2 BULLETIN 22, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
With the rapidly growing complexity of regulations — Federal, 
State, and local — in 50 States and Territories, and the constantly 
increasing number of persons who hunt, the demand for information 
concerning game laws is spreading. The problem of how to keep 
the public informed of the numerous yearly changes taxes the in- 
genuity of officials, and can be solved only by the fullest cooperation 
on the part of the press, private associations, and individuals. 
LEGISLATION IN 1913. 
The game legislation of 1913, while large in volume, is not much 
larger than that of 1911 or 1909, owing to the following causes: Codi- 
fication bills were enacted in Maine, Oregon, and Vermont; practically 
all the changes made in Illinois, Montana, New York, Utah, Wash- 
ington, and Wyoming were embodied in single bills; and all legisla- 
tion failed in Georgia, daho, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Carolina, 
and Texas. 
Legislative sessions were held in 43 States, 8 Canadian Provinces, 
and Newfoundland. Numerous bills affecting game were under 
consideration in nearly every State, and regulations for the pro- 
tection of migratory game and insectivorous birds in the United 
States and game in Alaska were promulgated by the Department of 
Agriculture. 
NOVEL OR IMPORTANT PROVISIONS. 
Among the various provisions found in the new laws are several 
novel features directly affecting the hunter or the conditions under 
which game may be hunted: 
Ohio and Pennsylvania now require licensees to wear a badge 
conspicuously exposed, bearing the number of his hunting license. 
In order to nrinimize shooting accidents, Manitoba requires hunters 
to wear a white coat or sweater and cap, and Saskatchewan insists 
that those who hunt big game must wear a complete outer suit and 
cap of white. The latter Province has recently made the penalty 
for accidentally shooting a person a fine ranging from $500 to $1,000^ 
or imprisonment for six months, and suspension of further license 
privileges for 10 years. To the present list of six States prohibiting 
the use of silencers — namely, Maine, New Jersey, North Dakota, 
Washington, Mississippi, and Louisiana — are now added Minnesota 
and Wyoming. Connecticut has provided that any hunter who 
shall injure a fence or let down a bar without replacing it shall forfeit 
his hunting license and the license privilege for two years. Con- 
necticut, Pennsylvania, and British Columbia require license appli- 
cants under 16 years of age to furnish the written consent of parent 
or guardian. Vermont has a similar restriction for those under 15, 
and Oregon does not permit children under 14 years old to hunt 
except on the premises of their parents, relatives, or guardians, 
