FISH AND GAME LAWS. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS OP THE LAW. 
Compirising Sections from the P enal Code in 
Relation to Fish and Game. 
SECTIONS RELATING TO GAME. 
Killing Birds in Cemeteries. 
§ 598. Every person who, within any public 
cemetery or burying ground, kills, wounds, or traps 
any bird, or destroys any bird’s nest other than 
swallows’ nests, or removes any eggs or young 
birds from any nest, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
[Approved February 14, 1872.] 
Killing Elk a Felony. 
§ 599f. Every person who willfully kills any elk 
within this State is guilty of a felony and punish- 
able by imprisonment in the State prison for a term 
not exceeding two years. [Approved March 19, 
1907.] 
Closed Season for Ducks, Black Sea Brant, Quail, 
Snipe, Shore Birds, Etc. 
§ 626. Every person who, between the fifteenth 
day of February and the first day of October of any 
year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys, or has 
