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1887. Minnesota. — Creation of the office of [State] game warden without salary, 



term 4 years (chap. 142, sec. 6, approved Mar. 8); prohibiting hunting in 

 standing grain (chap. 142, sec. 5). 



Wisconsin. — Act (chap. 374) making uniform close season for all game birds 

 except woodcock, Dec. 1 to Sept. 1, thus prohibiting spring shooting of 

 shorebirds or waterfowl (sec. 1); prohibiting use of snares, nets, traps, spring 

 guns, swivel guns (sec. 4), sneak boats, sailboats, steam boats, floating boxes 

 or rafts, or blinds in open water outside natural growth of rushes (sec. 6); 

 killing or possession of game with intent of exporting it (sec. 8); "act to pre- 

 vent the killing of birds for millinery purposes" (chap. 413); and act au- 

 thorizing the governor to appoint 4 game wardens, term 2 years, salary $600 

 and expenses not to exceed $250, and authorizing the secretary of state to 

 print 5,000 copies of the fish and game laws (chap. 456, approved Apr. 12). 



Organization of the Boone and Crockett Club. 



1888. New Jersey. — Division of the State into a northern and a southern sectiorj 



with different seasons (chap. 252). 

 New York. — Creation of the office of chief game and fish protector, salary $2,000 

 per annum, term pleasure of board of fish commissioners (chap. 577, sec. 1). 



1889. Arkansas. — Provision declaring that all game and fish, except fish in private 



ponds, found in the State are the property of the State, and that their cap- 

 ture is a privilege (Act. 117, sec. 1). 

 Minnesota. — Prohibition of the use of firearms by minors under 14 unless 



accompanied by parent or guardian (chap. 16). 

 Pennsylvania. — A. O. U. model law for the protection of nongame birds, with 



definition of game birds and provision for permits for collecting for scientific 



purposes (No. 228). 

 Texas. — Killing at Buffalo Springs of the last buffalo in the State and the 



last of the southern herd (Seton, Scribner's Mag., XL, p. 402, 1906). 

 First census of buffalo made by Dr. W. T. Hornaday (Ann. Kept. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. for 1886-87, p. 525, 1889). 



1890. Congress. — Establishment of the General Grant, Sequoia (26 Stat., 478), and 



Yosemite National Parks in California. 



Illinois. — Decision in the case of the American Express Co. v. The People (24 

 N. E., 758; 133 111., 649). 



New Hampshire. — Establishment of the Corbin herd of buffalo in the Blue 

 Mountain Forest Game Preserve, near Newport. (Baynes, 4th Ann. Rept. 

 Am. Bison Soc, p. 42, 1911). 



Ohio. — Provision prohibiting use of batteries, or steam or naphtha launches, in 

 hunting waterfowl (Acts 1890, p. 66). 



Oklahoma. — First game law, protecting doves and insectivorous birds through- 

 out the year; muskrat, mink, and otter, Apr. 15 to Feb. 15; buffalo, elk, moun- 

 tain sheep, and antelope, Jan. 1 to Oct. 1; grouse, Jan. 1 to Sept. 1; quail and 

 wild turkey, Jan. 1 to Oct. 1 (Nebr. law 1885, chap. 102). One of the laws 

 of Nebraska in force Nov. 1, 1889, adopted by Act of Congress for Oklahoma. 



Vermont. — Incorporation of the Vermont Fish and Game League (No. 147). 



Washington. — Creation of the office of game warden, term 4 years, appointed 

 to serve without salary but entitled to half the fines collected (p. 105, sec. 

 5); act prohibiting the chasing of deer with dogs anywhere in the State 

 (p. 105). Repealed 1897. 



Wyoming. — Law (chap. 12) providing a 10-year close season on buffalo (sec. 

 4); abolishing the open season on deer, elk, moose, mountain sheep, goat, 

 and antelope, but allowing residents to kill for family consumption not 

 more than 3 game animals a week at anytime, but not for sale (sec. 3); and 

 providing for the appointment by justices of the peace of special constables 

 to enforce the provisions of the act (sec. 11). 



