unusual credit to himself and his legion of friends until Aug- 
* * 
ust 10, 1S19 when he sacrificed his life in a railroad accident 
while in the performance of his duty. Finally the work of the 
Board did receive recognition and limited appropriations from 
the general funds of the State. The appropriations from 1097 
to 1913 inclusive were as follows; 
1897... 
1899.• 
■ 1901 .. 
1903.. 
1905- 
1907.•.• 
1909.. .. 
1911.. .• 
1913- 
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800.00 (postage and 
■■ 800 . 00( exnressage only) 
3 , 000.00 
12 , 000.00 
20 , 000.00 
40,200 .00 
60 , 200.00 
57 , 200.00 
97 , 400.00 
Securing funds from general revenues was always a real 
problem for the sportsmen of Pennsylvania just as it has proven 
elsewhere} and the amount available entirely inadequate tor the 
large field to be covered. In 1913 the Pennsylvania Resident 
Hunter’s License Law was passed at the instance of the sports- 
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men and the funds paid in through this act were accumulated un¬ 
til June, 1915, since which time the entire cost of the work of 
the Pennsylvania Game Commission has been paid out of the funds 
collected from the sportsmen. In other words, since 1915 the 
sportsmen of Pennsylvania have "had their hands in their own 
, • * - • 
pockets" and the Members of the Game Commission all feel that 
they are simply the directors in a large corporation in which 
the sportsmen of the State are the stockholders. 
The annual issuance of licenses since the passage of 
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lav/ has 
been as foil 
YEAR 
RESIDENT 
1913 
305,028 
1914 
298,972 
1915 
262,355 
1916 
290 , 422 
1917 
315,474 
1918 
311,290 
1919 
401,130 
1920 
412,240 
1921 
462,374 
FOII- RESIDENT 
(Data n-&t tabulated) 
462 
532 
662 
58 
478 
1,128 
1,7-25 
1,763 
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The fee for the Resident Hunter's License is Si.00 
from v/hich the county Treasurers receive 100 , and the fee for 
the Tlon-Resident Hunter's License is $10.00, from which the 
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