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and fish commissioners by paying a fee of 50 cents for each animal in 

 captivity and a like fee for each animal added later by natural 

 increase or otherwise. The animals kept in captivity may be sold or 

 shipped within or without the State by written permission from the 

 commission. (Laws of 1899, ch. 161.) 



Missouri. — " Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the 

 shipment of deer or elk, alive or dead, from private preserves, when 

 such elk or deer are raised in captivity." (Laws of 1909, p. 536.) 



New Hampshire. — The Blue Mountain Forest Association may kill 

 elk, deer, and moose within the confines of its game preserve until 

 January 15 of each year and transport them outside the State at 

 any time when accompanied by a certificate from the fish and game 

 commission. (Pub. Stat. 1901, ch. 131, sec. 6.) 



New York. — Deer may be sold during the open season, and moose, 

 elks, caribou, and antelope from private parks may be sold during the 

 same period. Common carriers may transport animals into the State 

 for breeding purposes. The section forbidding transportation of 

 venison was recently (1909) amended to provide that it "shall not 

 apply to domesticated deer propagated in wholly inclosed deer parks, 

 when shipments made from such parks are accompanied by a permit 

 issued by the forest, fish, and game commission under conditions pre- 

 scribed by the commissioner." (Ch. 474.) 



North Carolina. — Twenty-two counties permit the owner and 

 keeper of an inclosed game reserve, who raises deer for use or sale, to 

 kill, sell, or use those raised or kept in said inclosure. These laws 

 were passed in 1907 and 1909. 



North Dakota. — The state game and fish board of control is author- 

 ized to issue permits to breed or domesticate any of the game birds 

 or animals mentioned in the law. An annual report is required from 

 persons holding such permits, and they may sell or ship game within 

 or without the State upon receipt of written permission to do so from 

 the board. (Laws of 1909, ch. 128.) 



Oklahoma. — A section of the law passed in 1909 permits the sale 

 of domesticated game animals and birds within the State. The law 

 is silent on the subject of their export. (Ch. 19.) 



Pennsylvania. — The state board of game commissioners may issue 

 propagating certificates to individuals or associations that desire to 

 raise deer or other large game animals. The land shall be inclosed 

 by an approved wire fence not less than 8 feet high. All wild deer 

 must first be driven from the land under the direction of a repre- 

 sentative of the state board. A careful account of all game raised or 

 brought to the preserve must be kept and reports of any increase 

 made annually to the board. Deer may be killed inside the preserve 

 and shipped only during the open season and for thirty days there- 

 after. They may be shipped alive for propagating purposes at any 



