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deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a justice of the 

 peace shall be fined iu a sum not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for 

 each and every offense, and costs, together with attorney's fee of ten dollars, and 

 shall be committed until paid. * * * (Laws of 1885, chapter 45, sections 1 and 5.) 



Kentucky.— That no person shall at any time catch, kill, or pursue with such intent 

 or have in possession after the same has been caught or killed, any * * * spar- 

 row * * * or other song or insectivorous bird, except where the same shall bo 

 destructive to the fruit or grain crops, under a penalty of three dollars for each of- 

 fense. 



That no person shall rob or destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird whatsoever, 

 save only those of a predatory nature and destructive of game or insectivorous birds, 

 under a penalty of five dollars for each offense. (Act of March 11, 1876, sections 9, 10. ) 



Louisiana. — No person shall catch, kill, or pursue with such intent, or have in pos- 

 session after the same has been caught or killed, any * * * sparrow * * * ex- 

 cept when the same shall be destructive to the fruit or grain crop, under a x^enalty 

 of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense. 



No person shall rob or destroy the nest or eggs of any wild bird whatsoever, save 

 only those of a predatory nature, and destructive of game or insectivorous birds, un- 

 der a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense. 

 (Laws of 1877.) 



Maine. — Whoever kills or has in his possession, except alive, any birds, commonly 

 known as * * * sparrows * * * or other insectivorous birds, crows -and 

 hawks excepted, forfeits not less than one dollar, nor more than five dollars, for each 

 such bird killed, and the possession by any person of such dead bird is prima facie 

 evidence that ho killed such bird. 



Whoever at any time wantonly takes or destroys the nest, eggs, or unfledged young 

 of any wild bird, except crows, hawks, and owls, or takes any eggs or young from 

 such nests, except for the purpose of preserving the same as specimens, or of rearing 

 said young alive, forfeits not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each 

 nest, csg, or young so taken or destroyed. (Revised Statutes, chapter 30, sections 

 23, 24.) 



Maryland.— No law bearing on the question. 



Massachusetts. — Whoever takes or kills any wild or undomesticated bird * * ■* 

 except English Sparrows * * * or willfully destroys, disturbs, or takes a nest 

 or eggs of any wild or undomesticated birds, except of the birds herein exempt from 

 protection, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars. (Laws of 1886, chapter 276, 

 section 4.) 



Michigan. —An act to authorize the killing of "English Sparrows." (Act No. 4, Pub- 

 lic Acts of 1885, p. 4.) 



Sec. 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact, That it shall be lawful to kill 

 the birds commonly called " English Sparrows." 



Sec. 2. All acts heretofore passed, contrary to the provisions of the preceding sec- 

 tion, are hereby repealed. 



This act is ordered to take immediate effect. , 



Approved February 17, 1885. 



xVn act to provide for the payment of bounties for the killing of English Sparrows. 

 (Act No. 29, Laws of 1887, p. 29.) 



Sec. 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact, That every person, being an in- 

 habitant of this State, who shall kill an English Sparrow r , in any organized town- 

 ship, village, or city in this State, shall bo entitled to receive a bounty of one cent 

 for each Sparrow thus killed, to be allowed and paid in the manner hereinafter pro- 

 vided. 



Sec. 2. Every person applying for such bounty shall take such Sparrow, or the 

 head thereof, in lots of not less than twenty-five, to the clerk of the township, vil- 

 lage, or city within which such Sparrow shall have been killed, who shall thereupon 



