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CHRONOLOGY AND INDEX. 



Sailboats prohibited, New York, 1869, 1886; New 

 Jersey (Barnegat Bay), 1879; Wisconsin, 1887. 



Sailing for wildfowl prohibited, New York, 1869, 

 1886; New Jersey (Barnegat Bay), 1879. 



Sailing on Sunday to locate birds for future day ; 

 prohibited on Currituck Sound, N. C, 1897. 



Salary, State warden, Michigan, $1,200, 1887; $3,000 

 1907. 



Sale prohibited in close season— marsh birds, Massa- 

 chusetts, 1836; quail, partridge, woodcock, 

 New York, 1837; big game [and game birds], 

 Wyoming, 1869; waterfowl killed in State, 

 Illinois, 1903; imported game, Massachusetts, 

 1906. Prohibited throughout year— imported 

 or native nongame birds, Massachusetts, 1855; 

 all protected lairds (except private sale), Kan- 

 sas, 1886; (quail, partridge, and woodcock), 

 Michigan, 1S95; game killed in Territory, New 

 Mexico, 1897; all protected game, Montana, 

 1897; Michigan, 1901; Missouri, 1905; Oregon, 

 1905; Alabama, 1907; robins and quail, Ten- 

 nessee, 1911. 



Salt lick, use for killing deer prohibited (New York, 

 1871; Pennsylvania, 1873; Vermont, 1896). 



Schools, instruction in game preservation and read- 

 ing of game laws, Nevada, 1901; instruction in 

 habits and protection of birds, Oklahoma, 

 1905. 



Search (constables authorized to search suspected 

 places for red skins of deer, Virginia, 1738). 



Search without warrant, Ohio, 1904; Massachusetts, 

 1910. 



Seasons abolished for hunting big game and resi- 

 dents allowed to kill at any time for family 

 use, Wyoming, 1890. . 



Seasons defined by days of week, Oregon, 1905. 



Seasons, uniform, Idaho, 1864; Colorado, 1867; Mich- 

 igan, 1869; New Mexico, 1880; Montana, 1905; 

 big game, Wyoming, 1882; South Dakota, 

 1897; game birds (except woodcock), Wiscon- 

 sin, 1S87. 



Seizure of big guns, Virginia, 1833; boats, ammuni- 

 tion, and amis used illegally in hunting wild- 

 fowl, Virginia, 1842. 



Sequoia National Park, California, established 1890. 



Shea bill (plumage), New York, 1910; 1911. 



Sheriffs, constables, and other police officers to 

 enforce the game law, New York, 1869. 



Shipment, restrictions, Iowa, 1874. (See also Ex- 

 port.) 



Shiras bill (Federal protection of migratory birds), 

 1904. 



Shooting on lands of another prohibited, West Vir- 

 ginia, 1875; shooting without written permis- 

 sion prohibited, Alabama (9 counties), 1891; 

 North Carolina (12 counties), 1899; within 3 

 miles of limits of cities of 50,000, Minnesota, 

 1907. 



Shorebirds, spring shooting prohibited, Massachu- 

 setts, 1903; on game list, Ohio, 1904. 



Shotguns required in killing deer (see Buckshot.) 



Silencers prohibited, Maine, 1909; North Dakota, 

 1909; Washington, 1909. 



Sllz bill, New York, 1906, 1907. 



Sink boxes (see Batteries). 



Skiffs, use prohibited In hunting wildfowl in Acco- 

 mac and Fairfax oounties, Va., 1839. 



Slaves, to be flogged for hunting on Sunday, New 

 Jersey, 1798; to receive 39 lashes for fire hunt- 

 ing, Mississippi, 1803; prohibited from fire 

 hunting or killing game with firearms without 

 weekly license from master or overseer, Flor- 

 ida, 1828. 



Small game protected, West Virginia, 1869. 



Smith, G. P., Law of Field Sports, 1886. 



Snares prohibited, Alabama (for wild turkey in 3 

 counties), 1854; Pennsylvania, 1869; West 

 Virginia (rabbits), 1869; Wisconsin, 1887. 



Sneak boats licensed on Susquehanna Flats, Md., 

 1872; prohibited, Wisconsin, 1887. 



Snipe, close season, Massachusetts, 1818; Rhode 

 Island, 1846; Alabama (3 counties), 1854; 

 spring shooting prohibited, Rhode Island, 

 1846; Massachusetts, 1870; bag limit, Iowa, 

 1878. 



Snow hunting prohibited, Delaware, 1887; Oregon, 

 1898. 



Society for Protection of Game and Fish, Ohio, 1871. 



Song birds (see Nongame birds.) 



South Carolina (nonresidents, 1755; close season on 

 deer, fire hunting, 1769); fire hunting pro- 

 hibited, 1785-1788; close season on deer, 1789 

 protection of insectivorous birds and turkey 

 buzzard, 1S72; county game wardens, 1905 

 Audubon Society incorporated, 1907; chlei 

 game warden, 1910. 



South Dakota, first game law, 1875; nonresident pro- 

 hibited from hunting big game, every fifth 

 year closed, uniform open season, 1897 (re- 

 pealed, 1899); nonresidents hunting big game 

 must have guide who is a deputy game war- 

 den, 1901. 



Sparrow (see English sparrow). 



Spears, setting for deer prohibited, New York, 

 1803. 



Sportsman's platform, published by W. T. llorna- 

 day, 1910. 



Spring guns prohibited, Minnesota, 1869; Wiscon- 

 sin. 1887. 



Spring shooting bills defeated, New York, 1906; 

 Massachusetts, New York, North Dakota, 

 Wisconsin, 1911. 



Spring shooting prohibited, Rhode Island, 1846; 

 Michigan, 1859, 1869; New York, 1860; Massa- 

 chusetts, 1870; West Virginia, 1875, Pennsyl- 

 vania, 1883; Wisconsin, 1887; Wisconsin (con- 

 ditionally), 1893; New York, 1903; Montana, 

 1905; New Jersey (part), 1908. (See p. 10.) 



Squirrels, first close season, Pennsylvania, 5 coun- 

 ties, 1841; New Jersey, 1874; bill protecting 

 throughout the year vetoed, New York, 1!KI7. 



State Fish, Game, and Forest League organized, 

 New York, 1865. 



State game and fish commissioner, Alabama, 1907. 



State game fund abolished, Illinois, 1911; merged 

 in general fund, Wisconsin, 1911. 



State game preserve (see Game preserve). 



State game warden (see Warden). 



State park, Ohio (Licking Reservoir), 1894. 



Steam, boats propelled by, prohibited for capturing 

 game, New York, 1869; New Jersey, (Barne- 

 gat Bay), 1879; New York, 1886; Wisconsin, 



