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specimens or for scientific or propagating purposes. Such permit shall be in writing 

 and shall state the kind and number to be taken and the manner of taking, the name 

 of the person to whom issued, and shall be signed by him and have attached the 

 seal of his department; such permits shall not be transferable, nor shall it be lawful 

 to sell or barter any of the birds or animals taken under such permit, and the holder 

 of such permit shall be liable to the penalties provided in this act if he violates any 

 of its provisions. 



Sec. 22. The State Game and Fish Warden may issue permits to the trustees or 

 custodian of any public park to transport out of this State any bird or animal held 

 in such park, when satisfied that such transfer is for the purpose of exchange with 

 other public parks outside of this State for other specimens for free exhibition in 

 this State; such permits shall not be transferable and shall be in writing and issued 

 under the seal of his department, and shall state the name and location of the public 

 park, to whom issued, the kind and number of birds or animals to be so transferred, 

 the name and location of the public park to whom transferred, and the kind and 

 number of birds or animals for which exchange is made. 



Penalties: Sec. 23. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this 

 act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, for the 

 first offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not exceed- 

 ing one hundred dollars, together with costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in 

 the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, 

 in the discretion of the court; and for the second, or anj^ subsequent offense, shall 

 upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not exceed- 

 ing two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one 

 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and in 

 all cases when a fine and costs is imposed the court shall sentence the offender to be 

 confined in the county jail until such fine and costs are pa^d, for any period not 

 exceeding the maximum jail penalty provided for such offense. 



Approved , 1901. 



MINNESOTA. 



General Laws of 1897, chap. 221, as amended by General Laws of 1901. 



Property of State: Sec. 9. No person shall at any time or in any manner acquire 

 any property in or subject to his dominion or control, any of the birds, animals or 

 fish within this State of the kinds herein mentioned, but they shall always and 

 under all circumstances be and remain the property of this State. By killing, 

 catching or taking the same, however, in the manner and for the purposes herein 

 authorized, and during the periods when their killing is not herein prohibited, the 

 same may be used at the time, in the manner, and for the purposes herein expressly 

 authorized, but not otherwise; and whenever any person kills, catches, takes, ships or 

 has in his possession, or under control, any of the birds, animals or fish mentioned 

 in this act at a time or in a manner prohibited by this act, such person shall thereby 

 forfeit and lose all his right to the use and possession of such bird, animal or fish, and 

 the State shall be entitled to the sole possession thereof. 



Sale: Sec. 10 [as amended by Laws of 1901, chap. 35]. * * * It shall be unlawful 

 and is prohibited to catch, take, kill, or have in possession or ship any turtle dove, 

 snipe, prairie chicken or pinnated grouse, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, 

 between the first day of November and the first day of September following; or 

 any quail, partridge, ruffled grouse or pheasant between the first day of December 

 and the first day of October following; or woodcock, upland plover, between the 

 thirty-first (31st) day of October and the fourth day of July following; or any 

 Mongolian, English or Chinese pheasant any time prior to the first day of Sep- 



