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charge as to the whole of it; and violations as to any number of animals or birds of 

 the same kind may be charged in the same count and punished as a separate offense 

 as to each animal. 



Evidence: Sec. 12. The possession at any time of fish or game, song, insectivorous 

 or other birds unaccompanied by a proper and A'alid license, certificate, permit or 

 invoice, as herein provided, shall be prima facie evidence that such fish or game, 

 song, insectivorous or other bird was unlawfully taken and is unlawfully held in pos- 

 session and it shall be the duty of every person having the possession or control of 

 fish or game, song, insectivorous or other birds to produce the proper license, certfi- 

 cate permit or invoice, when one is required by this act, on demand of any officer, 

 and to permit the same to be inspected and copied 1)y him. 



ARTICLE II. 



Prohibitions, sale: Sec. 1. No person shall at any time of the year, or in any 

 manner, pursue, take, wound or kill any elk, deer, antelope or beaver, or any of the 

 following wild birds, viz.; Turkey, prairie chicken, sage chicken, grouse, quail, 

 pheasant, partridge, ptarmigan, duck, goose, brant, swan, crane, waterfowl, wild 

 pigeon, dove, snipes, or curlew, or any song, insectivorous or other bird, or any 

 trout, Avhite fish grayling, sunfish, Ijass, catfish, wall-eyed pike, j^ickerel, croppi, or 

 other food fish, ship or sell, offer or expose for sale or have the same in possession, 

 except as permitted by this act. 



Game for food only: Sec. 4. ***** 



6. Except as otherwise provided by this act, the right given by this section to take 

 or kill game and fish is limited to food purposes. * * * 



Sale: Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, company, association, person 

 or persons, or its, his or their officers, agents, servants or employes, to sell, expose 

 for sale, or to have in its, his or their possession or control, any wild elk, deer or 

 antelope, grouse, j^heasant, prairie chicken, quail, wild turkey, wild goose, brant or 

 any Avild duck, or any of the birds, animals or fish protected by this act, except 

 during the open season hereinbefore defined or otherwise provided, and the period 

 of five days next succeeding the close of such season. Every corporation, company, 

 association, its officers, agents, emj^loyes, and each of them, and any person or per- 

 sons, his or their agents and employes, and each of them ^delating any of the pro- 

 ' visions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 

 be fined twenty-five dollars for each and every such animal so sold, exposed for sale 

 or so had in its, his or their possession or control, and shall on conviction be fined 

 five dollars for each and every such bird sold, exposed for sale, or so had in its, his or 

 then possession or control . 



Export: Sec 8. * * * Xo transportation company or common carrier shall 

 receive for transportation or shii3ment out of the state any birds, fowls or animals 

 protected by the laws of the state, except when the same shall be in the i^ersonal 

 possession of, or carried as baggage or express by the owners thereof, and such own- 

 ers [sic] shall have in his possession at the time of such taking out of the state a 

 non-resident license duly issued to him under the provisions of law, and the number 

 and kind of birds and fish so carried out of the state should be endorsed on the 

 license of [the] person entitled to take them out, and said persons [sic] shall accompany 

 the said birds, fowls or animals on the same train or other conveyance of the com- 

 mon carrier beyond the borders of the state. Any person who shall violate any of 

 the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars 

 nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more 

 than sixty days. 



Shipment: Sec 9. It is unlawful for any person a resident of this state to ship or 

 take within or without this state any birds, fowls or animals protected by the laws 



