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  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  enacted 
  in 
  several 
  States. 
  This 
  sudden 
  demand 
  for 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  

   is 
  interesting 
  from 
  several 
  standpoints, 
  and 
  ma} 
  T 
  have 
  been 
  influenced 
  

   by 
  two 
  circumstances. 
  On 
  January 
  9-10, 
  1895, 
  occurred 
  the 
  second 
  

   annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Game, 
  Bird 
  and 
  Fish 
  Protective 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  at 
  Chicago, 
  at 
  which 
  resolutions 
  were 
  adopted 
  foreshadowing 
  

   methods 
  of 
  game 
  protection, 
  including 
  shooting 
  licenses, 
  which 
  have 
  

   'since 
  been 
  incorporated 
  into 
  law. 
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  About 
  this 
  time 
  a 
  bill 
  was 
  pending 
  

   in 
  the 
  Illinois 
  legislature 
  practically 
  opening 
  the 
  Chicago 
  markets 
  to 
  

   unlimited 
  sale 
  of 
  game 
  from 
  other 
  States. 
  6 
  Whatever 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  

   effect 
  of 
  this 
  convention 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Illinois 
  game 
  bill, 
  they 
  certainly 
  

   served 
  to 
  draw 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  discriminating 
  against 
  

   nonresidents, 
  and 
  although 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  only 
  a 
  coincidence, 
  non- 
  

   resident 
  license 
  laws 
  were 
  adopted 
  almost 
  immediately 
  by 
  four 
  States 
  c 
  — 
  

   Wyoming 
  in 
  February, 
  North 
  Dakota 
  in 
  March, 
  Minnesota 
  in 
  April, 
  

   and 
  Michigan 
  in 
  May. 
  Wisconsin 
  followed 
  in 
  1897, 
  four 
  other 
  States 
  

   in 
  1899, 
  six 
  in 
  1901, 
  and 
  eight 
  in 
  1903. 
  

  

  RESIDENT 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  modern 
  resident 
  hunting 
  licenses 
  properly 
  begins 
  

   with 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  special 
  licenses 
  developed 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  

   of 
  Maryland 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  seventies 
  and 
  eighties. 
  Shooting 
  wild 
  fowl 
  

   from 
  sink 
  boxes, 
  sneak 
  boats, 
  or 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  from 
  blinds 
  was 
  pro- 
  

   hibited 
  except 
  under 
  license, 
  and 
  these 
  licenses 
  were 
  issued 
  only 
  to 
  

   residents. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  special 
  laws 
  was 
  passed 
  in 
  1872 
  (Laws 
  of 
  

   1872, 
  chap. 
  54) 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  wild 
  fowl 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  

   Flats, 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay. 
  Section 
  7 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  provided: 
  

  

  No 
  owner, 
  master, 
  hirer, 
  borrower, 
  employee 
  of 
  any 
  owner, 
  or 
  other 
  person, 
  shall 
  

   use 
  or 
  employ 
  any 
  sink 
  box, 
  or 
  sneak 
  boat 
  of 
  any 
  description 
  whatever, 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  shooting 
  at 
  wild 
  water-fowl 
  therefrom, 
  northward 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  named 
  and 
  

   described 
  in 
  section 
  380 
  [drawn 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  Spesutie 
  Island 
  from 
  Turkey 
  

   Point, 
  in 
  Cecil 
  County, 
  to 
  the 
  opposite 
  shore 
  of 
  Harford 
  County], 
  without 
  first 
  

   obtaining 
  a 
  license 
  to 
  so 
  use 
  and 
  employ 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  is 
  hereinafter 
  provided. 
  

  

  The 
  license 
  fee 
  for 
  a 
  sink 
  box 
  was 
  $20, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  sneak 
  boat 
  $5. 
  

   The 
  licenses 
  were 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  clerks 
  of 
  Harford 
  and 
  Cecil 
  counties, 
  

   and 
  the 
  clerk 
  was 
  allowed 
  75 
  cents 
  for 
  issuing 
  each 
  license. 
  

  

  Under 
  section 
  11 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  act 
  applicants 
  were 
  required 
  to 
  make 
  

   oath 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  bona 
  fide 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  $50 
  

   to 
  $100 
  was 
  provided 
  for 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  license 
  provisions, 
  one- 
  

   half 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  one-half 
  to 
  the 
  school 
  

   commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  A 
  board 
  of 
  special 
  police 
  w 
  T 
  as 
  appointed 
  

  

  a 
  Am. 
  Field, 
  XLIII, 
  pp. 
  51-52, 
  Jan. 
  19, 
  1895. 
  

  

  6 
  House 
  bill 
  56, 
  commonly 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  'Blow 
  Bill.' 
  For 
  full 
  text 
  of 
  this 
  meas- 
  

   ure 
  and 
  the 
  discussion 
  relating 
  to 
  it, 
  see 
  Am. 
  Field, 
  XLIII, 
  pp. 
  123, 
  147, 
  1895. 
  

  

  c 
  A 
  game 
  bill 
  containing 
  a 
  $50-nonresident 
  license 
  provision 
  was 
  also 
  introduced 
  in 
  

   the 
  Nebaska 
  legislature, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  pass.— 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  XLIV, 
  p. 
  307, 
  April 
  

   20, 
  1895. 
  

  

  