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Brown law, prohibiting spring shooting in New 

 York, 1903. 



Buckshot required in killing deer, Massachusetts, 

 1907; New Hampshire, 1907; New Jersey, 1909 

 (see Ammunition). 



Buck law, permitting bucks to be killed in first 15 . 

 days in November, repealed, New York, 1910. 



Bullets, use of steel-pointed, prohibited, Colorado, 

 1899: Nebraska, 1901 (see also Ammunition). 



Bull hunting, California, 1909 (see Animals as 

 blinds). 



Buffalo, close season, Idaho, 1864; first bill intro- 

 duced in Congress, 1871; bill to prevent 

 slaughter in Territories (vetoed), 1874; killing 

 of last buffalo in Texas, 1889; first census 

 1889; 10-year close season, Wyoming. 1890; 

 establishment of Corbin herd, New Hamp- 

 shire, 1890; destruction of Lost Park herd, 

 Colorado, 1S97; purchase for Yellowstone 

 National Park, 1902; placed in Wichita game 

 preserve by New York Zoological Society, 

 1907; bill for Adirondack herd vetoed, New 

 York, 1907; sale of Pablo herd to Canadian 

 Government, 1907; herd placed on National 

 bison range, Mont., by American Bison 

 Society, 1909; shipment to Peru, 1911. 



Cages for capturing game prohibited, Michigan, 

 1911. 



California, first game law (local), 1852; shortening 

 open seasons, 1853; (general) 1854; jurisdic- 

 tion of fish commissioners extended to game, 

 1878; protection of elk, antelope, sheep, and 

 female deer throughout the year, 1883; estab- 

 lishment General Grant, Sequoia, and Yosem- 

 ite National Parks, 1890; decision in Ex parte 

 Maier, 1S94 (sale imported game); Kellogg v. 

 King, 1890 (private preserves); millinery pro- 

 vision, 1895; traffic in eggs from Farallon 

 Islands stopped, 1S96; supervisors may short- 

 en open seasons, 1897; Game and Fish Pro- 

 tective Association, 1900; constitutional 

 amendment providing fish and game districts, 

 1902; killing elk a felony, 1905; license system, 

 1907: vetoes of bills establishing bird day and 

 a game commission, 1907; game refuge on 

 , Pinnacles National Forest, 1909; animals as 

 blinds, 1909; game districts, 1911; investiga- 

 tion of game commission, 1911. 



Camp hunting, Alabama, 1846; Florida, 1851: de- 

 cision on camp hunting law, Alabama, 1851. 



Caribou, close season, Maine, 1870; close term Minne- 

 sota, 1905. (See p. 15.) 



Cats, bills to regulate keeping (failed), Massachu- 

 setts, 1906. 



Census of buffalo, 1889. 



Chemicals for capturing game prohibited, Mich- 

 igan, 1897. 



Chicago Field established, 1874. 



Chief game protector, New York, 1888. 



Civil Service law, Wisconsin, 1905; oral examina- 

 tions for game wardens, Wisconsin, 1909; 

 bill exempting warden service vetoed, New 

 Jersey, 1910. 



Close seasons, colonial laws (deer), Massachusetts, 

 1G94; Connecticut, 1698; Virginia, 1699; New 

 York, 1705; Pennsylvania, 1721; Delaware, 

 1721; New Jersey, 1722; Maryland, 1730; North 



Carolina, 1738; South Carolina, 1769; (game 

 birds) New York, 1709. 



Close seasons (see under each species and also 

 under Sunday and election day). 



Close season table, first, 1873; Department of Agri- 

 culture, 1900. 



Close term, first, deer (Massachusetts, 1718-21), 

 Virginia, 1772-76; New Jersey, three counties, 

 1853-58 (State, 1862-67); Georgia, Screven 

 County, 1859-62 (Vermont, 1865-97); ruffed 

 grouse, New Jersey, 1869-72; Massachusetts, 

 1870-72; moose, Maine, 1878-80; elk, Michigan, 

 1879-89; heath, hen, New Jersey, 1866-71. 

 Massachusetts, 1870-76; quail, Pennsylvania 

 (Berks County), 1870-73; ruffed grouse and 

 jack rabbits, Delaware, 1885. 



Close term every fifth year, South Dakota, 1897. 



Coccidiosis in ducks, 1910. 



Codification of game laws, New Jersey, 1846; New 

 York, 1871, 1908; Michigan, 1901; Mpine, 

 1903; Ohio, 1904. (See also Revision, Utah, 

 1909.) 



Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, game refuge, 

 Idaho, 1909. 



Code, Hallock, 1897. 



Cole resolution, Congress, 1872. 



Colibacillosis in quail, 1907. 



Collecting for scientific purposes, New York, 1862; 

 Massachusetts, 1870. (See also A. O. TJ. law 

 and Permits). 



Colorado, first game law (uniform season), 1867; 

 jurisdiction of fish commissioner extended to 

 game, 1891; use of elk, deer, or antelope for 

 baiting traps, 1893; destruction of Lost Park 

 buffalo, 1897; marking packages of fish and 

 game, 1899; prohibiting use of steel-pointed 

 bullets, 1899; decision in Hornbeke v. White, 

 1904 (sale of hides). 



Commission, birds, Rhode Island, 1899. 



forest, fish and game, New York, 1895. 

 game, Pennsylvania, 1895; Wyoming, 1911. 



Commissioners, fish, jurisdiction extended to game, 

 California, 1S78; Maine, 1S80; Massachusetts, 

 1886; Arizona, 1887; New Jersey, 1894. 



Commissioners, fish and game, New Hampshire 

 1878; Ohio, 1886; Minnesota, 1891; Connecti- 

 cut, 1895; Indiana, 1899; replaced by game and 

 fish warden, Montana, 1901; Delaware, 1911; 

 Georgia, 1911. 



Congress, acts, bills, and resolutions — regulating 

 hunting in Indian Territory, 1832; Cole reso- 

 lution directing Senate to inquire into law for 

 protection of big game, 1872; establishment of 

 Yellowstone National Park, 1872; bill to pre- 

 vent slaughter of buffalo, 1874; game law for 

 District of Columbia, 1878; forbidding Terri- 

 torial legislatures to pass local game laws, 

 1886; establishment of General Grant, Sequoia, 

 and Yosemite National Parks, 1890; protec- 

 tion of game in Yellowstone National Park, 

 1894; prohibiting trespass on national military 

 reservations, 1897; Teller bill, 1897; Hoar bill, 

 1898; Lacey bill, 1897-1900; Alaska game law, 

 1902; appropriation for buffalo, Yellowstone 

 Park, 1902; egg act, 1902; Shiras bill, 1904; 

 Wichita game preserve, 1905; act prohibiting 

 hunting in District of Columbia, 1906; act 



