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portation, falsely represents himself to be the owner thereof, shall be liable to the 

 penalties aforesaid; and it shall be prima facie evidence that said game, that is 

 being transported or carried in violation of this section, was illegally killed; but 

 nothing herein shall apply to the transportation of moose or deer by any person or 

 corporation, when snch game is lawfully tagged in accordance with the provisions 

 of section twenty-six of this chapter. Whoever lawfully kills a bull moose shall, 

 while the same or any part thereof, is being transported, preserve and transport 

 it with the evidence on the moose of the sex of the same. Whoever fails to comply 

 with the provisions of this section shall forfeit to the State the moose or part 

 thereof being transported, and pay a fine of three hundred dollars and costs of 

 prosecution. 



Sec. 24. All birds, fish, and game hunted, caught, killed, destroyed, bought, 

 carried, transported or found in possession of any person or corporation, in viola- 

 tion of the provisions of this chapter and amendments thereto, shall be liable to 

 seizure; and in case of conviction for such violation, such game shall be forfeited 

 to the State, to be sold for consumption in this State only. Any person whose 

 game or fish has been seized for violation of any game or fish law, shall have it 

 returned to him on giving to the officer a bond with sufficient sureties, residents 

 of the State, in double the amount of the fine for such violation, on condition 

 that, if convicted of such violation, he will, within thirt}' days thereafter, pay 

 such fine and costs. If he neglects or refuses to give such bond and takes the 

 game or fish so seized, he shall have no action against the officer for such seizure, 

 i or for the loss of the game or fish seized. 



11 Sec. 25. No resident of this State shall sell or give awaj^ any moose or deer or 



part thereof, or any game birds, to be transported or carried beyond the limits 

 of this State, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every moose, 

 !' I I deer or part thereof, and one dollar for every game bird so sold or given away; 



i| ' < and any person who shall buy any of the above-named animals or birds or parts 



jij,' J thereof, to so transport them, or who shall transport them after buying the same 



' or receiving the same as a gift, shall be subject to ihe same penalty. 



Sec. 26. Any person who has lawfully killed a moose or a deer, except in 



I September as heretofore provided, ^ * * or one pair of game birds, may send 



the same to his home or to any hospital in the State, without accompanying the 



• same by purchasing of the duly constituted agent therefor a tag, paying for a 



,i|' moose five dollars, for a deer two dollars. * * * and fifty cents for a pair of 



1 1 1 j game birds. The commissioners of inland fisheries and game may appoint agents 



in convenient localities who may sell these tags, under such rules and regulations 



I as the commissioners may adopt. * -^ -^ 



' ' Sec. 27. Any marketman or provision dealer, having an established place of 



business in this State, may purchase and have in his possession at his said place 



I It I of business not more than three deer, lawfully killed or destroyed, or any part 



^t| thereof, at one time, and may sell the same at retail to his local customers, pro- 



^,j\ vided. however, that said marketman or provision dealer, shall have procured a 



I" 11 1' license of the commissioners of inland fisheries and game to carry on said busi- 



f ness of buying and selling deer as aforesaid: and provided further, that said mar- 



ketmen shall record in a book kept for that purpose, and open to the inspection of 



inland fish and game wardens and the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, 



the name and residence of each person of whom he purchases any inland fish or 



game and the date of such purchase; and if any marketman or provision dealer 



shall violate the provisions of this section, he shall be fined five hundred dollars 



for each offense and be prohibited for five years thereafter from the benefits of 



this section. All marketmen or provision dealers licensed as aforesaid shall pay 



to the commissioners, in cities and towns of over three thousand inhabitants, five 



dollars annually, and three dollars in all other places; or instead of this fee, the 



commissioners may, at their discretion, issue licenses authorizing the retailing of 



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