! 18 FISH AND GAME LAWS, 
the dead lody of any such game, bird, or animal, 
or any part thereof, whether taken or killed in the 
State of California or shipped into the state from 
another state, territory, or foreign country, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction 
thereof shall le punishaUe hy a fine not less than 
twenty dollars nor .more than five hundred dollars, 
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or imprisonment in the county jail of the county in 
which the conviction shall he had, not less than 
twenty days nor more than six months, or hy hoth 
such fine and imprisonment j and all fines and for- 
feitures imposed and collected for violation of any 
of the provisions of this section shall he paid into 
the state treasury to the credit of the fish and game 
r preservation fund. Nothing in this section shall 
he construed to prohihit the sale of any species of 
wild duck from the first day of November to the 
: first day of Decemher of the same year. 
Game Birds and Animals; Scientific Purposes 
and Propagation. 
§ 626L Nothing in this act shall be held to pro- 
hibit the possession for scientific purposes, or the 
taking alive for the purpose of propagation, any of 
the animals or birds mentioned in this section; 
:■ provided, permission to take and possess said birds 
i or animals for said purposes shall have been first 
obtained in writing from the Game Commissioner 
or the state board of Fish Commissioners, and 
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' said permission shall accompany the shipment of 
said birds or animals, and shall exempt them from 
seizure while passing through any part of the 
state. 
[Enacted 1901.] 
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