112 DIGEST OK GAM?: LAWS FOR 1901. 
clovi', wild (liu-k <»r ^oosc, or the hidi', lu»nis, of uiiy wild aiiiinalH or the ])lumage of 
any wild l)irds (doa<l or alive) nhall hi' guilty of a ini.sdeineanor. 
Aj.proviMl March 2.S, 15)01. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
Public Statutes 1901, chap. . 
Shipment: Six-. .SI. No person, corporation or coniinon carrier, shall at anytime, 
within the liniit.s of thi.s state, trans])ort any moose, caribou, elk or fawn, under 
penalty of a line of fifty dollars, ($50,) l)ut such person, corporation or connnon car- 
rier, may show in defense that such animals came in the regular course of business 
into their jiossession for transit through the state from some place without the state. 
Shipping- deer: 8ec. 32. No iiereon, corporation or common carrier, shall transport 
within this state, any deer or any i)arts thereof except heads for mounting, unless 
open to view, tagged and j>lainly labeled with the name of the actual <jwner, and 
accompanied by him under the penalty of a tine of fifty dollars, ($50,). 
Sale, deer: Sec. 33. No person shall sell any deer killed in this state, <jr i)arta 
thereof, except for consumption as food within the state, and no person shall buy 
for the purpose of selling the same, sell or give away more than two deer, killed in 
this state in any one season, under a penalty of one hundred dollars, ($100,) for each 
offense, except that the Blue Mountain Forest Association may kill deer, elk, and 
moose within the confines of its game preserve, as established by chapter 258 of the 
laws of 1(S95, until January 15 of each year, and may ship them to points without the 
state at any time when accompanied by a certificate of the fish and game commission 
that they were legally killed, and the fish and game commission shall provide rules and 
regulations as are necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of this paragraph 
without any exi)ense to the state of New Hampshire. 
Game birds defined: Sec. 34. * * * For the purposes of this act the follow- 
ing only shall be considered game birds: The Anatidjc, commonly known as swans, 
geese, brant, and river and sea ducks; the Rallida^, conunonly known as rails, coots, 
mud-hens, and gallinules; the Limicohe, conunonly known as shore birds, plover, 
surf birds, snii)e, woodcock, sandpipers, tatlers, and curlews; the (lallina', commonly 
known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges, an<l (piails. 
Birds for food: Sec. 42. If any person shall between the fifteenth day of December 
in any year and the fifteenth day of September next following, take, kill, or have in 
possession any woodcock, ruffed grouse, partridge, quail or Wilson snipe, or shall at 
any time take, kill, or have in possession any of said birds except for consumi)tion as 
food within the state, he shall l)e fined ten dollars, ($10,) for each bird so taken or 
destroye<l or had in j)ossession, or imprisoned sixty <lays, or both. 
Shipment, Birds: Sec. 46. If any person, corporation or connnon carrier, or any 
of their servants or agents, while in their employ, shall have in their possession for 
transportation out of the state or for transportation or for any other purpose when 
the same are protected by law, any of the birds mentioned in this act, [quail, par- 
tridge, ruffed grouse, woodcock, plover, Wilson snipe, sandpiper, yellowlegs, rail, 
beachbirds, duck (except sheldrake)], such person, corporation or common carrier 
shall be fined one hundred dollars, ($100,) for each offense, but such person, corpo- 
ration or connnon carrier may show in defense that the birds came in the regular 
course of business lawfully into their possession for transit through the state from 
some i)lace vvitlujut the state. 
Sale, Birds: Sec. 47. If any person shall at any time within this state, buy, sell, 
offer or exjKJse for sale, any woodcock, partridge, or ruffed groii.se, he shall for each 
Ijird Ixjught and sold offered for sale or had in their possession, be fined five dollars, 
($5,) or l>e imprisoned thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.. 
Approved March 20, lUOl. 
