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provisions of this chapter, nor to permit any 
common carrier to have in its possession more 
than the above specified number of said birds 
during any one calendar day, though lawfully 
received, except during the shipment or trans- 
portation thereof. 
[Enacted 1901; last amended 1909.] 
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Destruction of Birds and Animals by Nets, Traps 
and Poisons Prohibited. 
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§ G31. Every person who takes, kills, or de- 
stroys, by use of any net, pound, cage, trap, set 
line or wire, or by the use of any poisonous sub- 
stance, 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 
use of any net, pound, cage, trap, set-line or wire, or 
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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 propaga- 
tion, or for scientific purposes, written permission • 
having first been obtained from the state board of • 
Fish Commissioners. 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 prosecution 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. 
[Enacted 1880; last amended 1905.] 
