 
  1899 
  Illinois 
  adopted 
  a 
  $10 
  nonresident 
  county 
  license, 
  and 
  

   West 
  Virginia 
  a 
  $25 
  county 
  license 
  (both 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  

   changed 
  to 
  State 
  licenses). 
  In 
  1900 
  Iowa 
  established 
  a 
  $10 
  nonresident 
  

   county 
  license; 
  in 
  1901 
  South 
  Dakota 
  and 
  Washington 
  adopted 
  $10 
  

   county 
  licenses; 
  and 
  in 
  1903 
  Colorado 
  established 
  a 
  county 
  license 
  for 
  

   nonresidents 
  hunting 
  birds, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  still 
  remain 
  in 
  effect, 
  except 
  

   that 
  of 
  Washington, 
  which 
  has 
  ^been 
  replaced 
  by 
  a 
  hunting 
  license 
  

   required 
  alike 
  of 
  residents 
  and 
  nonresidents. 
  

  

  This 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  first 
  period 
  of 
  nonresident-license 
  

   legislation. 
  The 
  licenses 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Delaware, 
  and 
  Virginia 
  were 
  

   in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  fees 
  for 
  membership 
  in 
  private 
  corporations, 
  and 
  

   those 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  States 
  except 
  Delaware 
  were 
  alike 
  in 
  being 
  local 
  

  

  