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  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  Pennsylvania 
  in 
  1903 
  further 
  developed 
  the 
  protection 
  idea 
  by 
  

   requiring 
  not 
  only 
  every 
  nonresident, 
  but 
  also 
  every 
  unnaturalized 
  

   foreign-born 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  Commonwealth 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  a 
  license 
  from 
  

   the 
  treasurer 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  hunt, 
  for 
  which 
  

   he 
  must 
  pay 
  a 
  fee 
  of 
  $10. 
  (Acts 
  of 
  1903, 
  p. 
  178.) 
  This 
  provision, 
  

   which 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  adopted 
  by 
  Louisiana, 
  seems 
  to 
  offer 
  a 
  prac- 
  

   tical 
  solution 
  of 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  controlling 
  the 
  ever 
  increasing 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  foreigners 
  of 
  certain 
  classes 
  who 
  destroy 
  birds 
  and 
  game 
  of 
  all 
  

   kinds 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  large 
  cities 
  despite 
  laws 
  and 
  wardens. 
  

  

  The 
  principle 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  nonresident 
  license 
  is 
  founded, 
  besides 
  the 
  

   general 
  one 
  of 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  from 
  irresponsible 
  and 
  uniden- 
  

   tifiable 
  hunters 
  on 
  which 
  all 
  hunting 
  licenses 
  are 
  based, 
  is 
  the 
  preser- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  the 
  benefits 
  of 
  residence 
  within 
  a 
  community 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   its 
  own 
  citizens. 
  The 
  game 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  is 
  held 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  is 
  preserved 
  primarily 
  for 
  their 
  own 
  use. 
  When, 
  

   therefore, 
  nonresidents 
  desire 
  to 
  enjoy 
  the 
  privileges 
  of 
  residents 
  they 
  

   are 
  required 
  to 
  pay 
  a 
  reasonable 
  fee 
  for 
  such 
  concession 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  State. 
  This 
  requirement 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  considered 
  more 
  

   important 
  by 
  some 
  States. 
  Thus 
  Illinois 
  in 
  the 
  game 
  law 
  of 
  1901, 
  

   section 
  26, 
  declares: 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  increasing 
  the 
  game-protection 
  fund, 
  and 
  preventing 
  unauthor- 
  

   ized 
  persons 
  from 
  killing 
  game 
  and 
  birds, 
  no 
  person, 
  not 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Illinois, 
  shall 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  hunt, 
  pursue 
  or 
  kill, 
  with 
  gun, 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  animals, 
  

   fowls 
  or 
  birds 
  that 
  are 
  protected 
  during 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  without 
  first 
  having 
  

   procured 
  a 
  license 
  so 
  to 
  do, 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  In 
  several 
  States, 
  notably 
  Maine, 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  Washington, 
  

   and 
  Wyoming, 
  the 
  State 
  depends 
  largely 
  upon 
  the 
  income 
  from 
  this 
  

   source 
  for 
  game 
  protection; 
  in 
  most 
  States 
  although 
  the 
  returns 
  are 
  

   considerable 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  constitute 
  the 
  chief 
  source 
  of 
  

   income 
  for 
  the 
  game-protection 
  fund. 
  Efforts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  

   ascertain 
  the 
  income 
  derived 
  from 
  licenses 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  States, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Canada, 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1902 
  and 
  1903. 
  

   Difficulty, 
  however, 
  has 
  been 
  encountered 
  in 
  obtaining 
  satisfactory 
  

   statistics 
  owing 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  methods 
  of 
  issuing 
  licenses 
  and 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  in 
  some 
  States 
  the 
  issue 
  is 
  intrusted 
  to 
  local 
  officers, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  full 
  returns 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  practically 
  inaccessible. 
  The 
  

   following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  licenses 
  and 
  amount 
  of 
  fees 
  

   received 
  therefor 
  in 
  22 
  States 
  and 
  6 
  Provinces 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  

   years. 
  In 
  several 
  States 
  license 
  laws 
  were 
  not 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  1902, 
  and 
  

   in 
  others 
  statistics 
  for 
  1902 
  are 
  not 
  available, 
  although 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   furnished 
  for 
  1903. 
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  The 
  figures 
  for 
  Washington 
  are 
  inseparable 
  from 
  those 
  for 
  resident 
  licenses 
  and 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   table 
  on 
  p. 
  38. 
  The 
  States 
  and 
  Provinces 
  from 
  which 
  no 
  returns 
  were 
  received 
  are: 
  New 
  York, 
  

   Pennsylvania, 
  Florida, 
  Indiana, 
  Iowa, 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  Oregon, 
  Hawaii, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  and 
  

   Quebec. 
  In 
  New 
  York 
  no 
  licenses 
  were 
  issued, 
  and 
  in 
  Oregon 
  the 
  law 
  requires 
  none 
  except 
  for 
  

   market 
  hunting 
  by 
  nonresidents. 
  The 
  receipts 
  were 
  probably 
  small 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  States 
  except 
  

   possibly 
  in 
  South 
  Dakota. 
  

  

  