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36 LAWS REaULATIjS^a TRANSPOETATIO]^ AI^D SALE OF GAME. 



evasion of the act, the j)enalty for which is the same as for violation. 

 Under the State law of Wisconsin a fine of $25 to $100 is provided for 

 false marking of packages containing game. 



Man}" of the State laws prohibit export of certain game at all times, 

 and the following table, to which attention is especially called, con- 

 tains a list of snch game. In Maine, Xew Hampshire, Vermont, Xew 

 York, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, and possibly a few other States, si3ortsmen are 

 allowed to carrj' a limited amount of game out of the State under 

 special restrictions. In a few States exceptions to the laws prohib- 

 iting exr)ort are also made in the case of birds and animals intended 

 ,for propagation, as noted below. 



Deer can not be exported from the State under the laws of Alabama, 

 Florida, all the States west of the Mississippi (except Montana, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Louisiana), and all the States 

 north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers (except Illinois, Ohio, Delaware, 

 New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts). In Mon- 

 tana they can not be sold, and in Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, 

 Massachusetts, and Rhode Island they are protected at all seasons for 

 a term of years. Other big game, such as elk, anteloi^e, mountain sheep, 

 mountain goat, moose, and caribou, can not be shipped from eighteen 

 Northern and Western States, practicalh' all in which such animals 

 now occur. The shipment of deer hides is prohibited by special i:)ro- 

 visions in the laws of California, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon, and 

 Wyoming, while Washington prohibits killing deer for hides. 



Among game birds the most genei'al prohibition is that against the 

 shipment of quail. All but twelve of the States prohibit export of 

 these birds. Among the exceptions are seven Southern States, Mon- 

 tana, and North Dakota; but in Montana the sale, and in North 

 Dakota the killing, of quail are at present unlawful. Twenty-four 

 States, including all those west of the Mississippi River, except six, 

 also prohibit export of pinnated grouse or prairie chickens. 



The penalties for violation of the provisions governing transporta- 

 tion are as a rule much heavier than those for killing or sale of game. 

 In Idaho it is unlawful for any railway, express comi^an}^ stage line, 

 or other public carrier to receive or have in possession am" of the 

 game animals of the State for transportation. (This, however, does 

 not apph" to mounted heads or stuffed specimens.) In Connecticut, 

 Ohio, Vermont, South Dakota, and West Virginia the receipt of game 

 for shij)ment is consideved j)rima facie evidence that such game was 

 killed within the State and intended for export in violation of law. 

 Common carriers, however, have ample opportunity to protect them- 

 selves under the Federal law by observing the clause in regard to the 

 marking of packages, and under certain State laws the}^ are allowed 

 special privileges. In Texas tliey ma}'^ examine suspected packages, 

 and in Arkansas they may refuse packages supposed to contain fish 

 or game for export, or may cause them to be opened when necessary. 



