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viction thereof shall he punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor 

 more than fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county 

 jail for not less than thirty nor more than sixty days for each and every bird or 

 animal so shipped or sold or disposed of. 



Sec. 32. No person shall at any time have in possession or under control in this 

 State any bird, animal or fish caught, taken or killed outside of this State at a 

 time when it is unlawful to have in possession or under control such birds, ani- 

 mals or fish when caught, taken or killed in this State. 



Whoever shall offend against any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not 

 less than ten (10) dollars nor more than fifty (50) dollars and cost of prosecution, 

 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more 

 than sixty (60) days for each and every such bird, animal or fish had in posses- 

 sion or under control. 



Sec. 33. The possession or having under control any bird animal or fish of any 

 kind, the killing of which is at any or all times herein prohibited, shall be prima 

 facie evidence that it was the property of this State at the time when it was 

 caught, taken or killed, and that it was caught, taken and killed in this 

 State. ^ ^ ^ Whenever it shall appear that any bird, animal or fish of any of 

 the kinds the killing of which is at any or all times herein prohibited was caught, 

 taken or killed outside of this State, it shall he prima facie evidence that at the 

 time it was caught, taken or killed it was the property of the State, Territory or 

 country in which it was caught, taken or killed, and that such bird, animal or 

 fish was caught, taken or killed at a time, in a manner or for a purpose prohibited 

 by the laws of the State, Territory or countrj' where it was caught, taken or 

 killed, and that it was shipped out of said State, Territory or country in violation 

 of law thereof. ^ * * 



Sec. 84. It shall be the duty of every common carrier, its agents and all other 

 persons, whenever any bird, animal or fish of any of the kinds the killing of which 

 is at any or all times herein prohibited, is, in violation of law. ofifered for trans- 

 portation or had in possession for such purpose, or is shipped, to at once notify the 

 board of game and fish commissioners of this State, or one of the game wardens 

 appointed by them, of the name and residence of the party making such shipment, 

 the place from whence shipped and the name and residence of the party to whom 

 shipped, and the kinds of birds, animals or fish so shipped. 



Whoever shall offend against any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less 

 than fifty (50) dollars nor more than one hundred (100) dollars and costs of prose- 

 cution, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than sixty (60) days nor 

 more than ninety (90) days. 



Sec. 36. Any bird, animal or fish mentioned in this act caught, killed, shipped 

 or had in possession or under control contrary to any provision of this act, is 

 hereby declared to be and shall be contraband, and it shall be the duty of all mem- 

 bers of the board of game and fish commissioners, all game wardens, sheriffs and 

 their deputies, constables and police officers of this State, at any and all times to 

 seize and take possession of any and all birds, animals or fish which have been 

 caught, taken or killed at a time, in a manner or for a purpose, or had in posses- 

 sion or under control, or have been shipped contrary to any provision of this 

 act. * * * 



Sec. 45. Any attempt to violate any of the provisions of any section of this act 

 shall be deemed a Adolation of such provision and punishable in the same manner 

 as a violation of such provision is ijunishable. 



Sec. 49. The provisions of this act shall not applj" to domesticated birds or 

 animals. " - "■'" 



Approved. April 23, 1897. 



