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fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than titty dollars, and the costs of 
prosecution, and in default of pajTnent thereof shall be confined in the county jail 
uniil such fine and costs shall be paid; but such confinement shall not exceed thirty 
days. 
Approved, June 1, 1893. 
PubUc Acts of 1901, H. B. No. 104. 
Sale: Sec. 4. No person shall by himself, his clerk, servant or agent, exix)se or 
keep for sale, or directly or indirectly, upon any pretense or any device, sell or bar- 
ter, or in consideration of the purchase of any other property, give to any other 
person any of the protected animals or birds mentioned in this act within the State 
of Michigan. [These animals and birds are deer, elk, moose, caribou, squirrel — 
fox, black, or gray — mourning dove, Antwerp or homing pigeon, pinnated grouse 
or prairie chicken, Mongolian and English pheasants, wild turkey, wild pigeon, 
ruffetl grouse (partridge), colin (quail), spruce hen, woodcock, wild duck, wild 
goose, brant, snipe, plover, any kind of \d\d water fowl.l 
G-ame birds defined: Sec. 15. The term "game bird" used in this act shall be 
considered t<> mean all birds named or referred to [see list in sec. 4] except those 
referred to in section 14 [insectivorous .^i^ecies]. 
Possession: Sec. 17. It shall l)e lawful for any person to have at any time in pos- 
session the dea^l Wxly or carcass, or skin, or any jX)rtion thereof, of any animal or 
bird mentioned or referred to in this act for scientific purix)ses, or as specimens, or 
for his own consumption: Provided, That any person engaged in rearing any of the 
animals mentionetl in this act, within an enclosure, may kill for his own use and 
consumption at any time, any of said animals, and may sell and transport alive any 
of said animals when accompanie<l by a i>ermit from the State Fish and Game War- 
den; and it shall be the duty of the said State Fish and (Tame Warden to issue such 
X)ermits upon application, when satisfied that such animals were so reared within an 
enclosure. 
Permits: Sec. 19. The State Game and Fish Warden is hereby given authority to 
issue permits for the transportation and sale of deer skins at any season of the year 
when satisfied such hides were killed at a lawful time and in a lawful manner; each 
hide so transported or sold shall have attached to it the original hcense tag while 
l^eing so transported or sold. All game or game birds transported under cover, shall 
]je plainly marked on the outside of package such game or game birds are shipped 
in, with the name of the consignor and the consignee, the initial ix)int of billing and 
the destination, together with an itemized statement of the quantity of game or game 
birds contained therein. 
Offense, Evidence: Sec. 20. The injuring, destruction or killing or capturing of 
each animal or bird injured, captured, killed or destroyed contrary to the provisions 
of this act shall be a separate offense, and the person so offending shall be liable to 
the penalties and punishments herein provided for each such offense. In all prose- 
cutions for a violation of any of the provisions of this act, proof of the jx)ssession of 
the dead body or carcass, or skin, or any jx)rtion thereof of any animal or ]3ird 
mentioned or referred to in this act, at a time when the killing thereof is unlawful, 
shall ]je prima facie evidence that such animal or bird was killed at a time when the 
killing thereof was prohibitetl by law. All person violating any of the provisions of 
this act, whether as principal, agent, servant or employe, shall be equally liable as 
principal, and any person or principal shall be liable for any violation of any of the 
provisions of this act, by his agent, servant or employe, done under his direction or 
knuwleilge. 
Permits: Sec 21. The State Game and Fish Warden is hereby given authority to 
issue i)ermits to any person to take, capture or kill any animal or bird mentioned 
in this act, at any time when satisfied such person desires the same exclusively as 
