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1872. Maryland. — Law for protection of wildfowl on the Susquehanna Flats — open 



season Nov. 1 to Mar. 31; shooting days, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 

 from one hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset; night shooting, big 

 guns, or shooting from boats within half mile of shore prohibited; licenses 

 required for sink boxes and sneak boats, etc.; board of ducking police from 

 Cecil and Harford Counties provided (chap. 54). 



Law permitting citizens of Dorchester County to extend to their guests the 

 privileges of shooting wildfowl on Choptank River on Tuesdays, Thursdays, 

 and Saturdays (chap. 442). 



Nebraska. — Constitutional provision prohibiting the enactment of local laws 

 for the protection of game and fish (sec. 542). 



Oregon. — First game law, protecting deer, elk, and moose, Feb. 1 to July 1; 

 swan, mallard, wood duck, widgeon, sprig, teal, spoonbill, and black duck, 

 Apr. 1 to Aug. 1; grouse, pheasant, and sage hen, Apr. 1 to June 15; prairie 

 chicken, Mar. 1 to July 1; quail, Apr. 1 to July 1; and permitting farmers to 

 kill ducks and geese if necessary to protect crops (p. 25). 



South Carolina. — Provision protecting insectivorous birds and turkey buzzard 

 (No. 121, sec. 5). 



Utah. — First game laws, protecting quail and imported birds for five years 

 (chap. 11); close season for deer, elk, antelope, and mountain sheep, Jan. 1 to 

 Sept. 1 (chap. 24). 



1873. Indiana. — First law protecting nongame birds (chap. 55, sec. 2). 



New Hampshire. — Decision of the supreme court in Aldrich v. Wright (53 



N. H., 398). 

 New Jersey. — Incorporation of the West Jersey Protective Association and the 



requirement of nonresident licenses for hunting in Atlantic, Camden, Cape 



May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties (chap. 470). 

 New York. — Publication of the game laws in pamphlet form — apparently the 



first publication of the kind. 

 Establishment of Forest and Stream and first publication of a comparative table 

 of close seasons for game. 



1874. Congress. — Passage of a bill to prevent useless slaughter of buffalo within the 



Territories of the United States. (The bill failed to receive the signature of 

 President Grant before adjournment.) 



Iowa. — Restriction on the shipment of game birds (12 per day if not for sale — 

 chap. 69). 



Massachusetts. — Organization of fish and game protective association. 



New Jersey. — Revision and codification of the game law; act of 32 sections, 

 including first close season on gray squirrel, Jan. 1 to July 1, and close terms 

 for six years on wild turkey and prairie chicken (chap. 524). 



"Act to incorporate the Central Association for the propagation and pro- 

 tection of game" in Somerset, Mercer, and Middlesex Counties, conferring 

 on members all powers of constables and authorizing all members to arrest 

 without process violators of the game laws (chap. 211). 



Ohio. — Organization of the Cuvier Club, formerly the Ohio State Society for the 

 Protection of Game and Fish. (See 1871.) 



Oregon. — Law protecting deer, moose, elk, antelope, and mountain sheep, 

 Feb. 1 to Sept. 1; changing seasons for grouse, prairie chicken, sage hen, 

 and quail, and prohibiting killing deer or elk solely for hides, horns, or hams 

 (p. 6). 



Rhode Island. — Provision requiring town and city councils to appoint a special 

 constable annually to enforce the game law (chap. 391, sees. 7-8). 



Establishment of Field and Stream, later changed to the Field, the Chicago 

 Field, and still later the American Field. 



