12 CHRONOLOGY AND INDEX. 



signifies that although the legislature was in session no game law was 

 Number of game laws enacted, 1901-1910. 



State. 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



Total. 





28 





 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 



6 















1 





 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 











35 





2 





1 

 4 

 4 

 1 

 4 

 3 

 1 

 2 

 1 



1 

 5 

 1 

 2 

 6 

 1 





 

 

 

 

 



2 

 6 

 6 

 1 

 5 

 2 





 

 

 

 

 

 1 

 



T 



3 



1 



1 



11 

 2 

 6 

 5 





 

 

 

 

 







27 





26 





9 





25 





12 













1 





 

 



1 





 3 



1 





 25 

 5 

 



1 



""'6' 





 

 

 

 7 

 

 13 

 

 





 

 

 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 2 

 23 

 

 

 

 



4 

 4 



1 

 1 

 

 4 

 

 

 14 

 



3 





 ...... 



...„. 



4 

 3 



1 

 17 

 54 

 1 

 

 1 

 2 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 9 

 3 

 1 

 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 3 

 1 





 1 

 

 

 

 4 

 

 4 

 2 

 



18 

 5 

 

 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 6 

 



11 

 

 

 1 

 

 

 

 2 

 ....... 





 

 

 6 

 4 

 

 

 

 



.5 



! 



1 

 2 

 

 3 

 

 

 5 

 

 8 

 4 

 3 

 

 1 

 2 

 1 



1 



16 



67 



....„ 



1 

 7 

 3 

 3 

 5 



9 

 2 

 1 

 

 

 3 

 ....„ 



3 



5 







1 





 

 

 



""a" 





 19 

 8 

 

 

 ...... 





 

 





 7 

 

 2 





 2 



1 











9 







 

 







1 



3 





 18 

 10 

 

 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 



1 





 6 

 

 



....„ 





 



1 



3 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 3 

 

 

 

 



3 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 5 

 

 

 4 

 

 11 

 15 

 3 

 

 2 

 6 

 1 

 ...... 



3 

 1 

 6 

 71 

 ...... 



3 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 

 

 8 

 

 12 

 3 

 5 

 

 1 

 5 

 1 

 2 

 9 

 3 

 1 

 4 

 79 

 2 

 ...... 



1 

 2 



1 



8 

 1 

 1 

 

 

 7 

 1 

 1 

 5 





 1 

 

 

 



1 



6 

 



10 

 9 

 

 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 

 7 

 

 

 1 

 4 

 

 

 3 

 2 

 

 

 

 



12 

 2 

 

 

 

 



8 





i 

 l 







l 





 

 13 

 



5 

 5 

 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 12 

 38 

 3 

 



6 





9 





11 









9 





14 





14 





90 





80 









18 





4 









19 





4 





8 













6 





94 









6 





5 









1 



2 



4 



7 

 2 

 2 



I 

 2 

 1 

 

 

 1 

 1 

 17 

 4 





 

 2 

 4 

 1 

 

 

 

 9 

 4 

 

 

 

 







24 





17 





18 





2 

 24 





 



2 



3 

 2 



11 





Si 





9 









34 





38 









4 





31 





15 









193 



85 



184 



65 



190 



55 



207 



70 



210 



64 









The total number of laws, exclusive of bounty laws and appropria- 

 tion acts, was 1,324, an average of about 133 per annum, or 265 for 

 each biennial period. The States which have passed the greatest 

 number of game laws during these years were North Carolina, 316; 

 New York, 94: Maryland, 90; Massachusetts, 80; and Tennessee. 51. 

 Those which have passed the smallest number were Alaska and Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, 2 each; Mississippi, Nebraska, and West Virginia, 

 4 each; Arizona, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah, 5 each. These numbers 

 do not indicate the amount of game legislation so much as the differ- 

 ence in manner of enactment, some States making each special provi- 

 sion or local law a separate act, while others group all the game 

 legislation of a session in a single act. The figures are chiefly of 

 relative value. Absolute accuracy is difficult of attainment, both 



