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in the county jail of the county in which said conviction is had, for any term not ex- 

 ceeding six mouths, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and tho prosecuting wit- 

 ness shall be entitled to receive a fee equal to one-half of tho amount of any such lino 

 imposed on each conviction. (Laws of 1885, chapter 788, sections 1, 3, 7.) 



New Hampshire. — If any persou shall, at any season of the year, take, kill, or de- 

 stroy any of the birds called * * * sparrows * * * or any other of tho song 

 birds or insectivorous birds, he shall bo punished by a line of hve dollars for each and 

 every such bird so taken, killed, or destroyed, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty 

 days, or both. * * * * 



If any person shall designedly take from the nest and destroy the eggs or young of 

 any of the birds called * * * sparrows * * * he shall forfeit and pay, for 

 every egg or young of auy of said birds so taken and destroyed, the sum of two dol- 

 lars, to the use of the prosecutor. (Game Laws, 1886, chapter 2, sections 1, 5.) 



New Jersey.— k further supplement to an act entitled " An act to amend and con- 

 solidate the several acts relating to game and game fish, approved March 27, 1874, and 

 the supplement thereto, approved March 8, 1877. 



Section 1. That nothing in the act to which this is a supplement shall hereafter be 

 construed as applying to the English Sparrow, and that all said English Sparrows 

 shall be excluded from any protection whatever. 



Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act 

 be, and tho same are hereby, repealed. 



Approved March 9, 1885. 



(Supplement to Revision of Statutes of New Jersey, 1887, p. 315.) 



New Mexico. — No law bearing on the question. 



New York.— Laws of 1886, chapter 427. 



Section 1. No person in any of the counties of this State, shall kill, wound, trap, 

 net, snare, catch with bird lime, or with any similar substance, poison or drug, 

 any * * * wild bird, other than a game bird. * * * 



Sec. 2. No person shall take or needlessly destroy the nest or eggs of any song or 

 wild bird. 



Sec. 6. The English or European House Sparrow {Passer domesticus) is not included 

 among the birds protected by this act, and it shall be considered a misdemeanor to 

 intentionally give food or shelter to the same. h * * (As amended by chapter 641, 

 laws of 1887.) 



Sec. 7. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail or 

 penitentiary, of not less than five nor more than thirty days, or to a fine of not less 

 than ten or more than fifty dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 8. In all actions for the recovery of penalties under this act, one-half of the 

 recovery shall belong to the plaintiff, and the remainder shall be paid to the county 

 treasurer of the county where the offense is committed, except if the offense be com- 

 mitted in the city and county of New York, the remaining one-half shall be paid to 

 the chamberlain of said city. 



Sec. 9. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with, or contrary to tho provisions of 

 this act, are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 10. This act shall take effect immediately. 



North Carolina. — No law bearing on the question. 



Ohio. — Whoever, at any time, catches, kills or injures, or pursues with such intent, 

 any swau, sparrow, other than English Sparrow, robin * * * or disturbs or de- 

 stroys the eggs of any such birds, shall be fined not more than fifty, nor less than two 

 dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (Revised Statutes, 

 1884, section 6960, as amended by act of April 19, 1883.) 



AN ACT to provide for the payment of Bounties for the killing of English Spar- 

 rows. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That every 

 person, being an inhabitant of tbis State, shall be entitled to receive a bounty of ten 



