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  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  lars, 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  present, 
  at 
  least, 
  the 
  best 
  restrictive 
  measure. 
  The 
  decision 
  of 
  the 
  

   Supreme 
  Court 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  McCready 
  vs. 
  Virginia 
  (94 
  U. 
  S. 
  391) 
  would 
  

   seem 
  to 
  set 
  at 
  rest 
  all 
  doubts 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  constitutionality 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  law. 
  Any 
  man 
  

   carrying 
  a 
  gun 
  and 
  not 
  having 
  a 
  license 
  in 
  his 
  possession, 
  or 
  refusing 
  to 
  show 
  it 
  to 
  

   any 
  citizen 
  on 
  demand, 
  should 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  penalty. 
  (Fourth 
  Biennial 
  Report, 
  p. 
  10. 
  ) 
  

  

  Acting 
  on 
  this 
  suggestion, 
  the 
  legislature 
  in 
  1895 
  adopted 
  a 
  50-cent 
  

   resident 
  license 
  and 
  a 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  license 
  for 
  hunting 
  deer. 
  

  

  Hawaii, 
  in 
  1896, 
  before 
  its 
  annexation, 
  passed 
  a 
  law 
  establishing 
  

   a 
  $5 
  hunting 
  license 
  for 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Oahu, 
  and 
  this 
  law 
  still 
  remains 
  

   in 
  force 
  without 
  change. 
  The 
  high 
  rate 
  is 
  perhaps 
  due 
  in 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  this 
  license 
  is 
  a 
  permit 
  to 
  carry 
  firearms 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  hunt 
  

   game, 
  but 
  more 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  game 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  

   introduced, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  prevent 
  its 
  extermination 
  stricter 
  regula- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  higher 
  fees 
  are 
  necessary 
  than 
  would 
  be 
  required 
  under 
  ordi- 
  

   nary 
  circumstances. 
  

  

  In 
  1897 
  Wisconsin 
  adopted 
  licenses 
  for 
  deer 
  hunting 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  

   of 
  Michigan, 
  but 
  made 
  the 
  rate 
  for 
  residents 
  $1. 
  In 
  1899 
  Minnesota 
  

   adopted 
  a 
  25-cent 
  license 
  for 
  big 
  game; 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  a 
  75-cent 
  

   license 
  for 
  all 
  game, 
  and 
  Wyoming, 
  a 
  dollar 
  license 
  for 
  big 
  game; 
  the 
  

   Wyoming 
  license 
  is 
  required, 
  however, 
  only 
  outside 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  hunter 
  resides. 
  Maine 
  also 
  issued 
  licenses 
  at 
  $4 
  each, 
  

   allowing 
  residents 
  to 
  kill 
  one 
  deer 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  September, 
  for 
  

   food 
  purposes 
  only, 
  in 
  certain 
  counties 
  ; 
  a 
  but 
  the 
  law 
  met 
  with 
  so 
  

   much 
  opposition 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  repealed 
  two 
  years 
  later. 
  One 
  dollar 
  

   resident 
  licenses 
  for 
  big 
  game 
  were 
  adopted 
  in 
  1901 
  by 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  

   and 
  for 
  all 
  game 
  by 
  Nebraska 
  and 
  Washington; 
  in 
  1903 
  for 
  all 
  game 
  

   by 
  Illinois, 
  Colorado, 
  and 
  Idaho, 
  and 
  for 
  waterfowl 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  

   season 
  by 
  Indiana; 
  and 
  in 
  1901 
  for 
  all 
  game 
  in 
  Somerset 
  County, 
  Md. 
  

   Thus 
  the 
  resident 
  license 
  system 
  has 
  spread 
  to 
  13 
  States 
  and 
  to 
  3 
  prov- 
  

   inces 
  of 
  Canada.* 
  (See 
  PI. 
  II.) 
  

  

  At 
  first 
  licenses 
  were 
  required 
  only 
  for 
  hunting 
  big 
  game, 
  but 
  there 
  

   is 
  now 
  a 
  strong 
  tendency 
  to 
  extend 
  them 
  to 
  cover 
  all 
  game, 
  though 
  of 
  

   States 
  having 
  resident 
  licenses 
  Michigan, 
  Minnesota, 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  

   Wyoming, 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  Quebec 
  still 
  have 
  no 
  licenses 
  

   for 
  small 
  game, 
  while 
  in 
  Indiana 
  none 
  is 
  required 
  except 
  for 
  shooting 
  

   waterfowl 
  in 
  the 
  fall. 
  The 
  fee, 
  which 
  exhibited 
  considerable 
  diversity 
  

   at 
  first 
  — 
  50 
  cents 
  in 
  Michigan, 
  $1 
  in 
  Wisconsin, 
  25 
  cents 
  in 
  Minnesota, 
  

   75 
  cents 
  in 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  $4 
  in 
  Maine, 
  and 
  $5 
  in 
  Hawaii 
  — 
  is 
  now 
  uni- 
  

   formly 
  $1, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  75-cent 
  fee 
  in 
  North 
  Dakota 
  and 
  

   Michigan, 
  the 
  $5 
  fee 
  in 
  Hawaii, 
  the 
  $2 
  fees 
  in 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  and 
  

   Ontario, 
  and 
  the 
  $5 
  fees 
  in 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Quebec. 
  Some 
  diversity 
  still 
  

  

  «In 
  eight 
  of 
  the 
  sixteen 
  counties: 
  Oxford, 
  Franklin, 
  Somerset, 
  Piscataquis, 
  Penob- 
  

   scot, 
  Aroostook, 
  Hancock, 
  and 
  Washington, 
  which 
  comprise 
  more 
  than 
  four-fifths 
  of 
  

   the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  b 
  Including 
  Quebec, 
  which 
  issues 
  such 
  licenses 
  only 
  for 
  killing 
  big 
  game 
  in 
  excess 
  

   of 
  the 
  bag 
  limit. 
  

  

  