ABID GAME LAWS. 
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Use of Traps, Net, or Pound Prohibited. Per- 
mits, How Obtained. 
§ 631. Every person who takes, kills, or destroys, 
by use of any net, pound, cage, trap, set line or 
wire, or by the use of any poisonous substance, any 
of the birds or animals mentioned in this chapter, 
or who transports, buys, sells, or gives away, offers 
or exposes for sale, or has in his possession, any of 
the said birds or animals that have been taken, 
killed, or captured by the usei of any net, pound, 
cage, trap, set line or wire, or by the use of any 
poisonous substance, whether taken in the State 
of California, or shipped into the State from any 
other State, Territory or foreign country, is guilty 
of a misdemeanor ; provided, that the same may be 
taken for the purpose of propagation, or for scien- 
tific purposes, written permission having first been 
obtained from the State Board of Fish Commis- 
sioners. Proof of possession of any such birds or 
animals which do not show evidence of having been 
taken by means other than a net, pound, cage, trap, 
set line or wire, or by the use of any poisonous 
substance, is prima facie evidence in any prosecu- 
’ tion for violation of the provisions of this section, 
that the person in whose possession such birds or 
animals are found, took, killed, or destroyed the 
same by means of a net, pound, cage, trap, set line 
or wire, or by the use of poisonous substance. 
[Approved March 18, 1905.] 
