126 DIGEST OF GAME L^WS FOR 1901. 



beyond the limits of this State, or within this State, any animal, bird, or waterfowl 

 mentioned in section 1 of this act; and it shall be unlawful for any person to trans- 

 port, carry or take beyond the limits of this State any animal, bird, or fowl men- 

 tioned in section 1 of this act; and whoever shall violate the provisions hereof shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any 

 sum not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars; provided, that 

 each shipment shall constitute a separate offense, and that such express company, 

 railroad company, or other common carrier, or their agents, servants, or employees, 

 shall have the privilege of examining any suspected package for the purpose of 

 determining whether such package contains any of the articles mentioned in section 

 1 of this act; but this act shall not apply to the shipment or transportation of live 

 Mongolian or English pheasants shipped for scientific or breeding purposes; provided, 

 that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the sale or shipment of 

 wild ducks and w^ild geese. 



Evidence: Sec. 8. Possession at any season of the year during which the game 

 birds and wild fowls of this State are protected by the law^s hereof, shall be prima 

 facie evidence of the guilt of the person in possession thereof. 



Approved May 27, 1897. 



UTAH. 

 Laws of 1899, chap. 26, p. 43. 



Shipmeiit: Sec. 26. ■* ^ * It shall be unlawful to ship or transport any quail 

 out of the above-named counties [Kane and "Washington] at any time except for the 

 purpose of propagation, under the direction of the St^,te and comity fish and game 

 wardens. 



Penalties: Sec. 27. [Violation of any of the provisions of this act relating to game, 

 a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $10.] 



Export: Sec. 29. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons at any time to 

 ship or cause to be shipped, carried or transported out of the State any of the animals 

 [deer, elk, mountain sheep, buffalo or bison, antelope,] birds, [quail, partridge, 

 pheasant, prairie chicken, sage hen or grouse, mourning dove, snipe, duck, goose, 

 brant, swan, English, Chinese, or Mongolian pheasant, pinnated grouse, introduced 

 game birds] ■* * * or any part thereof mentioned in this act * "^^ * 



Approved March 9, 1899. 



VERMONT. 



Vermont Statutes, 1894, p. 828. 



Killing for export: Sec. 4613. If a person at any time takes, kills, purchases, 

 receives or causes to be taken, killed or received, a woodcock or ruffed grouse, com- 

 monly called partridge, for the purpose of shipping or in any manner disposing of the 

 same to persons outside of this State for traffic or gain, he shall be fined ten dollars. 

 * * * 



Acts of 1896, No. 94, pp. 74-75. 



Shipping- deer: Sec 4. Deer killed or taken in Vermont shall not be transported 

 by any person or corporation, except that the carcass, or parts thereof, of one deer, 

 lawfully killed in the State may be transported in the open season and for ten days 

 thereafter when open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the name of the owner 

 thereof and accompanied by him; and the possession of deer or a part thereof by a 

 common carrier or servant of a common carrier, unaccompanied by the owner, or not 

 tagged and plainly labeled with his name, shall be a violation of the provisions of this 



