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snipe and ducks from 15 to 10, and on sandpipers from 70 to 50; removing protection 
from the mudhen (bittern), kingfisher, loon, and blue heron; increasing the fee for a 
nonresident general license from $15 to $25, and providing special $5 licenses for 
hunting birds prior to October 1 and November 1 in certain parts of the State; increas- 
ing the export limit of ducks under a nonresident license from 10 to 15; permitting 
nonresident licensee to export one pair of game birds a month, unaccompanied, 
under a 50-cent tag; making the appointment of inland deputies expire with the 
calendar year in which made; prohibiting the sale of game raised in private preserves; 
and extending the jurisdiction of the department of sea and shore fisheries to all 
islands along the coast of the State and to a distance of 1 mile inland, including all 
bays and inlets so far as the tide ebbs and flows except on the Kennebec River above 
the city of Bath (ch. 206). 
Massachusetts. — Nine acts: Strengthening the license law (ch. 249); shifting the 
season on gray squirrels to make it uniform with that on upland game birds (ch. 270); 
authorizing city and town councils to protect insectivorous birds and to appoint bird 
wardens (ch. 296); extending the license exemption in favor of certain nonresident 
taxpayers to their minor children over 18 years of age (ch. 479); opening the season 
throughout the State on deer (ch. 529); prohibiting the use of rifle, revolver, or pistol 
for hunting any game (ch. 542); providing a penalty of $20 for knowingly permitting 
a dog to chase deer (ch. 552); prohibiting the poisoning and snaring of wild animals 
(ch. 626), and extending protection to moose throughout the year (ch. 744). 
Michigan. — Eight acts: Protecting the snowy heron and prohibiting sale of its 
plumage (No. 22); removing protection from black bears (No. 83); prescribing $1 
resident and $10 nonresident licenses for small game (No. 108); permitting the trans- 
portation and sale of rabbits lawfully killed, and sale and export of deer skins or green 
or mounted buck deer heads under permit; reducing the daily bag on plover from 10 
to 6; shortening the season on deer 23 days, and on woodcock 16 days; extending the 
close term on squirrels to 1915, and that on quail, English and Mongolian pheasants, 
black game, capercailzie, hazel grouse, and wild turkeys to 1917; lengthening the 
season on rabbits 45 days, on ruffed grouse and spruce hens 15 days; on ducks, snipe, 
plover, shorebirds, and sora rail 45 days; and on coots and other rail one month, and 
permitting nonresident licensees to export one deer under permit (No. 167); estab- 
lishing a game preserve on the new maneuvering grounds of the State militia in Craw- 
ford County (No. 172) ; increasing the salary of the chief deputy from $1,500 to $1,800, 
providing for the appointment of deputies at salaries from $2.50 to $4 a day, with 
promotions on a merit basis after examination (No. 313); amending form of deer 
licenses and affidavits and requiring licenses to be issued in stated distinctive colors 
(No. 328); and authorizing the establishment of game preserves on private holdings 
and State forests (No. 360). 
Minnesota. — Eight acts : Repealing the law prohibiting the use of ferrets for rabbits 
in certain counties (ch. 5); prohibiting the use of silencers (ch. 64); protecting game 
on lands designated by commission as game propagating and breeding grounds (ch. 95); 
permitting game birds to be raised in captivity under permit and sold when properly 
tagged (ch. 131); protecting squirrels on all public grounds and within one-quarter mile 
thereof (ch. 133); prohibiting shooting of waterfowl from one hour after sunset to one 
hour before sunrise (ch. 212); permitting big game raised in private preserves to be 
killed and sold at any time under permit (ch. 485); memorializing Congress to afford 
protection to migratory game bids (J. Res. No. 13). 
Missouri. — Four acts: Shortening the season on quail one month (p. 346); on 
squirrels three weeks (p. 347); reducing the daily limit on birds from 25 to 10 and the 
number allowed in possession at one time from 50 to 15 (p. 348) ; and prohibiting the use 
of dogs for hunting deer (p. 346). 
