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  of 
  collection 
  of 
  license 
  fees. 
  Sometimes 
  it 
  becomes 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   item, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  modern 
  coupon 
  license 
  mounted 
  on 
  

   cloth 
  and 
  furnished 
  with 
  metal 
  eyelets 
  for 
  attaching 
  the 
  coupons 
  to 
  the 
  

   game 
  killed 
  (see 
  PL 
  VI). 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  issuing 
  a 
  license 
  varies 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  the 
  fees 
  allowed 
  officers 
  that 
  issue 
  them 
  are 
  strik- 
  

   ingly 
  different. 
  When 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued 
  by 
  game 
  commissioners 
  or 
  

   wardens 
  who 
  receive 
  no 
  special 
  fees 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  issue 
  is 
  merely 
  the 
  added 
  

   cost 
  of 
  clerical 
  service. 
  The 
  usual 
  method 
  of 
  issuing 
  them 
  through 
  

   county 
  officers 
  who 
  are 
  allowed 
  a 
  certain 
  percentage, 
  or 
  a 
  specified 
  fee, 
  

   for 
  their 
  work 
  oftentimes 
  greatly 
  reduces 
  the 
  income, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  

   case 
  of 
  resident 
  licenses, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  fees 
  for 
  issue 
  are 
  large 
  in 
  propor- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  license. 
  In 
  Wyoming 
  the 
  rate 
  is 
  5 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  

   license 
  fee, 
  or 
  5 
  cents 
  for 
  issuing 
  a 
  resident 
  license 
  and 
  $2.50 
  for 
  a 
  $50 
  

   nonresident 
  license. 
  In 
  North 
  Dakota 
  the 
  rate 
  is 
  10 
  per 
  cent. 
  In 
  Mich- 
  

   igan 
  a 
  clerk 
  is 
  allowed 
  a 
  uniform 
  fee 
  of 
  25 
  cents 
  for 
  issuing 
  the 
  75 
  cent 
  

   resident 
  license 
  and 
  the 
  $25 
  nonresident 
  license, 
  or 
  33 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  one 
  

   case 
  and 
  1 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  the 
  other. 
  Thus 
  in 
  1903 
  it 
  cost 
  the 
  State 
  only 
  

   $11.25 
  to 
  collect 
  $1,125 
  from 
  nonresidents, 
  while 
  it 
  cost 
  $1,765 
  to 
  col- 
  

   lect 
  $14,296 
  from 
  residents. 
  As 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  issue 
  is 
  frequently 
  de- 
  

   ducted 
  from 
  license 
  receipts, 
  the 
  actual 
  income 
  is 
  seriously 
  reduced. 
  

   The 
  cost 
  of 
  collecting 
  license 
  money 
  should 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  be 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  

   minimum, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  insure 
  adequate 
  funds 
  for 
  game 
  protection, 
  and 
  

   if 
  the 
  percentage 
  plan 
  is 
  adopted 
  the 
  maximum 
  fee 
  allowed 
  for 
  issuing 
  

   the 
  license 
  should 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  $1. 
  

  

  ENFORCEMENT. 
  

  

  Penalties 
  for 
  hunting 
  without 
  a 
  license, 
  like 
  fees 
  for 
  issuing 
  licenses, 
  

   exhibit 
  considerable 
  variation. 
  Thus 
  the 
  penalty 
  in 
  North 
  Dakota 
  is 
  

   $20 
  to 
  $50, 
  or 
  imprisonment 
  not 
  exceeding 
  thirty 
  days; 
  in 
  Wyoming, 
  

   $25 
  to 
  $100, 
  or 
  ten 
  to 
  ninety 
  days' 
  imprisonment; 
  in 
  Minnesota, 
  $50 
  to 
  

   $100, 
  or 
  thirty 
  to 
  ninety 
  days' 
  imprisonment, 
  or 
  both; 
  in 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  

   $25 
  to 
  $200, 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  thirty 
  days' 
  imprisonment, 
  with 
  for- 
  

   feiture 
  of 
  both 
  gun 
  and 
  game. 
  In 
  all 
  these 
  States 
  except 
  Wyoming 
  

   the 
  general 
  nonresident 
  license 
  costs 
  $25. 
  If, 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  cases 
  

   just 
  mentioned, 
  the 
  minimum 
  penalty 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  

   license 
  fee 
  it 
  encourages 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  law. 
  Unprincipled 
  hunters 
  

   will 
  risk 
  detection 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  that 
  does 
  not 
  exceed 
  the 
  license 
  rate 
  on 
  

   the 
  chance 
  of 
  escaping 
  any 
  payment. 
  This 
  difficulty 
  may 
  be 
  overcome 
  

   by 
  making 
  the 
  minimum 
  fine 
  sufficiently 
  large; 
  thus 
  $10 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   residents 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  twice 
  the 
  license 
  fee 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  nonresidents 
  should 
  

   have 
  a 
  sufficiently 
  deterrent 
  effect. 
  Confiscation 
  of 
  gun, 
  boat, 
  or 
  other 
  

   paraphernalia 
  may 
  cause 
  vigorous 
  resistance 
  to 
  the 
  law 
  on 
  constitu- 
  

   tional 
  grounds, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  contestant 
  may 
  be 
  sustained 
  b} 
  r 
  the 
  courts. 
  

   The 
  plan 
  of 
  holding 
  the 
  hunting 
  outfit 
  as 
  security 
  for 
  payment 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  