﻿PRESENT 
  STATUS 
  OF 
  LICENSE 
  LEGISLATION. 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  small 
  beginning 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  States 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  have 
  

   steadily 
  increased 
  in 
  number 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  ten 
  years, 
  until 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time 
  they 
  are 
  required 
  in 
  31 
  States 
  and 
  Territories," 
  and 
  in 
  

   practical^ 
  all 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Canada. 
  Since 
  1895 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  

   resident 
  licenses 
  has 
  spread 
  to 
  13 
  States 
  and 
  3 
  Canadian 
  Provinces. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  are 
  required 
  for 
  hunting 
  any 
  game, 
  

   but 
  in 
  Michigan, 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (except 
  Westmore- 
  

   land 
  County), 
  and 
  Newfoundland 
  they 
  are 
  necessary 
  only 
  for 
  big 
  game. 
  

   Great 
  variety 
  exists 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  license, 
  in 
  detail 
  of 
  issue, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  privileges, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  tendency 
  toward 
  the 
  

   adoption 
  of 
  more 
  uniform 
  fees 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  coupon 
  license, 
  

   which 
  provides 
  the 
  holder 
  not 
  only 
  with 
  a 
  permit 
  to 
  hunt 
  but 
  also 
  tags 
  

   to 
  insure 
  the 
  safe 
  shipment 
  of 
  his 
  game. 
  The 
  fees 
  range 
  from 
  $1 
  to 
  

   $50 
  (see 
  PL 
  VII), 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  the 
  rate 
  is 
  $10 
  for 
  birds 
  and 
  $25 
  

   for 
  big 
  game 
  and 
  birds. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  States 
  the 
  maximum 
  rate 
  has 
  

   recently 
  been 
  reduced 
  to 
  $15. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  States 
  now 
  5 
  permit 
  the 
  

   licensee 
  to 
  carry 
  with 
  him 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  a 
  reasonable 
  amount 
  of 
  

   game 
  obtained 
  under 
  his 
  license. 
  

  

  Resident 
  licenses 
  are 
  required 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  along 
  the 
  

   northern 
  border 
  from 
  Michigan 
  westward. 
  Ordinarily 
  the 
  fee 
  is 
  $1, 
  

   but 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  States 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  75 
  cents, 
  and 
  in 
  Hawaii 
  $5. 
  These 
  licenses 
  

   were 
  first 
  required 
  only 
  for 
  hunting 
  big 
  game, 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  States 
  their 
  

   use 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  extended 
  to 
  cover 
  hunting 
  all 
  game. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  receipts, 
  particularly 
  from 
  resident 
  licenses, 
  have 
  

   furnished 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  income 
  for 
  game 
  protection 
  than 
  was 
  anti- 
  

   cipated, 
  and 
  several 
  States 
  now 
  depend 
  largely 
  on 
  this 
  source 
  of 
  revenue 
  

   for 
  maintenance 
  of 
  their 
  warden 
  service. 
  With 
  adequate 
  license 
  laws 
  

   properly 
  enforced, 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  game 
  protection 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  self-supporting. 
  

  

  Naturally 
  some 
  opposition 
  has 
  been 
  manifested 
  to 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  

   the 
  license 
  S3 
  7 
  stem. 
  Questions 
  have 
  been 
  raised 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  constitu- 
  

   tionality 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  affecting 
  nonresidents 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  questions 
  

   are 
  still 
  unsettled. 
  

  

  « 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  States, 
  Georgia 
  and 
  Oregon 
  require 
  nonresidents 
  engaging 
  

   in 
  market 
  hunting 
  to 
  secure 
  licenses. 
  Market-hunting 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued 
  to 
  residents, 
  

   only 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  Louisiana, 
  and 
  Tennessee. 
  

  

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