MONTANA NEBRASKA. 107 



MONTANA. 

 Laws of 1897, pp. 251, 253. 



Trapping for sale: Sec. 8. That any person who shall willfully catch, trap or other- 

 wise restrain, for the purpose of sale or domestication or any other purpose, any buffalo, 

 elk, moose, or mountain sheep within the State, chall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor and be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars nor less than One Hun- 

 dred Dollars, and shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months or 

 by both such fine and imprisonment for each offense committed in the discretion of 

 the court. 



Receiving- for shipment: Sec. 17. Any person or persons, agent or employees, of 

 any stage or express company, or railroad company, or association of persons, who 

 shall receive for transportation or carriage, or shall sell or offer for sale, fish or game 

 that have been taken or killed contrary to the provisions of this Act, knowing or 

 having reason to believe that such fish or game were so illegally caught, taken or 

 killed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall 

 be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars, or more than Three Hun- 

 dred Dollars for each lot or shipment of fish or game so transported or carried, or be 

 imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ninety days, or both in the discretion 

 of the court. 



Sale: Sec. 19. Every person who shall sell or offer for sale, any of the birds or 

 animals or any part thereof mentioned in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act [deer, 

 elk, moose, caribou, antelope, bison, buffalo, mountain sheep, Eocky Mountain goat, 

 quail, partridge, grouse, prairie chicken, fool hen, sage hen, pheasant, Chinese 

 pheasant, wild duck, wild goose, brant, swan], is punishable by a fine of not less 

 than Twenty-five Dollars or more than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, or by 

 imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days, nor more than ninety 

 days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



Approved, March 8, 1897. 



NEBRASKA. 

 Laws of 1901, chap. — . 



ARTICLE I. 



Property of State: Sec 9. All fish or game, song, insectivorous or other birds 

 now or hereafter within this state not held by private ownership, legally acquired, 

 and which for the purpose of this act shall include all the quadrupeds, birds and fish 

 mentioned in this act, are hereby declared to be property of the state, and no right, 

 title, interest or property therein can be acquired or transferred or possession thereof 

 had or maintained except as herein expressly provided. 



Definitions: Sec 11. As used in this act, unless otherwise specifically restricted 

 or enlarged, the words herein and hereof refer to the whole act; the words person, 

 owner, proprietor, grantee, lessee, or licensee include a firm, association, corporation 

 or municipality; the word commissioner means the state game and fish commissioner 

 or deputy commissioners i^ro vided for herein ; the word officer includes every person 

 authorized to enforce this act; and whenever the possession, use, importation, trans- 

 portation, storage, taxidermy, for millinery purposes, sale, offering or exposing for 

 sale of fish or game, song, insectivorous or other birds is prohibited or restricted, the 

 prohibition or restriction shall, where not specifically otherwise provided extend to 

 and include every part of such fish or game, song, insectivorous or other bird, and a 

 violation as to each individual animal or bird or part thereof shall be a separate 

 offense, and two or more offenses may be charged in the same complaint, informa- 

 tion or indictment, and proof as to a part of an animal shall be sufficient to sustain a 



