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1894. Ohio.— Decision in the case of Roth v. State (37 N. E., 259; 51 Ohio, 209), 



sustaining the right of the State to legislate regarding imported game. 

 Adoption by Forest and Stream of plank to prohibit the sale of game (Forest 



and Stream, XLII, pp. 89, 111, 115, Feb., 1894). 

 Bird Day proposed by Prof. C. A. Babcock and first observed in public schools 



of Oil City, Pa., May 4 (Cir. No. 17, Biological Survey, 1896). 



1895. California.— Millinery provision in game law (chap. 202, sec. 627c). 

 Connecticut. — Establishment of the commission of fisheries and game (chap. 46). 

 Illinois. -^-Introduction of the "Blow bill" (H. B. 56), practically opening the 



Chicago markets to unlimited sale of game from other States, and containing 

 in section 7 a provision for a $1 resident hunting license required of all persons 

 except owners or occupants of cultivated farms; this bill failed to pass (Am. 

 Field, XLIII, pp. 123, 147, 1895). 



Michigan. — Adoption of the first nonresident and resident license system and 

 limit law (No. 117); and first antisale law, prohibiting sale of quail, partridge, 

 and woodcock at any time (No. 223). 



Minnesota. — Adoption of the nonresident license system; reciprocal license — 

 $25 fee required of citizens of States which have restrictive laws against non- 

 resident hunters (chap. 207). 



Missouri. — Creation of the office of game and fish warden (p. 182). Repealed 

 1903. 



New York. — Forest, fish, and game commission substituted for the commission 

 of fisheries (chap. 395). 

 Incorporation of the New York Zoological Society. 



North Dakota. — Adoption of the resident and nonresident licenses and the 

 creation of the office of State game warden (Rev. Codes, sees. 1642-1646). 



Oregon. — Joint memorial to Congress for protection of eggs of wildfowl in 

 Alaska and regulation of traffic in wild-duck eggs (No. 8). 



Pennsylvania. — Establishment of the board of three game commissioners 

 (chap. 187). 



Wyoming. — Nonresident $20 license adopted and jurisdiction of fish commis- 

 sioner extended to game (chap. 98). 



"Duck Egg Fake." — Alleged wholesale destruction of eggs of wildfowl in 

 Alaska for manufacture of egg albumen, resulting in attempt to secure appro- 

 priation of $5,000 by Congress to investigate question. (See Forest and 

 Stream, XLIV, pp. 503-505.) 



1896. California. — Decision in the case of Kellogg v. King (46 Pac, 166; 114 Cal., 



378), involving the protection of private preserves by injunction. 



Traffic in seabirds' eggs stopped by an order of the Lighthouse Board, 

 issued in December, prohibiting collecting or selling eggs on the Farallon 

 Islands (Auk, XIV, p. 27, 1897; XV, p. 109, 1898). 



Louisiana. — Act authorizing police juries to pass ordinances for the protection 

 of game and fish (No. 66). 



Maryland. — Creation of the office of game warden (chap. 293). 



New Jersey. — Repeal (chap. 67) of act to incorporate the West Jersey Game 

 Protective Society (see 1873). 



Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in Geer v. Connecticut, 

 declaring game the property of the State, and sustaining the right of the State 

 to prohibit export of game (161 U. S., 519), and in Ward v. Race Horse, sus- 

 taining the right of the State to enforce its game laws on public lands and over 

 Indians (163 U. S., 504). 



Revival of the Audubon movement by the organization of societies in Massa- 

 chusetts and Pennsylvania. 



