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1897. West Virginia. — Creation of the office of game and fish warden (chap. 13). 

 Wisconsin. — Adoption of a nonresident license system (chap. 221); and pro- 

 vision prohibiting killing deer in the water or on the ice (chap. 188). 



Hallock Code of cooperative legislation advocated by Charles Hallock before the 

 National Game, Bird, and Fish Protective Association (Western Field and 

 Stream, I, p. 232, 1897). 



1898. Congress. — Introduction of the Hoar bill (S. 1383) "for the protection of Song 



Birds," prohibiting importation or interstate commerce in plumage or sale of 



plumage in the Territories or District of Columbia. 

 Georgia. — Act to prevent the baiting or killing of doves on grounds thus baited 



(No. 13). 

 Maryland. — General game law containing provisions prohibiting the sale and 



possession of plumage (chap. 206). 

 Massachusetts.— Amendment of the millinery law (chap. 339). 

 Missouri. — Decision in case of Haggerty v. St. Louis Ice Manufacturing Co.. 



involving the storage of game (44 S. W., 1114; 143 Mo., 238). 

 Oregon. — Act for the better protection of grouse and prairie chicken and 



prohibiting hunting when tracking snow is on the ground (S. B., 48, p. 21). 

 Organization of the League of American Sportsmen. 



1899. Colorado. — Provisions prohibiting use of steel-pointed bullets in hunting deer 



and requiring packages of fish and game to be marked so as to show nature of 

 contents (chap. 98, Div. B, sec. 7, and Div. D, sec. 14). 



Idaho. — Creation of the office of fish and game warden (p. 428). 



Illinois. — Establishment of the office of game commissioner (p. 222, sec. 17). 

 Decision of the U. S. Circuit Court in the case of In re Eberle, sustaining 

 the nonresident license law (98 Fed., 295). 



Indiana. — Establishment of the office of the commission of fisheries and game 

 (chap. 31). Officers of other States authorized to seize in Indiana game 

 illegally shipped from their own States (chap. 125). 



Maryland. — Decision in the case of Stevens v. State (43 Atl., 929). 



Minnesota. — $25 nonresident and 25-cent big game resident license, the latter 

 the lowest resident license ever established (chap. 222). 



North Carolina. — Reenactment of law of 1891, repealed in 1895, providing game- 

 keepers for Currituck County (chap. 242). Law prohibiting shooting wild- 

 fowl on Currituck Sound over decoys of any kind, Mar. 31 to Nov. 10; putting 

 decoys in water before sunrise; or ring shooting boobies or ruddy ducks, 

 Nov. 10 to Feb. 15 (chap. 245). Ten laws prohibiting hunting on the lands of 

 another without written permission of the owner in 12 counties (chaps. 61, 

 192, 196, 200, 205, 279, 289, 360, 477, 545). 



Oklahoma. — Creation of the office of Territorial game and fish warden (chap. 15, 

 sees. 16-19). 



Rhode Island. — Commission on birds established (p. 679). 



Washington. — Establishment of the Mount Rainier National Park (30 Stat . , 993) . 



Wisconsin. — Provision requiring packages of fish and game to be marked so as 

 to show nature of contents and name and address of shipper; boats, lights, 

 swivel guns, rafts, and blinds in open water declared public nuisances; game 

 officials of other States designated as agents of Wisconsin and authorized to 

 seize game in Wisconsin illegally shipped from their own States (chap. 312, 

 sees. 8, 19, 24, 27). 



Wyoming. — Provisions for guide licenses and absolute protection for swans 

 (chap. 19). 



1900. Congress. — Passage of the Lacey Act, May 26 (first Federal law regulating the 



importation of birds and animals and interstate traffic in game, and requiring 

 packages of game to be marked so as to show name and address of shipper 

 and contents) (31 Stat., 187). 



