132 . DIGEST OK GAME LAWS FOR 1901. 



the coupons and parts of coupons, and shall only be received for shipment, carried 

 or delivered during the season or time which the laws of the State shall fix as the 

 open season for the transportation of carcasses of deer or parts of carcasses of deer. 



Shipping- limit: Sec. 17. It is unlawful and is prohibited for any person holding 

 a non-resident license as herein described to take out of the State more than fifty 

 birds, fowls or animals, protected by the laws of this State, in any one year. Pro- 

 vided, that this section shall be construed to mean that when fifty birds, fowls or 

 animals of any kind or variety have been taken from the State by holder of a non- 

 resident license further right to take any kind of birds, fowls or animals by the 

 holder of the said license shall cease. No transportation company or common carrier 

 shall receive for transportation or shipment out of the State any birds, fowls or ani- 

 mals protected by the laws of the State, except when the same shall be in the per- 

 sonal possession of, or carried as baggage or express by the owner thereof, and such 

 owner 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 shall accompany 

 the said 1 )irds, 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 nor 

 more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 

 sixty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the 

 discretion of the court. 



Shipment: Sec. 18 [as amended 1901], It is unlawful and is prohibited for any 

 person a resident of this State to ship within this State any birds, fowls or animals, 

 protected by the laws of this State, except when the same shall be in the personal 

 possession of or canied as baggage or express by the owner thereof, and such owner 

 shall have in his possession a resident license duly issued to him under the provision 

 of law, and shall accompany the said birds, fowls or animals on the same train or 

 other conveyance; provided, that there shall be only one shipment each day by 

 any one person and that the number of birds or animals carried at any one ship- 

 ment shall not exceed twentj^-five altogether, and also provided that this section 

 shall not apply to any game except woodcock, partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken 

 or prairie hen, grouse of any variety, plover of any variety, and also provided that 

 the number of snipe of any variety and acquatic [sic] fowl that may be transported 

 under this section shall not exceed fifty. All game shipped or had in possession in 

 ^dolation of this act may be seized, confiscated and sold by any warden as provided 

 by law. 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 l^y imprisonment in the county jail not less than sixty days nor more than six 

 months or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



Marking" packages: Sec. 19 [as amended 1901]. It is hereby required that 

 any and all packages containing fish or game shall be labeled in plain letters on 

 the address side of the package, so as to disclose the number of pounds of each kind 

 of fish and the number of each variety of game, animals or birds contained therein. 

 Any person who shall deliver to a common carrier for transportation any package or 

 parcel containing fish or game, which said package or j^arcel shall not be so labeled 

 as herein required, or who shall place upon said package or j)arcel a false statement 

 as to the contents thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five 

 dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail 

 not less than thirty days, nor more than ninety days, or by both fine and imprison- 

 ment. Any shipment made or had in possession in violation of this law may be 

 seized, confiscated and sold by any warden as provided by law. 



Sec. 20 [as amended 1901]. Every j^erson delivering to a common carrier a package 

 or parcel containing fish or game, shall place upon said package the name and 

 address of the shipper and the name and address of the person to whom shipped. 



