﻿EXEMPTIONS. 
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  In 
  Maryland 
  special 
  exceptions 
  regarding 
  landowners 
  prevail 
  in 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  counties. 
  Dorchester 
  County 
  excepts 
  nonresident 
  land- 
  

   owners 
  or 
  their 
  relatives, 
  and 
  relatives 
  or 
  connections 
  by 
  marriage 
  of 
  

   residents; 
  Kent 
  exempts 
  nonresidents 
  owning 
  lands, 
  and 
  tenants 
  in 
  

   lawful 
  possession 
  of 
  real 
  estate; 
  and 
  under 
  an 
  act 
  passed 
  in 
  1904 
  regu- 
  

   lating 
  hunting 
  on 
  the 
  Patuxent 
  River 
  those 
  persons 
  are 
  considered 
  

   bona 
  fide 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  that 
  belong 
  to 
  any 
  incorporated 
  hunt- 
  

   ing 
  club 
  whose 
  membership 
  does 
  not 
  exceed 
  30, 
  and 
  which 
  owns 
  or 
  

   leases 
  real 
  estate 
  within 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  has 
  improved 
  its 
  

   property 
  b}^ 
  a 
  club-house. 
  

  

  Other 
  exceptions 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  other 
  considerations. 
  Idaho 
  requires 
  

   no 
  license 
  from 
  women, 
  and 
  prohibits 
  children 
  under 
  12 
  from 
  obtain- 
  

   ing 
  licenses. 
  Wyoming 
  excepts 
  bona 
  fide 
  minors; 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  

   children 
  under 
  16 
  if 
  they 
  have 
  the 
  written 
  consent 
  of 
  their 
  parents 
  or 
  

   guardians 
  to 
  hunt; 
  and 
  Washington, 
  in 
  the 
  law 
  of 
  1901, 
  excepted 
  

   boys 
  under 
  16, 
  a 
  provision 
  which 
  caused 
  the 
  law 
  to 
  be 
  declared 
  uncon- 
  

   stitutional 
  by 
  the 
  circuit 
  court 
  of 
  Spokane 
  County. 
  Washington 
  

   County, 
  Md., 
  makes 
  the 
  provision 
  of 
  its 
  license 
  law 
  inapplicable 
  to 
  

   hunting 
  along 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River, 
  and 
  exempts 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  

   of 
  Columbia 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  Illinois 
  inserted 
  a 
  provision 
  in 
  its 
  law 
  permitting 
  nonresidents 
  to 
  

   hunt 
  without 
  a 
  license 
  on 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  another 
  by 
  invitation. 
  This 
  

   proviso 
  was 
  declared 
  void 
  by 
  the 
  attorne3 
  7 
  -general 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  

   merely 
  because 
  of 
  ambiguity, 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  location 
  in 
  the 
  law. 
  A 
  

   similar 
  exemption 
  of 
  guests 
  of 
  residents 
  or 
  landowners 
  is 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  

   many 
  counties 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  visiting 
  sportsmen 
  often 
  secure 
  invi- 
  

   tations 
  instead 
  of 
  licenses. 
  a 
  Kent 
  County, 
  Md., 
  issues 
  licenses 
  at 
  one- 
  

   third 
  the 
  regular 
  rate 
  to 
  nonresidents 
  invited 
  by 
  landowners. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  provinces 
  exceptions 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  

   army 
  and 
  navy 
  officers. 
  For 
  example, 
  British 
  Columbia 
  does 
  not 
  

   require 
  licenses 
  of 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  army 
  and 
  navy 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   militia 
  in 
  actual 
  service, 
  Newfoundland 
  allows 
  officers 
  of 
  British 
  war 
  

   vessels 
  stationed 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  fisheries 
  to 
  employ 
  

   unlicensed 
  guides 
  and 
  to 
  hunt 
  caribou 
  without 
  license, 
  and 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  

   excepts 
  officers 
  stationed 
  at 
  Halifax, 
  provided 
  they 
  are 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Game 
  and 
  Inland 
  Fishery 
  Protection 
  Society. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  these 
  exemptions 
  have 
  practically 
  nullified 
  the 
  laws 
  or 
  made 
  

   them 
  very 
  difficult 
  of 
  enforcement. 
  Thus 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania 
  that 
  nonresidents 
  would 
  purchase 
  a 
  few 
  acres 
  of 
  wild 
  land 
  to 
  

   secure 
  immunity 
  from 
  the 
  license 
  law, 
  and 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  

   commission 
  of 
  that 
  State 
  advised 
  in 
  his 
  report 
  for 
  1902 
  (p. 
  5) 
  that 
  the 
  

  

  « 
  Guests 
  of 
  landowners 
  require 
  no 
  licenses 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   except 
  Allegany, 
  Caroline, 
  Dorchester, 
  Garrett, 
  Kent, 
  Somerset, 
  Talbot> 
  and 
  

   Worcester. 
  

  

  