\)(\ DIGEST OF GAME LAWS FOR IWl. 
lutiial owner <»f such bird (»r birds, who, to aid another in such transportation, 
falsrly rcprcstMits hiniscdf to Ix^ the owner thereof, shall Ik; liable to the same penalty; 
nor shall any person or corporation carry or transj)ort at any one time more than 
fifteen of any one variety of the birds above named as the property of one person 
under the same penalty, * * * 
Game birds defined: Sec. 12. [as amended ])y Publi(r Laws of 1901, chap. 142, 
p. 1")".)] * * * For the purposes of this act, the following only shall be considered 
game birds: the anatid;e, commonly known as swans, geese, brant, and river and 
sea ducks; the rallida-, commonly known as rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinules; 
the limicolie, commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, 
sandpipei*s, tatlers and curlews; the gallina', commonly known as wild turkeys, 
grouse, prairie chickens, i)heasants, i)artridges and (juails. '* * * 
Shipment — Moose, deer; Sec. 28. No person or corporation shall carry (►r trans- 
port from i>lace to i>la('e any moose or deer, or part thereof, in close time, nor in 
open time unless open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the name and resi- 
dence of the owner thereof, and accompanied by him, under a penalty of forty dol- 
lars and costs of prosecution for each moose or deer so transported or carried; and 
any person not the actual ow^ner of such game or parts thereof, who, to aid another 
in such transi)ortation, falsely represents himself to ])e the owner thereof, shall be 
lial)le to the penalties aforesaid; and it shall be prima facie evidence that said game, 
that is Ix'ing transported or carried in violation of this sectitm, was illegally killed; 
but nothing herein shall apply to the transportation of moose or deer by any person 
or corporation, when such game is lawfully tagged in accordance with the provisions 
of section twenty -six of this chapter. Whoever lawfully kills a bull moose shall, 
while the same or any part thereof, is being transported, preserve and transport it 
with the evidence on the moose of the sex of the same. Whoever fails to comply 
with the i)rovisions of this section shall forfeit to the State the moose or part thereof 
iH'ing transported, and pay a line of three hundred dollars and costs of prosecution. 
Seizure, Return: Sec. 24. All birds, fish, and game hunted, caught, killed, 
destroyed, bought, carried, transported or found in possession of any person or cor- 
poration, in violation of the provisions of this chapter and amendments thereto, shall 
l)e liable to seizure; and in case of conviction for such violation, such game shall be 
forfeited to the State, to be sold for consumption in this State only. Any person 
whose game or fish has been seized for violation of any game or fish law, shall have 
it returned to him on giving to the officer a bond with sufficient sureties, residents 
of the State, in double the amount of the fine for such violation, on condition that, 
if convicted of such violation, he will, within thirty days thereafter, pay such fine 
and costs. If he neglects or refuses to give such bond and takes the game or fish so 
seized, he shall have'no action against the officer for such seizure, or for the loss of 
the game or fish seized. 
Export: Sec. 25. No resident of this State shall sell or give away any moose or 
<leer or part thereof, or any game l)irds, to be transported or carried ])eyond the lim- 
its of this State, under a i)enalty of one hun<lred dollars for each and every moose, 
deer or part thereof, and one dollar for every game bird so sold or given away; and 
any person who shall l)uy any of the above-named animals or birds or i)art.s thereof, 
to so transport them, or who shall transj)ort them after buying the same or receiving 
the same as a gift, shall l)e subject to the same i)enalty. 
Tags: Sec. 26. Any person who has lawfully killed a moose or a deer, * * * 
or one pair of game birds, may send the same to his home or to any hospital in the 
Statv, without accompanying the same by purchasing of the duly constituted agent 
therefor a tag, ])aying for a moose live dollars, for a deer two dollars, * * * and 
fifty cents for a pair of game birds. The commissioners of iidand fisheries and game 
may ai)point agents in convenient localities who may sell these tags, under such rules 
and regulations as the commissioners may adopt. * * * 
