74 DIGEST OF GAME LAWS FOR 1901. 



That no person shall kill, exjjose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either 

 dead or alive, any wild duck, wild goose, brant, snipe, or plover between the tirst 

 day of April and the first day of September, under a penalty of five dollars for each 

 w^ild duck, wild goose, brant, snipe, or plover killed, exposed for sale, or had in his 

 or her possession, either dead or alive, and in default thereof to be imprisoned in the 

 workhouse for a period not less than thirty days nor more than six months. 



That no person shall kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either 

 dead or alive, any water rail or ortolan, reed bird or rice bird, marsh blackbird, or 

 other game bird not previously mentioned, between the first day of February and 

 the first day of September, under a penalty of two dollars for each water rail or orto- 

 lan, reed bird or rice bird, marsh blackbird, or other game bird not previously men- 

 tioned, killed, exposed for sale, or had in his or her possession, either dead or alive, 

 and in default thereof to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not less than 

 fifteen days nor more than six months. 



Sec. 2. That no person shall expose for sale or have in his or her possession any 

 deer meat or venison, between the first day of January and the first day of Septem- 

 ber, under a penalty of ten dollars for such exposure for sale or having in possession, 

 and the forfeiture of all such deer meat or venison to the officer making the arrest, 

 who shall destroy the same; and, in default of fine, to be imprisoned in the work- 

 house for a jDeriod not exceeding sixty days. 



Sec. 3. [as amended] That for the purposes of this Act the following only shall be 

 considered game birds: The Anatidae, commonly known as swans, geese, brant, river 

 and sea ducks; the Ralhd?e, commonly known as rails, coots, mud hens, and galli- 

 nules; the Limicoke, commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, 

 woodcock, sandpipers, tattlers, and curlews; the Gallinse, commonly known as wald 

 turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges, and quails, and the species 

 of Icterid?e, commonly known as marsh blackbirds and reed birds or rice birds. 



That no person shall kill, catch, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, 

 living or dead, any wild bird other than a game bird, English sparrow, crow. Cooper's 

 hawk, sharpshinned hawk, or great horned owl; nor rob the nest of any such wild 

 bird of eggs or young; nor destroy such nest except in the clearing of land of trees 

 or brush, under a penalty of five dollars for every such bird killed, caught, exposed 

 for sale, or had in his or her possession, either dead or alive, and for each nest 

 destroyed, and in default thereof to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not 

 exceeding thirty days: Provided, That this section shall not apply to birds or eggs 

 collected for scientific purposes under permits issued by the superintendent of police 

 of the District of Columbia in accordance with such instructions as the secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution may prescribe, such permits to be in force for one year 

 from date of issue and nontransferable. 



That no person shall trap, net, or ensnare any Avaterfowl or other wild bird (except 

 the English sparrow) , or have in his or her possession any trap, snare, net, or illuminat- 

 ing device for the purpose of killing or capturing any such bird, under a penalty of 

 five dollars for each waterfowl or other wild bird (except the English sparrow) killed 

 or captured, and in default thereof to be imprisoned in the workhouse not exceeding 

 thirty days: Provided, That this Act shall not apply to birds or animals heretofore 

 stuffed or to birds or animals hereafter killed in open season and subsequently stuffed. 



Sec. 4. That no person shall kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild goose, brant, or 

 w^ild bird in the nighttime; nor kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild goose, wild 

 brant, or wild bird with any other firearm, gun, or device than such as are habitually 

 raised at arm's length and fired from the shoulder, under a penalty of five dollars for 

 each wild duck, Avild goose, wild brant, or wild bird killed, and in default thereof 

 to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding thirty days; and 

 the further penalty of twenty dollars for having any firearm, gun, or device other 

 than the gun habitually used at arm's length, in possession, for the purpose of violat- 



