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MONTANA. 
Laws of 1897, pp. 261, 253. 
Trapping" for sale : Sec. 8. That any personwho shall willfully catch, trap or other- 
wise restrain, for the purpose of sale or domestication or any other purpose, any buffalo, 
elk, moose, or mountain sheep within the State, chall l^e deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and l:>e fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars nor less than One Hun- 
dred Dollars, and shall ])e imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months or 
by both such fine and imprisonment for each offense committed in the discretion of 
the court. 
Receiving for shipment: Sec. 17. Any person or persons, agent or employees, of 
any stage or express company, or railroad company, or association of persons, who 
shall receive for transp<:)rtation or carriage, or shall sell or offer for sale, fish or game 
that have been taken or killed contrary to the pro\'isions of this Act, knowing or 
having reason to Ijelieve that such fish or game were so illegally caught, taken or 
killed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con^iction thereof, shall 
be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars, or more than Three Hun- 
dre<l Dollars for each lot or shipment of fish or game so transported or carried, or be 
imprisoned in the county jail for not le.ss than ninety days, or both in the discretion 
of the court. 
Sale: Sec. 19. Every person who shall sell or offer for sale, any of the birds or 
animals or any part thereof mentioned in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act [deer, 
elk, moose, carilxju, antelope, bison, buffalo, mountain sheep. Rocky Mountain goat, 
quail, partridge, grouse, prairie chicken, fool hen, sage hen, pheasant, Chinese 
pheasant, wild duck, wild goose, brant, swan], is punishable by a fine of not less 
than Twenty-five Dollars or more than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, or by 
imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days, nor more than ninety 
days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 
Approved, March 8, 1897. 
NEBRASKA. 
Laws of 1901, chap. — . 
-ARTICLE I. 
Property of State: Sec. 9. All fish or game, song, insectivorous or other birds 
now or hereafter within this state not held by private ownership, legally acquired, 
and which for the purpose of this act shall include all the quadrupeds, birds and fish 
mentioned in this act, are hereby declare<:l to be property of the state, and no right, 
title, interest or property therein can be acquired or transferred or possession thereof 
had or maintained except as herein expressly pro\"ided. 
Definitions: Sec 11. As used in this act, unless otherwise specifically restricted 
or enlarged, the words herein and hereof refer to the whole act; the words person, 
owner, proprietor, grantee, le.«see, or licensee include a firm, association, corporation 
or municipality; the word commissioner means the state game and fish commissioner 
or deputy commissioners provided for herein; the word oflBcer includes every person 
authorized to enforce this act; and whenever the possession, use, importation, trans- 
portation, storage, taxidermy, for millinery purposes, sale, offering or exposing for 
sale of fish or game, song, insectivorous or other birds is prohibited or restricted, the 
prohibition or restriction shall, where not specifically otherwise provided extend to 
and include every part of such fish or game, song, in.sectivorous or other bird, and a 
violation as to each individual animal or bird or part thereof shall be a separate 
offense, and two or more offenses may be charged in the same complaint, informa- 
tion or indictment, and proof as to a part of an animal shall be suflicient to sustain a 
