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  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  table 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  licenses 
  issued 
  was 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  In 
  1902, 
  1,572 
  licenses 
  in 
  9 
  States 
  and 
  640 
  licenses 
  in 
  6 
  

   Canadian 
  Provinces, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  2,212 
  licenses 
  in 
  15 
  States 
  and 
  Prov- 
  

   inces; 
  in 
  1903, 
  5,779 
  licenses 
  in 
  21 
  States 
  and 
  764 
  licenses 
  in 
  6 
  Canadian 
  

   Provinces, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  6,543 
  licenses 
  in 
  27 
  States 
  and 
  Provinces. 
  

   While 
  the 
  receipts 
  from 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  in 
  1903 
  exceeded 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  they 
  ran 
  above 
  $1,000 
  in 
  only 
  14 
  States 
  and 
  4 
  

   Provinces, 
  and 
  exceeded 
  $5,000 
  in 
  only 
  5 
  States 
  and 
  2 
  Provinces. 
  

   Maine 
  collected 
  the 
  largest 
  amount 
  ($25,455) 
  and 
  Wisconsin 
  the 
  next 
  

   largest 
  ($12,005). 
  The 
  smallest 
  amount 
  was 
  $131, 
  collected 
  in 
  Mary- 
  

   land, 
  where 
  licenses 
  were 
  issued 
  in 
  only 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  23 
  counties. 
  

  

  Investigation 
  of 
  the 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  funds 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  in 
  most 
  

   cases 
  receipts 
  from 
  licenses 
  are 
  utilized 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  game. 
  

   Maine, 
  in 
  1903, 
  provided 
  that 
  the 
  money 
  received 
  from 
  nonresident 
  

   licenses 
  should 
  be 
  expended 
  for 
  protection 
  of 
  moose 
  and 
  deer 
  and 
  for 
  

   compensation 
  for 
  "actual 
  damage 
  done 
  growing 
  crops 
  by 
  deer." 
  In 
  a 
  

   few 
  States, 
  however, 
  the 
  proceeds 
  are 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  general 
  treas- 
  

   ury 
  or 
  the 
  school 
  fund. 
  Thus, 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  Ken- 
  

   tucky, 
  Tennessee, 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  Utah 
  they 
  are 
  covered 
  into 
  the 
  general 
  

   treasury, 
  and 
  in 
  Georgia 
  into 
  the 
  county 
  treasury. 
  In 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   one-half 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  receipts 
  is 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  county 
  treasury. 
  In 
  North 
  

   Dakota 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  goes 
  into 
  the 
  general 
  treasury, 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  is 
  paid 
  

   to 
  the 
  county 
  auditor, 
  and 
  70 
  per 
  cent 
  is 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  game 
  fund. 
  In 
  

   Maryland 
  (except 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  counties) 
  and 
  Nebraska 
  the 
  receipts 
  are 
  

   turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  school 
  fund. 
  Again, 
  examining 
  the 
  table 
  from 
  this 
  

   standpoint, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  States 
  which 
  turn 
  the 
  money 
  

   over 
  to 
  the 
  school 
  fund 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  treasury 
  are 
  the 
  ones 
  which 
  

   show 
  the 
  smallest 
  returns. 
  Thus, 
  in 
  1903, 
  Maryland 
  collected 
  only 
  $131 
  

   and 
  Nebraska 
  $840 
  for 
  the 
  school 
  fund. 
  Utah 
  collected 
  $300 
  and 
  West 
  

   Virginia 
  $435 
  for 
  the 
  general 
  treasury. 
  Where 
  the 
  money 
  is 
  not 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  game, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  ultimate 
  source 
  of 
  this 
  

   income, 
  less 
  interest 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  enforcing 
  license 
  laws, 
  and 
  

   the 
  license 
  system 
  as 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  income 
  makes 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  showing. 
  

   Again, 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  some 
  States 
  shows 
  that 
  interest 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  

   lax 
  if 
  the 
  proceeds 
  from 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  licenses 
  are 
  turned 
  into 
  a 
  general 
  

   State 
  fund 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  

   accrue, 
  even 
  though 
  such 
  general 
  fund 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  enforcement 
  

   of 
  game 
  laws, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  as 
  desirable 
  to 
  allow 
  each 
  

   county 
  to 
  use 
  for 
  its 
  general 
  expenses 
  at 
  least 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   ceeds, 
  and 
  thus 
  give 
  it 
  a 
  direct 
  financial 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  raised. 
  

  

  RESIDENT 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  Resident 
  licenses, 
  unlike 
  those 
  issued 
  to 
  nonresidents, 
  are 
  not 
  

   intended 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  restrict 
  hunting 
  as 
  to 
  regulate 
  it. 
  The 
  chief 
  uses 
  

   they 
  subserve 
  are 
  raising 
  funds 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  game 
  and 
  pro- 
  

  

  