﻿OBJECTS 
  OF 
  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  NONRESIDENT 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  The 
  objects 
  of 
  nonresident 
  licenses, 
  although 
  variously 
  stated, 
  may 
  

   be 
  practically 
  reduced 
  to 
  two: 
  (1) 
  To 
  restrict 
  hunting, 
  especially 
  on 
  

   the 
  part 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  State., 
  and 
  (2) 
  to 
  raise 
  

   funds 
  for 
  game 
  protection 
  by 
  requiring 
  nonresidents 
  to 
  contribute 
  to 
  

   the 
  expense 
  of 
  preserving 
  the 
  game. 
  The 
  annoyances 
  occasioned 
  by 
  

   hunting 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  irresponsible 
  persons 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  citizens 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  day. 
  They 
  were 
  

   evidently 
  experienced 
  by 
  the 
  early 
  colonists, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  preamble 
  

   of 
  the 
  North 
  Carolina 
  law 
  of 
  1768, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  reasons 
  for 
  discrimi- 
  

   nating 
  against 
  nonresidents 
  are 
  quaintly 
  expressed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  by 
  the 
  before 
  recited 
  act, 
  [Laws 
  of 
  1745., 
  Chap. 
  Ill], 
  persons 
  who 
  have 
  

   no 
  settled 
  habitation, 
  or 
  not 
  tending 
  5000 
  cornhills 
  are 
  prohibited 
  from 
  hunting, 
  

   under 
  the 
  penalty 
  of 
  five 
  pounds 
  and 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  his 
  gun; 
  which 
  by 
  experience 
  has 
  

   been 
  found 
  not 
  to 
  answer 
  the 
  purposes 
  intended 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  act; 
  many 
  disorderly 
  

   and 
  dissolute 
  persons 
  having 
  no 
  habitation 
  of 
  their 
  own, 
  still 
  continue 
  to 
  hunt 
  on 
  

   the 
  King's 
  waste 
  and 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  other 
  persons, 
  and 
  kill 
  deer, 
  and 
  leave 
  the 
  car- 
  

   casses 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  by 
  which 
  means 
  the 
  wolves, 
  bears 
  and 
  other 
  vermin, 
  are 
  fed 
  

   and 
  raised; 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  damage 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  this 
  Province; 
  and 
  the 
  

   tines 
  being 
  difficult 
  of 
  recovery, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  persons 
  having 
  no 
  property 
  of 
  their 
  

   own, 
  assembling 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  and 
  camping 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  and 
  kill 
  deer, 
  burn 
  

   and 
  destroy 
  the 
  range, 
  burn 
  fences 
  and 
  commit 
  many 
  other 
  injuries 
  to 
  the 
  inhabi- 
  

   tants 
  of 
  this 
  Province; 
  and 
  associate 
  for 
  the 
  mutual 
  protection 
  ancl 
  defence 
  of 
  each 
  

   other, 
  against 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  who 
  shall 
  attempt 
  to 
  execute 
  any 
  precept 
  on 
  any 
  

   of 
  them: 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  The 
  necessity 
  for 
  restricting 
  hunting 
  is 
  now 
  greater 
  in 
  some 
  States 
  

   than 
  in 
  others, 
  particularly 
  in 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  overrun 
  

   with 
  hunters 
  from 
  large 
  cities 
  in 
  adjoining 
  States. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  affords 
  

   a 
  striking- 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  kind. 
  A 
  State 
  of 
  comparatively 
  small 
  area, 
  

   with 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  on 
  her 
  northern 
  border 
  and 
  Philadelphia 
  on 
  her 
  

   southwestern 
  border, 
  her 
  stock 
  of 
  game 
  is 
  peculiarly 
  subject 
  to 
  deple- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  hunters 
  from 
  these 
  cities, 
  and 
  a 
  nonresident 
  'license 
  fee 
  affords 
  

   a 
  means 
  of 
  preventing 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  from 
  hunting 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  

   counties 
  within 
  her 
  borders. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Delaware, 
  

   and 
  other 
  States 
  had 
  adopted 
  the 
  license 
  system 
  induced 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

   to 
  follow 
  their 
  example. 
  The 
  reason 
  for 
  this 
  course 
  was 
  thus 
  

   expressed 
  in 
  the 
  preamble 
  to 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  1902 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1902, 
  chap. 
  263): 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  Sister 
  states 
  have, 
  by 
  legislation, 
  required 
  all 
  non-residents 
  (including 
  

   residents 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey) 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  licenses 
  before 
  hunting 
  or 
  gunning 
  

   in 
  such 
  states, 
  respectively, 
  and 
  imposed 
  license 
  fees 
  therefor 
  and 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  

   punishment 
  for 
  such 
  as 
  should 
  violate 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  such 
  acts; 
  now, 
  therefore, 
  

   Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  General 
  Assembly 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey: 
  

   1. 
  Every 
  non-resident 
  of 
  this 
  state 
  shall 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  a 
  license 
  before 
  he 
  

   shall 
  begin 
  hunting 
  or 
  gunning 
  in 
  this 
  state, 
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