﻿SUMMARY 
  OF 
  LICENSE 
  LEGISLATION. 
  19 
  

  

  exists 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  territory 
  covered 
  by 
  licenses. 
  In 
  South 
  Dakota 
  

   and 
  Washington 
  and 
  in 
  Somerset 
  County, 
  Md., 
  they 
  are 
  good 
  only 
  in 
  

   the 
  county 
  of 
  issue; 
  in 
  Nebraska 
  and 
  Wyoming 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  necessary 
  

   in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  residence; 
  and 
  in 
  Illinois 
  and 
  North 
  Dakota 
  they 
  are 
  

   not 
  required 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  citizen 
  hunting 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  land. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  LICENSE 
  LEGISLATION. 
  

  

  The 
  progress 
  of 
  legislation 
  outlined 
  above 
  may 
  perhaps 
  be 
  brought 
  

   out 
  more 
  clearly 
  by 
  summarizing 
  under 
  each 
  State 
  and 
  Province 
  the 
  

   important 
  laws 
  and 
  changes 
  in 
  fees. 
  In 
  the 
  appendix, 
  p. 
  55, 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  a 
  chronological 
  index 
  of 
  the 
  license 
  laws 
  from 
  1872 
  to 
  1901. 
  

   The 
  year 
  1872 
  is 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  starting 
  point 
  because 
  it 
  apparently 
  

   marks 
  the 
  first 
  enactment 
  of 
  a 
  hunting 
  license 
  law 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   It 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  explained 
  that 
  the 
  gradation 
  from 
  an 
  ordinary 
  license 
  

   through 
  one 
  with 
  an 
  exorbitant 
  fee 
  to 
  absolute 
  prohibition 
  is 
  so 
  grad- 
  

   ual 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  demarkation. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  

   prohibitive 
  statutes 
  passed 
  since 
  1872 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  summary, 
  

   and 
  although 
  no 
  s} 
  T 
  stematic 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  collect 
  earlier 
  

   ones, 
  those 
  of 
  most 
  interest 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  on 
  pp. 
  10-12. 
  

  

  TABLE 
  SHOWING 
  DATES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  LICENSE 
  SYSTEM 
  AND 
  

   PRINCIPAL 
  CHANGES 
  IN 
  FEES. 
  

  

  Arkansas. 
  — 
  1875, 
  $10 
  market-hunting 
  license; 
  1897, 
  fee 
  increased 
  to 
  $25; 
  1903, 
  

   nonresidents 
  prohibited 
  from 
  hunting 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  except 
  in 
  Mississippi 
  County. 
  

  

  Colorado. 
  — 
  1903, 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  general 
  license, 
  $1 
  a 
  day 
  bird 
  license 
  ($2 
  first 
  day), 
  

   $1 
  resident 
  license. 
  

  

  Delaware. 
  — 
  1879, 
  Nonresident 
  license, 
  $5 
  first 
  year, 
  $2 
  subsequent 
  years. 
  

  

  Florida. 
  — 
  1875, 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  county 
  license 
  for 
  hunting 
  game 
  for 
  export; 
  1899, 
  

   $10 
  nonresident 
  county 
  license 
  for 
  deer, 
  turkeys, 
  or 
  quail; 
  1903, 
  $10 
  nonresident 
  

   county 
  license 
  for 
  any 
  game. 
  Nonresident 
  license, 
  $1 
  per 
  day, 
  in 
  La 
  Fayette 
  County. 
  

  

  Georgia. 
  — 
  1899, 
  $25 
  market-hunting 
  license. 
  

  

  Hawaii. 
  — 
  1896, 
  $5 
  hunting 
  license 
  in 
  Oahu. 
  

  

  Idaho. 
  — 
  1903, 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  license 
  for 
  all 
  game, 
  $5 
  license 
  for 
  birds, 
  $1 
  resident 
  

   license. 
  

  

  Illinois. 
  — 
  1899, 
  $10 
  nonresident 
  county 
  license; 
  1901, 
  $10 
  nonresident 
  State 
  license; 
  

   1903, 
  $15 
  nonresident 
  license, 
  $1 
  resident 
  license. 
  

  

  Indiana. 
  — 
  1901, 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  license, 
  free 
  permits 
  for 
  hunting 
  squirrels 
  and 
  

   wild 
  fowl 
  October 
  1-November 
  10 
  issued 
  to 
  residents 
  and 
  licensed 
  nonresidents; 
  1903, 
  

   $1 
  resident 
  permit 
  for 
  hunting 
  wild 
  fowl 
  October 
  1-November 
  10 
  (free 
  to 
  licensed 
  

   nonresidents). 
  

  

  Iowa. 
  — 
  1900, 
  $10 
  nonresident 
  county 
  license. 
  

  

  Kentucky. 
  — 
  1902, 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  license; 
  1904, 
  variable 
  fee 
  established. 
  

  

  Louisiana. 
  — 
  1902, 
  Nonresidents 
  prohibited 
  from 
  hunting 
  in 
  the 
  State; 
  1904, 
  $10 
  

   nonresident 
  license 
  (required 
  also 
  of 
  unnaturalized 
  residents), 
  $25 
  market-hunting 
  

   license. 
  

  

  Maine.— 
  1899, 
  $6 
  nonresident, 
  $4 
  resident, 
  September 
  deer 
  license; 
  1901, 
  law 
  

   repealed; 
  1903, 
  $15 
  nonresident 
  State 
  license 
  for 
  deer 
  and 
  moose, 
  $5 
  nonresident 
  

   license 
  for 
  ducks 
  and 
  sea 
  and 
  shore 
  birds 
  in 
  5 
  counties. 
  

  

  Maryland.— 
  1872, 
  $20 
  sink 
  box 
  and 
  $5 
  sneak-boat 
  licenses 
  on 
  Susquehanna 
  flats 
  for 
  

   residents 
  of 
  Cecil 
  and 
  Harford 
  counties. 
  

  

  