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BULLETIN 22, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
RETROGRADE LEGISLATION. 
Among the retrograde legislation of the year may be mentioned 
the Colorado provision extending spring shooting, the repeal of the 
Massachusetts provision allowing dogs chasing deer to be killed, 
the Maine prohibition of sale of game raised in private preserves, 
the suspension of salaried warden service in Oklahoma, and the 
repeal of the South Dakota doe law. Game protection funds were 
diverted to other purposes in New Hampshire by a provision that 
the surplus shall be devoted to screening ponds and forestry work, 
and in Florida by the requirement that funds in excess of $5,000 on 
March 1 of each year shall be turned over to the State school fund. 
More than the usual number of game laws have been the subject 
of vetoes, notably in Wisconsin, where a bill prohibiting aliens from 
hunting failed to receive the approval of the governor, and in Cali- 
fornia, where two bills removing the band-tailed pigeon and certain 
shore birds from the game list were vetoed. The only law apparently 
in which the referendum was invoked was the California statute 
prohibiting the sale of game but allowing sale of ducks in November. 
PRESENT CONDITION OF GAME LEGISLATION. 
As an illustration of the progress of game legislation and the general 
adoption of certain provisions in the various States, a comparison 
may be made between conditions in 1900 (the date of the passage of 
the Lacey act, the first Federal law) and those of to-day. Every 
one of the 48 States now prescribes seasons for hunting, prohibits 
export of game, and requires nonresidents to secure a license. Only 
one State is without some restriction on sale of game, 4 are with- 
out State game wardens or commissioners, 5 have no general bag- 
limit laws, 9 do not issue resident hunting licenses, and 9 have not 
yet adopted the so-called "model law" for the protection of nongame 
birds. The progress in each of these features is shown by the fol- 
lowing table: 
Table showing condition' of game legislation in 1900 and 1913. 
Provisions. 
Number of 
States. 
States lacking legislation. 
1900 
1913 
Seasons 
48 
41 
15 
28 
31 
20 
48 
48 
48 
47 
44 
43 
39 
39 
Export 
Nonresident license. . . 
Sale 
(1) North Carolina. 
(4) Arkansas, Mississippi, Nevada, Virginia. 
(5) Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Rhode Island, 
Virginia. 
(9) Arkansas, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West 
Virginia. 
(9) Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana,Nevada, 
Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah. 
State warden 
Limits 
Resident license 
Nongame birds (model law) . . . 
