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  HUISTIKG 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  nonresident 
  hunter 
  should 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  license 
  fee, 
  as 
  in 
  

   adjoining* 
  States, 
  regardless 
  of 
  the 
  ownership 
  of 
  property. 
  

  

  The 
  North 
  Dakota 
  exemption 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  nonresidents 
  owning 
  or 
  

   cultivating* 
  a 
  quarter 
  section 
  of 
  land 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  use 
  of 
  to 
  evade 
  the 
  

   payment 
  of 
  the 
  license 
  fee. 
  The 
  game 
  warden 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  district 
  

   of 
  this 
  State 
  says: 
  

  

  I 
  believe 
  that 
  all 
  nonresident 
  hunters 
  should 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  full 
  fee 
  of 
  $25, 
  

   and 
  see 
  no 
  good 
  reason 
  why 
  an 
  exception 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  

   the 
  owners 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  A 
  fraudulent 
  use, 
  I 
  think, 
  is 
  frequently 
  made 
  of 
  this 
  

   latter 
  clause, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  easy 
  matter 
  to 
  temporarily 
  transfer 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  evade 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  $25, 
  for 
  a 
  permit. 
  It 
  would 
  only 
  be 
  fair 
  in 
  case 
  all 
  non- 
  

   residents 
  are 
  charged 
  the 
  $25 
  fee 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  granted 
  some 
  privileges 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  

   shipping 
  game 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Wyoming 
  provision 
  exempting 
  from 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  the 
  

   resident 
  license 
  fee 
  citizens 
  hunting 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  counties, 
  the 
  State 
  

   game 
  warden 
  says 
  in 
  his 
  report 
  for 
  1903 
  (pp. 
  3-4) 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  law 
  as 
  it 
  stands 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  enforce, 
  produces 
  but 
  little 
  revenue 
  and 
  is 
  use- 
  

   less 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  identification. 
  

  

  With 
  a 
  nonresident 
  gun 
  license 
  of 
  fifty 
  dollars, 
  the 
  temptation 
  is 
  strong 
  for 
  unscru- 
  

   pulous 
  hunters 
  to 
  sneak 
  in 
  from 
  adjoining 
  States 
  and 
  pose 
  as 
  citizens 
  of 
  Wyoming; 
  

   and 
  an 
  officer 
  must 
  rely 
  upon 
  his 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  county 
  for 
  

   detection 
  of 
  such 
  fraud. 
  

  

  Whatever 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  injustice 
  of 
  requiring 
  nonresidents 
  to 
  

   take 
  out 
  licenses 
  to 
  hunt 
  on 
  their 
  own 
  property 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  a 
  

   club 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  may 
  belong, 
  the 
  contention 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  provision 
  

   is 
  unconstitutional 
  in 
  depriving 
  a 
  person 
  of 
  his 
  property 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   sustained 
  in 
  the 
  single 
  case 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  tried 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  courts. 
  

   (In 
  re 
  Eberle, 
  see 
  p. 
  48.) 
  

  

  Another 
  provision 
  frequently 
  regarded 
  as 
  an 
  unnecessary 
  hardship 
  

   is 
  that 
  even 
  after 
  securing 
  a 
  license 
  nonresidents 
  are 
  sometimes 
  pro- 
  

   hibited 
  from 
  carrying 
  home 
  an}^ 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  which 
  they 
  secure. 
  Such 
  

   restrictions 
  are 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  Florida, 
  Kentucky, 
  Maryland, 
  

   Michigan, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Utah, 
  and 
  West 
  

   Virginia, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  Manitoba. 
  In 
  other 
  States 
  which 
  issue 
  nonresi- 
  

   dent 
  licenses 
  an 
  exemption 
  in 
  the 
  nonexport 
  law 
  allows 
  the 
  holder 
  to 
  

   take 
  with 
  him 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  game 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  

   use, 
  usually 
  on 
  condition 
  that 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  carried 
  openly. 
  Some 
  such 
  

   provision 
  seems 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  just 
  when 
  the 
  State 
  exacts 
  a 
  fee 
  of 
  from 
  

   $5 
  to 
  $50 
  for 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  securing 
  game, 
  which, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  at 
  

   least, 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  fully 
  enjoyed 
  unless 
  the 
  owner 
  can 
  take 
  it 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  absence 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  provision 
  and 
  the 
  failure 
  to 
  permit 
  non- 
  

   resident 
  landowners 
  to 
  hunt 
  on 
  their 
  own 
  property 
  account 
  for 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  irritation 
  aroused 
  by 
  nonresident 
  license 
  laws. 
  The 
  shipping 
  

   privilege 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  arranged 
  and 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  recognized 
  by 
  

   most 
  States. 
  The 
  other 
  obstacle 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  easily 
  overcome, 
  and 
  a 
  satis- 
  

   factory 
  solution 
  has 
  not 
  a§ 
  yet 
  been 
  devised. 
  

  

  