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fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than fifty dollars, and the costs of 

 prosecution, and in default of payment thereof shall be confined in the county jail 

 until such fine and costs shall be paid; but such confinement shall not exceed thirty 

 days. 

 Approved, June 1, 1893. 



Public Acts of 1901, H. B. No. 104. 



Sale: Sec. 4. No person shall by himself, his clerk, servant or agent, expose or 

 keep for sale, or directly or indirectly, upon any pretense or any device, sell or bar- 

 ter, or in consideration of the purchase of any other property, give to any other 

 person any of the protected animals or birds mentioned in this act within the State 

 of Michigan. [These animals and birds are deer, elk, moose, caribou, squirrel — 

 fox, black, or gray — mourning dove, Antwerp or homing pigeon, pinnated grouse 

 or prairie chicken, Mongolian and English pheasants, wild turkey, wild pigeon, 

 ruffed grouse (partridge), colin (quail), spruce hen, woodcock, wild duck, wild 

 goose, brant, snipe, plover, any kind of wild water fowl.] 



Game birds defined: Sec. 15. The term "game bird" used in this act shall be 

 considered to mean all birds named or referred to [see list in sec. 4] except those 

 referred to in section 14 [insectivorous species] . 



Possession: Sec. 17. It shall be lawful for any person to have at any time in pos- 

 session the dead body or carcass, or skin, or any portion thereof, of any animal or 

 bird mentioned or referred to in this act for scientific purposes, or as specimens, or 

 for his own consumption: Provided, That any person engaged in rearing any of the 

 animals mentioned in this act, within an enclosure, may kill for his own use and 

 consumption at any time, any of said animals, and may sell and transport alive any 

 of said animals when accompanied by a permit from the State Fish and Game War- 

 den; and it shall be the duty of the said State Fish and Game Warden to issue such 

 permits upon application, when satisfied that such animals were so reared within an 

 enclosure. 



Permits: Sec. 19. The State Game and Fish Warden is hereby given authority to 

 issue permits for the transportation and sale of deer skins at any season of the year 

 when satisfied such hides were killed at a lawful time and in a lawful manner; each 

 hide so transported or sold shall have attached to it the original license tag while 

 being so transported or sold. All game or game birds transported under cover, shall 

 be plainly marked on the outside of package such game or game birds are shipped 

 in, with the name of the consignor and the consignee, the initial point of billing and 

 the destination, together with an itemized statement of the quantity of game or game 

 birds contained therein. 



Offense, Evidence: Sec 20. The injuring, destruction or killing or capturing of 

 each animal or bird injured, captured, killed or destroyed contrary to the provisions 

 of this act shall be a separate offense, and the person so offending shall be liable to 

 the penalties and punishments herein provided for each such offense. In all prose- 

 cutions for a violation of any of the pro\dsions of this act, proof of the possession of 

 the dead body or carcass, or skin, or any portion thereof of any animal or bird 

 mentioned or referred to in this act, at a time when the killing thereof is unlawful, 

 shall be prima facie evidence that such animal or bird was killed at a time when the 

 killing thereof was prohibited by law. All person violating any of the provisions of 

 this act, whether as principal, agent, servant or employe, shall be equally liable as 

 principal, and any person or principal shall be liable for any violation of any of the 

 provisions of this act, by his agent, servant or employe, done under his direction or 

 knowledge. 



Permits: Sec. 21. The State Game and Fish Warden is hereby given authority to 

 issue permits to any person to take, capture or kill any animal or bird mentioned 

 in this act, at any time when satisfied such person desires the same exclusively as 



