100 DIGEST OF GAM?: LAWS FOR 1901. 
Acts and Resolves of 1901, chap. 102. 
Sale: WIkk'vit kills a ^'niy scuiirrrl, liari' or rabbit, bi'tweeii the first day of 
March and tlu' lirst day of OctoluT, or within said tinio buys, sells or offers for sale 
any of siiid animals, shall be punished l)y a fine of ten dollars: Provided, however, 
that any person, firm or corporation, dealin*; in jrame or engaged in the cold storage 
business may buy, sell or have in possession, and any person may buy from such 
person, firm or corporation, and have in possession if so bought, Colorado jack rab- 
bits, Nova Scotia white or eastern white rabbits at any season, if not taken or killed 
iu tliis Commonwealth contrary to the provisions of this act. 
MICHIGAN. 
Public Acts of 1893, No. 196, pp. 312-314. 
Property of State: ^kc. I. That no person shall at any time or in any manner 
acijuire any i)roperty in, or subject to his dominion or control, any of the birds, 
game or fish, the killing, taking, or having in possession of which is at any time or 
at all times i)rohibited l)y any of the laws of this State, that they shall always and 
under all circumstances and conditions be and remain the sole property of the State. 
* * * When their killing is not prohibited by law, the same may be used at the 
time, in the manner, and for the purposes expressly authorized by law, Vjut not 
otherwise. 
Export: Skc. 2. No person, company or corporation shall at any time catch, take 
or kill, or have in possession of or under control, any ol the birds, game or fish of 
this State, the killing of which is at any time or at all times prohiV)ited by law, with 
intent to ship the same beyond the limits of this State, or with intent to allow or aid 
in their shipment out of this State, or shall shi}) or intentionally allow or aid in their 
shipment out of this State: * * * 
Possession: Sec. 3. No person shall at any time have in possession or under con- 
trol any bird, game or fish caught, taken or killed outside of this State, which was 
caught, taken or killed at any time, in a manner or for a purpose forbidden by the 
laws of the State, Territory or country where the same was caught, taken or killed, 
or which was shipped out of said State, Territory or country in violation of the laws 
thereof. 
Sec. 4. The possession or having under control of any kind of bird, game or fish, 
the killing of which is at any time or at all times prohibited by the laws of this State, 
shall iH'jLj/'/m^/rtnV evidence that it was killed in this State, to disprove which it 
shall be necessary to show by the testimony of the i)arty who actually caught, took 
or kille<l the same that it was killed outside of this State. Whenever it shall appear 
that any ])ird, game or fish of a kind the killing of which is at any time or at all 
times i)rolubited by the laws of this State, was caught, taken or killed outside of this 
State, it shall \k' j/nimif<(rle evidence that such bird, game or fish was caught, taken 
or killed at a time, in a manner and for a i)urpose })rohibite(l by the laws of the State, 
Territory or country when* it was caught, taken or killed, and wjis shipped out of 
siiid State, Territory or country in violation of the laws thereof. * * * 
Propag-ation: Sec. 5. No person, com})any or corporation shall sell, or attempt 
to sell, or expose for sale, or have in })ossession or under control, for the purpose of 
selling or exposing for sale, any kind of bird, ganie or fish at any time when the 
taking, catching or killing of such kind of birds, game or fish is prohibited by the 
laws of this State: Provided, hoirever, That nothing in this act shall i)revent the taking 
or catching alive of birds, game or fish for domestication, propagation or breeding 
purposes. 
Penalties: Sec. (i. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall ])e 
dci-mrd guilty of a misdemi'anor, and <»n conviction thereof shall Ikj punished by a 
