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1904. Alaska. — Regulations of Secretary of Agriculture establishing three game 



districts (Biol. Surv. Cir. 42). 

 Arkansas. — Decision in case of State v. Mallory (83 S. W., 955), involving 



the prohibition of hunting in the State by nonresidents, and declaring the 



act unconstitutional in so far as it prevented them from hunting on their 



own land. 

 Colorado. — Decision in Hornbeke v. White (76 Pac, 926) relative to possession 



of hides. 

 Illinois.— Decision in Cummings v. People (71 N. E., 1031; 211 111., 392) sus- 

 taining the nonresident license law. 

 Kentucky. — Adoption of reciprocal license (chap. 48); provision for county 



game wardens (chap. 68). 

 Louisiana. — Adoption of the A. 0. IT. "model law" protecting nongame birds, 



and permission for nonresidents to hunt in the State under license (No. 48). 



Close term for five years on the wood duck (No. 126, sec. 7.) 

 Massachusetts. — Authorizing search with warrant (chap. 367). 

 Minnesota. — Decision in State v. Poole (100 N. W. 647) involving a fine of 



$20,000 for illegal possession of 2,000 ducks. 

 Mississippi. — Adoption of the A. O. U. "model law" (chap. 98). 

 Nebraska. — Decision in McConnell v. McKillip (99 N. W., 505) involving the 



confiscation of guns. 

 New York. — Prohibition of spring shooting of shorebirds (chap. 588); close 



season for black bears, July to September, inclusive (chap. 630); provision 



for restocking Adirondacks with moose and elk (chap. 587). (See 1901). 

 Ohio. — Codification of the game law, placing all shorebirds on the game list, 



prohibiting shooting of quail or doves on the ground, protecting nongame 



birds, reorganizing the warden service, and authorizing search without 



warrant (p. 463). 



1905. Congress. — Establishment of the Wichita Game Preserve, Oklahoma (33 



Stat., 614). 

 California. — Killing elk declared a felony punishable by not more than two 



years' imprisonment (chap. 239). 

 Illinois. — Decision in the case of Schulte v. Warren (75 N. E., 783), involving 



the right of landowners to protect overflowed land. 



State game farm established in February on a tract of 400 acres, 16 miles 



south of Springfield (111. Arbor and Bird Day Ann., p. 81, 1909). 

 Kansas. — Adoption of the license system and creation of the office of State game 



warden (chap. 267). 

 Massachusetts. — Adoption of alien licenses (chap. 317). 

 Minnesota. — Hunting accidents due to careless handling of firearms defined as 



manslaughter (chap. 125). General game law containing provisions pro- 

 hibiting storage of game and extending absolute protection to caribou (chap. 



344). 

 Missouri. — Game law including the A. O. U. "model law" for the protection 



of nongame birds and provisions prohibiting sale or export (p. 158). 

 Montana. — Adoption of a uniform season for all game, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 (chap. 



52). (See Michigan, 1869.) 

 New York. — Amendment to Penal Code prohibiting sale or gift of firearms or 



air guns to persons under 16, and prohibiting aliens from carrying firearms in 



public places (Penal Code, sees. 409-410). 

 North Carolina. — Provision prohibiting capture or killing of deer in the water 



(Code, sec. 3462.) 

 Oklahoma. — Provision in school law requiring instruction at least half an hour 



each week concerning habits and protection of animals and birds (chap. 33, 



art. 12, sec. 2). 



