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FISH AND GAME LAWS, [ 
August of thG following your, hunts, pursues, 
takes, or destroys, or has in his possession, 
whether taken or killed in the State of Cali- 
fornia, or shipped into the state from any 
other state, territory, or foreign country, 
any male deer, or any deer meat, is guilty of 
a misdemeanor. 
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[Enacted 1872 ; last amended 1911.] 
Tree Squirrels. 
§ 626^^. Every person who, between the first 
day of January and the first day of September of 
the same year, hunts, takes, kills, or destroys, or 
has in his possession, any species of tree squirrel, 
or who at any time buys, sells, offers for sale, or 
has in his possession for sale, any tree squirrel, 
is guilty of a misdemeanor, and every person who 
takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his possession, 
more than twelve tree squirrels during any one 
open season, is guilty of a misdemeanor ; provided, 
that none of the provisions of this section shall in 
any manner apply to the county of Mendocino in 
said state. 
[Enacted 1901 ; last amended 1911.] 
Deer Skin, Hide, or Pelt.. 
§ 626/^. Every person who buys, sells, offers or 
exposes for sale, barter, or trade, the hide, pelt, 
or skin of any deer, or who transports, carries, or 
has in his possession, the skin, pelt, or hide of any 
female deer, or spotted fawn, or any deer hide or 
pelt from which the evidence of sex has been re- 
moved, is guilty of a misdemeanor ; provided, how- 
ever, that the provisions of this section shall not 
apply to the skin, pelt, or hide of any deer killed 
or taken in a foreign country. 
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[Enacted 1895; last amended 1903.] 
