AMERICAN GAME PROTECTION. 



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Limits (birds), Iowa, 1878; (big game), Maine, 1883; 

 (deer), New York, 1886; (big game), Wyo- 

 ming, 1890* 



List of works on sport and shooting, New Yof k Pub- 

 lic Library, 1903. 



Local legislation, towns authorized to make by-laws 

 for capture of birds, Connecticut, 1833; County 

 supervisors to make ordinances for fish and 

 game, New York, 1849, 1871; county police 

 boards authorized to pass ordinances, Missis- 

 sippi, 1856; police juries, Louisiana, 1896; pro- 

 hibited, Nebraska, 1872; prohibited in Terri- 

 tories, 1886; not modified by general law, 

 Georgia, 1891; extreme type, North Carolina, 

 1897; maximum number of acts in one year, 

 77, North Carolina, 1909. (See also County 

 supervisors and Constitutional provisions.) 



Long Island, protection heath hens, 1785; close term 

 on deer, 5 years, 1862; spring shooting of ducks 

 prohibited, 1903; spring shooting bill defeated, 

 1906; close term on deer 3 years, 1910; spring 

 shooting of brant prohibited 3 years, 1910. 



Louisiana, first game law, 1857; police juries to pass 

 ordinances for protection of game, 1896; non- 

 residents prohibited from hunting, 1902; A. 

 O. U. law, 1 904; decision in State v. Schwartz, 

 1907 (aigrettes); resident license system, 1908; 

 game commission reorganized, 1910; game 

 preserves established, 1910; Ward-McHhenny 

 preserve, 1911. 



Maine, first game law, 1830; decision in case of 

 Peables v. Hannaford, 1841 (definition of open 

 seasons); aliens, county moose warden, 1852; 

 birds protected, 1858; caribou, 1870; nongame 

 birds, 1870; close term for moose, 1878-80; 

 jurisdiction of commissioners inland fisheries 

 extended to game, 1880; limits on big game, 

 1883; guide registry law, 1897; decision in 

 State v. Snowman, 1900 (guides); law to pre- 

 vent criminal carelessness, 1901; nonresidents 

 required to hunt with registered guides, 1901; 

 nonresident license, claims for damage done 

 by deer, revision of game law, 1903; governor 

 may prohibit use of firearms in forests during 

 droughts, 1910; silencers prohibited, 1910. 



Manatee, first protection, Florida, 1893. 



Manslaughter, accidents due to careless handling of 

 firearms, Minnesota, 1905. 



Market hunting, Missouri, 1877; Arkansas, 1875; 

 Wyoming, 1890; Tennessee, 1903. 



Marking packages offish and game, Colorado, 1899; 

 Wisconsin, 1899; Lacey Act, 1900. 



Marsh birds, prohibition of sale, Massachusetts, 1836. 



Maryland (close season on deer and fire hunting 

 1730) decision in Smith v. Maryland, 1855 

 licenses established and board of ducking 

 police created for Susquehanna Flats, 1872; 

 rest days provided, Susquehanna Flats, 1872; 

 guests of citizens of Dorchester County, 1872 

 game warden, 1896; general game law, 1898 

 decision in Stevens v. State, 1899 (sale im 

 ported game); seizure of 2,600 gulls, 1900 

 prohibiting hunting on election day in Har- 

 ford County, 1902; uniform season for wild 

 fowl and bag limit laws, 1910. 



Massachusetts (hunting privilege, 1647; close season 

 on deer, 1694; close term on deer, 1718-1721; 

 first wardens, 1739; "deer reeves," 1764); 

 hounding prohibited, B arnstable County,1802; 

 close seasons on partridges and quail, wood- 

 cock, snipe, larks, and robins, 1818; prohibit- 

 ing shooting on salt marshes, Mar. 1 to Sept. 1, 

 1821; protecting heath hens, 1831; protecting 

 plover, curlew, dough bird, or chicken bird 

 at night, 1835; prohibiting sale of marsh birds 

 in close season, 1836; close term on heath hen, 

 1837-1841 ; protecting wild-pigeon netters, 1848; 

 close season plover, curlew, dough bird, 1849; 

 protecting nongame birds, 1855; spring shoot- 

 ing prohibited, 1870; open season for wild 

 pigeons, 1870; deer, close term two years, 1S70; 

 permits for collecting specimens, 1870; anti- 

 spring shooting law repealed, 1871; fish and 

 game protective association organized, 1874; 

 decision in Commonwealth v. Hall, 1880 (sale 

 of imported game) ; deer season limited to four 

 days per week in November, 1882; jurisdiction 

 of commissioners of fisheries extended to game 

 1886; Audubon Society organized, 1896; use of 

 birds for millinery purposes prohibited, 1897; 

 millinery law amended, 1898; damage by 

 deer, 1903; prohibiting spring shooting of 

 shore birds, 1903; search with warrant, 1904; 

 alien licenses, 1905; use of five decoys in Nan- 

 tucket County prohibited, 1906; sale of im- 

 ported game in close season prohibited, 1906; 

 three cat bills, 1906; requiring use of buck- 

 shot in killing deer, 1907; authorizing gov- 

 ernor to proclaim close season in time of 

 drought, 1909; resident licenses, 1909; deer 

 season reopened, 1910; search without war- 

 rant, 1910. 



Meadowlark (see Lark). 



Memorials, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, to 

 discourage hunting elk, 1907; Wyoming Leg- 

 islature requesting Congress to create winter 

 refuges for big game, and Idaho to cieate game 

 refuge, Wyoming, 1909. 



Methods of hunting prohibited (see Hunting). 



Michigan, first game law, 1859; punt or swivel guns, 

 first protection nongame birds, 1865; uniform 

 season, 1869; wild pigeons, 1869; protecting 

 elk 10 years, 1879; fish and game warden 

 department with salaried warden, at $1,200, 

 1887; special deer season Upper Peninsula, 

 killing in water, traps, etc., artificial light, 

 dogs, 1887; international fish and game con- 

 ference in Detroit, Dec. 20-21, 1891; prohibit- 

 ing training dogs on game birds in close sea- 

 son, 1891; license system, 1895; limit on deer, 

 1895; antisale law, 1895; committee on uni- 

 form legislation in adjoining States, 1897; 

 prohibition of use of steam or naphtha boats, 

 batteries, pneumatic boats, deadfalls, baited 

 hooks, chemicals, and explosives, 1897; gen- 

 eral antisale law, 1901; penalty for careless 

 shooting, 1903; fire protection made duty of 

 State warden, 1907; repeal of act providing 

 penalty for careless shooting of human beings, 

 1911. 



