100 DIGEST OF GAME LAWS FOR 1901. 



Acts and Resolves of 1901, chap. 102. 



Sale: Whoever kills a gray squirrel, hare or rabbit, between the first day of 

 March and the first day of October, or within said time buys, sells or offers for sale 

 any of said animals, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars: Provided, however, 

 that any person, firm or corporation, dealing in game or engaged in the cold storage 

 business may buy, sell or have in possession, and any person may buy from such 

 person, firm or corporation, and have in possession if so bought, Colorado jack rab- 

 bits. Nova Scotia white or eastern \vhite rabbits at any season, if not taken or killed 

 in this Commonwealth contrary to the provisions of this act, 



MICHIGAN. 



Public Acts of 1893, No. 196, pp. 312-314. 



Property of State: Sec. 1. That no person shall at any time or in any manner 

 acquire any jDroperty in, or subject to his dominion or control, any of the birds, 

 game or fish, the killing, taking, or having in possession of which is at any time or 

 at all times prohibited by any of the laws of this State, that they shall always and 

 under all circumstances and conditions be and remain the sole property of the State. 

 ¥c ^ ^ When their killing is not prohibited by law, the same may be used at the 

 time, in the manner, and for the purposes expressly authorized by law, but not 

 otherwise. 



Export: Sec. 2. No person, company or corporation shall at any time catch, take 

 or kill, or have in possession of or under control, any of the birds, game or fish of 

 this State, the killing of which is at any time or at all times prohibited by law, with 

 intent to ship the same beyond the limits of this State, or with intent to allow or aid 

 in their shipment out of this State, or shall ship or intentionally allow or aid in their 

 shipment out of this State: * * * 



Possession: Sec. 3. No person shall at any time have in possession or under con- 

 trol any bird, game or fish caught, taken or killed outside of this State, which was 

 caught, taken or killed at any time, in a manner or for a purpose forbidden by the 

 laws of the State, Territory or country where the same was caught, taken or killed, 

 or which was shipped out of said State, Territory or country in violation of the laws 

 thereof. 



Sec. 4, The possession or having under control of any kind of bird, game or fish, 

 the killing of which is at any time or at all times prohibited by the laws of this State, 

 shall be prima /acie evidence that it was killed in this State, to disprove which it 

 shall be necessary to show by the testimony of the party who actually caught, took 

 or killed the same that it was killed outside of this State. Whenever it shall appear 

 that any bird, game or fish of a kind the killing of which is at any time or at all 

 times prohil^ited by the laws of this State, was caught, taken or killed outside of this 

 State, it shall he prima facie evidence that such bird, game or fish was caught, taken 

 or killed at a time, in a manner and for a purpose prohibited by the laws of the State, 

 Territory or country where it was caught, taken or killed, and was shipped out of 

 said State, Territory or country in violation of the laws thereof. * * * 



Propagation: Sec 5. No person, company or corporation shall sell, or attempt 

 to sell, or expose for sale, or have in possession or under control, for the purpose of 

 selling or exposing for sale, any kind of bird, game or fish at any time when the 

 taking, catching or killing of such kind of birds, game or fish is prohibited by the 

 laws of this State : Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall prevent the taking 

 or catching alive of lairds, game or fish for domestication, propagation or breeding 

 purposes. 



Penalties: Sec 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a 



