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Chapter 362, Acts of 1909 

 State reservations are refuges for birds and game 



Section i. No person shall hunt, pursue, take, kill or in any 

 manner molest or destroy any wild birds or game within the 

 exterior boundaries of any state reservation, park, common or 

 any land held in trust for public use, except that the authori- 

 ties or persons having the control and charge of such reserva- 

 tions, parks, commons, or other lands may in their discretion, 

 and with such limitations as they may deem advisable, author- 

 ize persons to hunt, take or kill within said boundaries any wild 

 birds or animals which are not now protected by law. Such 

 authorizations shall be by written license, and the license shall 

 be revokable at the pleasure of the authorities or persons 

 granting it. 



Section 2. The boards, officials and persons having charge 

 of reservations, parks, commons and lands held for public use 

 shall enforce the provisions of this act. 



Section 3. Every violation of any provision of this act shall 

 be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars. 



Chapter 410, Acts of 191 i 



Establishment of state bird and game preserves and the protection 

 and propagation of wild birds and quadrupeds 



Section i. For the purpose of protecting any species of 

 useful wild birds or quadrupeds, and for aiding the propaga- 

 tion thereof, the board of commissioners on fisheries and game 

 may acquire in fee by purchase, gift or devise, or may lease, 

 or, with the consent of the owners, may control any land, 

 water or shore or the right to use the same, including the right 

 of the public in such land or on such water or shore, as a bird 

 and game preserve. 



Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid the said commis- 

 sioners, upon a petition filed with them by the mayor and 

 aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, or by one or 

 more owners of land, water or shore, if satisfied of the suitable 

 character and situation of the same, may, with the consent of 



