PREFACE. 
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Section 25, Subdivision 28, of the County Gov- 
ernment Act, provides that Boards of Supervisors, 
in their respective counties, have jurisdiction and 
power to provide by ordinances, not in conflict with 
the general laws of the State, for the protection of 
fish and game, and may shorten the season for the 
taking or killing of fish and game within the dates 
fixed by the general State law, hut can not le^igthen 
the same. 
By the decisions of the Supreme Court {Ex parte 
Anear, 114 Cal. 370, People vs. Tom Nop, 124 Cal. 
150, and People vs. Paul Haagen, 139 Cal 115) 
violations of Sections 629, 632, 634, 635, 636 and 
637 of the Penal Code are made triable in the 
Superior Court, and a Justice of the Peace or a 
Police Judge has no trial jurisdiction. The maxi- 
mum penalty is not stated. Offenders under these 
sections must be examined before a Justice, or a 
Police Judge, who is the committing magistrate. 
This edition contains the Act of Congress known 
as the Lacey Game Law, which regulates interstate 
commerce in game. 
