78 LAWS REGULATINCi TEAI^SPORTATIOK AND SALE OF GAME. 



live Mongolian or English pheasants shipped for scientific or breeding purposes; 

 provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the sale or 

 shipment of wild ducks and wild geese. 



Sec. 8. Possession at any season of the year during which the game birds and 

 wild fowls of this State are protected by the laws hereof, shall be prima facie evi- 

 dence of the guilt of the person in possession thereof. 



Approved May 27, 1897. 



UTAH. 



Laws of 1899, chap. 26, p. 43. 



Sec. 25. Unlaivfid Possession of Fish or Game. Any person who shall have in his 

 possession any game, fish or birds taken unlawfully is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

 All fish or game taken unlawfully or offered for sale when so taken shall be seized 

 by the State or county fish and game warden and disposed of to the best interest 

 of the county treasury of the county in which said seizure may be made. The 

 possession of any animal, fish or bird, or of the remains or any part of the remains 

 thereof, within the times or period within which the taking or killing of the same 

 is prohibited, shall be prima facie evidence of such unlawful taking or killing; 

 * * * 



Sec. 26. Pheasant, Quail, etc. * * '- It shall be unlawful to ship or transport 

 any quail out of the above-named counties [Kane and Washington] at any time 

 except for the purpose of propagation, under the direction of the State and county 

 fish and game wardens. 



Sec. 27. [Violation of any of the provisions of this act relating to game, a mis- 

 demeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $10.] 



Sec. 29. Shipping Game or Fish out of the State. It shall be unlawful for any 

 person or persons at any time to ship or cause to be shipped, carried or transported 

 out of the State any of the animals, [or] birds [deer, elk, mountain sheep, buffalo 

 or bison, antelope, quail, partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken, sage hen or grouse, 

 mourning dove, snipe, duck, goose, brant, swan, English, Chinese, or Mongolian 

 pheasant, pinnated grouse, introduced game animals or birds] * * * or any 

 part thereof mentioned in this act - - - 



Approved March 9, 1899. 



VERMONT. 



Vermont Statutes, 1894, p. 828. 



Sec. 4613. If a person at any time takes, kills, purchases, receives or causes to 

 be taken, killed or received, a woodcock or ruffed grouse, commonly called x)ar- 

 tridge, for the purpose of shipping or in any manner disposing of the same to per- 

 sons outside of this State for traffic or gain, he shall be fined ten dollars, * * * 



Acts of 1896, No. 94, pp. 74-75. 



Sec. 4. Deer killed or taken in Vermont shall not be transported by any person 

 or corporation, except that the carcass, or parts thereof, of one deer, lawfully 

 killed in the State may be transported in the open season and for ten days there- 

 after when open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the name of the owner 

 thereof and accompanied by him; and the possession of deer or a part thereof by 

 a common carrier or servant of a common carrier, unaccompanied by the owner, 

 or not tagged and plainly labeled with his name, shall be a violation of the pro- 

 visions of this section by such common carrier and servants But this section shall 

 not apply to the head, feet or pelt of deer severed from the body. 



Sec. 5. A person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Act shall 

 be fined one hundred dollars for each offense, one-half of the same to go to the 

 complainant, the other half to the State. 



Approved November 24, 1896. 



