58 DIGEST OF GAME LAWS FOE 1901. 



be plainl}^ marked on the outside with the names of the consignor and 

 consignee, the initial point of billing and destination, and an itemized 

 statement of the quantit}^ of game contained therein. Ontario exacts 

 that all bags, boxes, and parcels, besides bearing a description of the 

 contents and the name and address of the owner, must be so made as 

 to show the contents. Several of the States require big game and 

 game birds carried home by sportsmen to be marked with the 

 owner\s name, shipped as baggage, and transported open to view. It 

 is a common practice to forward game by express under a false or 

 misleading name, with the hope of avoiding suspicion; but in Nebraska 

 and Wisconsin a false statement as to contents is punishable by a fine 

 of |25 to $100 and in Oregon by a fine of |100 to |500 or imprison- 

 ment one to four months, or by both fine and imprisonment. 



Kailroad and express companies should call the attention of their 

 agents to these provisions and insist that all packages be properly 

 marked before shipment. In Nebraska common carriers are prohib- 

 ited, under a penalty of |25 to $100, from receiving consignments of 

 game not properly labeled. In Texas they may examine suspected 

 packages, and in Arkansas they may cause them to be opened when 

 necessary and may even refuse packages supposed to contain fish or 

 game for export. In Wisconsin packages of fish or game not properly 

 marked may be seized and sold by game wardens. 



Various devices have been resorted to in evading nonexpert laws. 

 Game has been shipped in trunks, in butter kegs, or in ))oxes marked 

 'dressed poultr}^,' 'butter,' or 'household goods,' and in packages 

 bearing cipher addresses or numbers or ingeniously concealed state- 

 ments of contents. All such devices are clearl}^ illegal, and when 

 exposed through inspection by game wardens or deput}^ marshals 

 render the shipper liable to the loss of his game, beside additional 

 heavy penalties for evasion of the shipping laws. 



SHIPMENT WITHIN THE STATE. 



In the shipment of game a distinction is made between shipping 

 within the State and exporting from the State. The majority of the 

 States which prohibit export place no restriction on shipment within 

 the State, but in the others various limitations exist. Delaware, 

 Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, Kansas, and Nevada prohibit shipment of 

 all or certain kinds of game within the State. Fourteen other States 

 and one Province of Canada permit such shipment, but guard against 

 abuses by numerous requirements. In eight of these — Maine, New 

 Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, Iowa, Wyoming, and 

 New Brunswick — shipment is allowed under hunters' licenses, usually 

 on condition that the game be tagged, carried openly, and accom- 

 panied by the owner, though sometimes special exceptions are made 



