94 DIGEST OF GAME LAWS FOR 1901. 



viction thereof hy the District Court of the Chickasaw Nation, he fined in any sum 

 not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and be impris- 

 oned in the National Jail not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days at 

 the discretion of the Court trying the case for the first offense; and upon subsequent 

 conviction for violating the provisions of this act, shall be both fined and impris- 

 oned to the full extent provided for in this act. 

 Approved September 23, 1896 



IOWA. 



Annotated Code, 1897, Title XII, chap. 15, pp. 887-888. 



Killing for trafQ.c: Sec. 2552. No person shall at any time, or at any place within 

 this State, trap, shoot or kill for traffic any pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, wood- 

 cock, quail, ruffed grouse or pheasant; nor shall any one person shoot or kill during 

 any one day more than twenty-five of either kind of said named birds; nor shall any 

 one person firm or corporation have more than twenty-five of either kind of said 

 named birds in his or their possession at any one time, unless lawfully received for 

 transportation; or catch or take or attempt to catch or take, with any trap, snare or 

 net any of the birds or animals named in the preceding section; or in any manner 

 wilfully destroy the eggs or nests of any of the birds named in this and the preced- 

 ing section. [18 G. A., ch. 193, §2; 17 G. A., ch. 156, §3.] 



Sale seasons: Sec. 2551. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corpora- 

 tion to buy or sell, or have in possession, any of the birds or animals named in this 

 chapter, during the period when the killing of such birds or animals is prohibited, 

 except during the first five days of such prohibited i^eriod; and the possession by any 

 person company or corporation of any such birds or animals during such prohibited 

 period, except during the first five days thereof, shall be presumptive evidence of a 

 violation of the provisions of this chaj^ter relating to game. [17 G. A., ch. 156, §5.] 



Shipment: Sec. 2555. No person, company or corporation shall at any time ship, 

 take or carry out of this State any of the birds or animals named in this chapter; but 

 it shall be lawful for any person to ship to any person within this State any game 

 birds named, not to exceed one dozen in any one day, during the period when the 

 killing of such birds is not prohibited; but he shall first make an affidavit before 

 some person authorized to administer oaths that said birds have not been unlawfully 

 killed, bought, sold or had in possession, are not being shipped for sale or profit, 

 giving the name and post-office address of the person to whom shipped, and the 

 number of birds to be so shipped. * * * [17 G. A., ch. 156, §6.] 



Penalties: Sec. 2556. If any person use any device, kill, trap, ensnare, buy, sell, 

 ship, or have in his possession, or ship, take or carry out of the State, contrary to 

 the provisions of this chapter, any of the birds or animals named or referred to 

 herein, or shall wilfully destroy any eggs or nests of the birds named or referred to 

 in the preceding sections, he shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars for each 

 bird * * * so killed, trapped, ensnared, bought, sold, shipped, had in possession, 

 destroyed, or shipped, taken or carried out of the State, and shall stand committed 

 to the county jail for thirty days unless such fine and costs of prosecuting are sooner 

 paid. [17 G. A., ch. 156, §7.] 



Receiving for shipment: Sec 2557. If any railway or express company or other 

 common carrier, or any of their agents or servants, receive any of the fish, birds or 

 animals mentioned or referred to in this chapter for transportation or other purpose, 

 during the period hereinbefore limited and prohibited, or at any other time except 

 in the manner provided in this chapter, he or it shall be punished by a fine of not 

 less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 

 the county jail for thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



