﻿DETAILS 
  OF 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  The 
  various 
  matters 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  issue 
  of 
  licenses 
  may 
  be 
  con- 
  

   veniently 
  considered 
  under 
  four 
  heads 
  — 
  forms 
  of 
  licenses, 
  fees, 
  details 
  

   of 
  issue, 
  and 
  exemptions 
  or 
  privileges. 
  

  

  FORMS 
  OF 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  development 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  license. 
  

   Some 
  States, 
  like 
  Delaware, 
  Florida, 
  and 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  still 
  issue 
  a 
  

   simple 
  license 
  to 
  hunt 
  or 
  kill 
  game. 
  Others, 
  like 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  New 
  

   Jersey, 
  and 
  Pennsylvania, 
  have 
  adopted 
  forms 
  which, 
  to 
  prevent 
  trans- 
  

   fer, 
  contain 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  holder. 
  Illinois 
  in 
  1901 
  went 
  a 
  step 
  

   further 
  and 
  required 
  that 
  the 
  owner's 
  photograph 
  appear 
  on 
  the 
  

   license. 
  After 
  two 
  years' 
  trial 
  this 
  feature 
  was 
  discontinued, 
  but 
  

   simultaneously 
  with 
  its 
  abandonment 
  by 
  Illinois 
  it 
  was 
  adopted 
  by 
  

   Indiana 
  (see 
  PI. 
  Ill), 
  and 
  in 
  1901: 
  by 
  Baltimore 
  County, 
  Mel. 
  New 
  

   Brunswick 
  in 
  1897 
  required 
  the 
  licensee 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  $100 
  bond 
  with 
  two 
  

   resident 
  sureties. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  complete 
  form 
  of 
  license 
  is 
  the 
  coupon 
  license, 
  (see 
  PI. 
  VI), 
  

   first 
  devised 
  by 
  Michigan 
  in 
  1897, 
  and 
  since 
  adopted 
  by 
  Colorado. 
  

   Maine, 
  Minnesota, 
  Montana, 
  Wisconsin 
  and 
  Wyoming-. 
  It 
  is 
  designed 
  

   to 
  allow 
  shipment 
  of 
  a 
  certain 
  specified 
  quantity 
  of 
  fish 
  or 
  game 
  by 
  the 
  

   holder, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  to 
  maintain 
  a 
  check 
  on 
  such 
  shipments. 
  

   Each 
  license 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  coupons 
  corresponding 
  to 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  deer 
  or 
  other 
  game 
  which 
  ma} 
  T 
  be 
  lawfully 
  shipped, 
  

   and 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  coupons 
  must 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  each 
  head, 
  carcass, 
  or 
  

   skin, 
  before 
  shipment. 
  Several 
  improvements 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  devel- 
  

   oping 
  slightly 
  differing 
  forms, 
  but 
  the 
  best 
  is 
  probably 
  that 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  

   Minnesota. 
  This 
  license 
  contains 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  law, 
  is 
  mounted 
  

   on 
  cloth 
  and 
  is 
  arranged 
  to 
  fold 
  conveniently 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  carried 
  

   in 
  the 
  pocket 
  without 
  injury, 
  and 
  each 
  coupon 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   metal 
  e\ 
  T 
  elet 
  to 
  facilitate 
  attachment 
  to 
  the 
  game 
  (see 
  PI. 
  IV). 
  

  

  A 
  form 
  of 
  nonresident 
  license 
  reciprocal 
  in 
  nature 
  has 
  been 
  adopted 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  States. 
  It 
  originated 
  in 
  Minnesota 
  in 
  1895, 
  and 
  was 
  adopted 
  

   with 
  some 
  modifications 
  by 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1900-1902, 
  Tennessee 
  in 
  1903, 
  

   and 
  Kentucky 
  in 
  1904, 
  but 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  abandoned 
  by 
  Minnesota 
  and 
  

   further 
  modified 
  b} 
  T 
  New 
  York. 
  As 
  originally 
  enacted 
  in 
  Minnesota 
  

   it 
  was 
  a 
  simple 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  license 
  but 
  applicable 
  only 
  to 
  " 
  citizens 
  

   of 
  such 
  States 
  as 
  have 
  restrictive 
  laws 
  against 
  nonresident 
  hunters." 
  

   New 
  York 
  changed 
  the 
  scheme 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  law 
  general, 
  but 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  that 
  the 
  fee 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  charged 
  nonresidents 
  in 
  

   the 
  applicant's 
  State. 
  In 
  1903 
  it 
  modified 
  the 
  law 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  empower 
  

   the 
  forest, 
  fish, 
  and 
  game 
  commissioner 
  to 
  fix 
  a 
  fee 
  for 
  licensees 
  from 
  

  

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