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Laws of 1901, chap. 76, pp. 176-177. 
Game birds defined: Sec. 1. * * * For the purpose of this act, the follow- 
ing only shall be considered game birds: The anatidse, commonly known as swans, 
geese, brant and river and sea ducks; the rallidie, commonly known as rails, coots, 
mud-hens and gallinules; the limicoke, commonly known as shore birds, i:>lovers, 
surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tatlers and curlews; the gallina?, commonly 
known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges, quails and 
doves, ^ and the species of icteridge, commonly known as reed birds. 
Approved March 20, 1901. 
Laws of 1901, chap. 120, pp. 262-268. 
Trapping rabbits: [Sec] 3. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to pre- 
vent farmers and fruit growers from trapping rabbits in box-traps during the months 
of November, December, January, February and ]March; provided, hoicever, that such 
trapping shall be done on property owned or leased for the raising of fruit by the per- 
son so trapping; provided, that the person so trapping shall first have made an affi- 
davit before a justice of the peace that rabbits have injured fruit trees, such fruit 
trees being on the property of the person so trapping, and shall have notified the 
nearest fish and game warden of his intention to so trap; mid jyrovided further, that 
no person shall be permitted to barter or sell any ral^bits so trapped. 
Sale: [Sec] 11. It shall be unlawful to have in possession, sell or offer for sale, 
any hare (sometimes called rabbit), quail (sometimes called partridge), ruffed 
grouse (sometimes called partridge or pheasant), ring-necked pheasant, English 
pheasant, woodcock, pinnated grouse (sometimes called prairie chicken), English or 
Wilson snipe, reed bird, rail bird, marsh hen, grass or upland plover, squirrel, duck, 
or any of the game birds or game animals enumerated in this act, after the same has 
been caught or trapped by means of any snare, snood, net, trap or device of any 
description whatsoever, or to set any snare, snood, net, trap or device for catching or 
trapping any such game bird or animal, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each 
such bird or other animal so had in possession, sold or exposed for sale, or for any 
trap or snare so set. 
Sale seasons: [Sec] 13. Whenever by this act the possession of any kind of 
game is prohibited after a certain specified date or within certain specified periods of 
time, all sales of dealers in game for a period of thirty days after the expiration of 
such fixed period or specified date shall prima facie be deemed lawful, and the pen- 
alties herein imposed for the possession of such game shall not apply to any dealer in 
or the purchaser of any such game, within the extended period, unless it shall be 
shown that such dealer or purchaser had knowledge that such game had been unlaw- 
fulh' killed, captured or taken; nothing in this section, however, shall be construed 
to permit the possession, sale or purchase of game killed or taken in this state in vio- 
lation of any of the provisions of this act. 
Propagation: [Sec] 15. Nothing m this act shall be so construed as to jjrevent 
associations or individuals from bringing into this state any birds or other animals 
for the purpose of propagation, or from keeping such animals until a seasonable time 
for their release. 
Export: [Sec] 26. It shall be unlawful to remove or to attempt to remove from 
this state any quail, ruffed grouse, pinnated grouse, woodcock, hare, squirrel, English 
pheasant or ring-necked pheasant; provided, however, that this section shall not apply 
to common carriers carrying from beyond the confines of this state in unbroken 
packages to some point beyond the confines of this state, such quail, ruffed grouse, 
^ Doves Ixjlong to the columbie, not the gallinse. 
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