Laws of Georgia for the protection of game birds and fish : instructions to wardens and suggestions to the public / Georgia Department of Game and Fish

GEORGIA
Department of Game and Fish
BULLETIN NO. S.
LAWS OF GEORGIA
For the Protection oi Game, Birds mad Fifth Instructions to Wardens and Sug-
gestions to the Public
---BY
JESSE E. MERCER
State Game and Fish Commissioner
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
November, 1912

GEORGIA
Department of Game and Fish
BULLETIN NO. 3.
LAWS OF GEORGIA
For the Protection of Game, Birds and Fish Instructions to Wardens and Sug-
gestions to the Public
--by--
JESSE E. MERCER
State Game and Fish Commissioner
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
November, 1912

STATE OF GEORGIA
DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH
This Department is entitled to vigilance on the part of the wardens, to the co-operation of every sportsman holding a license and to the good will of all law abiding citizens in
the effort to secure the uniform enforcement of the Game and Fish Laws of the State.
The Commissioner will appreciate the interest of any good citizen of the State, who, in the name of law enforcement and for the sake of the protection and conservation of fish and game, will report to this office, to county wardens or deputies infractions of the law that come to their notice. All letters or reports or information will be treated ait confidential.
Jesse E. Mercer Commissioner, Atlanta, Ga., November 1st, 1912.

DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH ESTABLISHED

Act of August 21st, 1911.
AN ACT for the protection of game animals and birds and fish
to establish the Department of Game and Fish ; to declare what shall be game animals and birds ; to provide for the the appointment of a State Game and Fish Commissioner, and the appointment of Wardens and Deputy Wardens,
prescribing their duties and their purposes, and ft) provide
penalties for violation of this Act.

Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH ESTABLISHED--COMMISSIONERS' TERM OF OFFICE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the department of game and fish be established, to be in charge of the game and fish commissioner, who shall be appointed by the governor, and the term of whose office shall be for a period
of two years, beginning September 1, 1911, or until his succes-
sor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in this office by
-death of otherwise shall be filled by appointment by the
governor.

Section 2.

COMMISSIONER'S SALARY.

Said commissioner shall receive a salary of not exceeding -$2,000 per annum, payable alone out of the fund hereinafter mentioned, and provided by virtue of this act, and he shall
give his entire time to the service of the state as such game
.and fish commissioner.
Section 3. COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES--BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS--SEAL OF OFFICE.

Said commissioner shall give bond in the sum of $4,000 payable to the governor of the state, with two or more solvent
securities, conditioned for the faithful performance of the <duties of his office and a proper accounting of all moneys that
may come into his hands as commissioner. He shall keep a

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public record correctly disclosing all moneys received and expended, the number of hunter's licenses, the number of wardens employed, with their names, and counties in which they serve. Also the name of each person prosecuted for violation of this act, with the amount of fines imposed and collected in
each case, and all such other information as may be necessary
to the affairs of the department. The books and accounts of
said commissioner shall be audited in the same way as other
books and accounts of the other departments of the state are
audited. He shall have a seal of office.
Section 4. COMMISSIONER TO SEE THAT PRESENT LAWS AND FUTURE LAWS ENACTED ARE OB< SERVED--SEIZE GAME AND BIRDS--WARDENS
,,
AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CRIMINAL PROCESS.
It shall be the duty of said commissioner to see that the
laws now or hereafter enacted for the protection, propagation and preservation of game animals, game birds or other birds
and fish in this State are observed and that violations of said laws are promptly and speedily prosecuted. It shall be his duty to seize or cause to be seized game birds, or other animals and fish caught or killed at a time or in a manner, or which have been shipped, contrary to the provisions of this act. Such game or fish so seized shall be donated to some charitable institution in this state, except live game birds, animals or fish,
which shall be liberated. He shall, with wardens and deputy
wardens and ex-officio wardens, be authorized to serve all criminal process for violations of this act which could be served by the sheriff and constables of this state.
Section 5. COMMISSIONER TO APPOINT COUNTY WARDENS--WARDEN'S DUTIES, PER DIEM AND FEES; SHARE OF FINES; WARDEN'S RECORDS IN
CLERK'S OFFICE.
He shall appoint game and fish wardens and deputy war-
dens in each county of this state, such appointees to hold their office for the term of two years unless sooner removed for cause by the commissioner. Such wardens and deputy wardens shall enforce all the provisions of this act and all other laws in refer-
ence to game and fish in their respective counties. Such wardens and deputy wardens shall receive three dollars per day
Hungarian partridges and pheasants would do well in Georgia, but first we should take care of the splendid game already here.

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while acting under the special directions of the commissioner,
with reference to the discharge of their duties, which sum shall be paid out of the game protection fund provided for by this act. Each county warden shall receive one-fourth of all fines and forfeitures and penalties collected in the county in which he holds office imposed for violation of this act, where he does
not furnish the evidence necessary to convict. If he does arrest, or cause the arrest, and furnish the evidence necessary to convict them he shall have three-fourths of such fines, for-
feitures and penalties. Any persons arresting or causing to be
arrested offenders under this Act and furnishing the evidence necessary to convict such offenders shall receive one-half of .fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed and collected from such offenders and legal fees paid to constables. The remaining portion of fines imposed and collected shall be forwarded to the state game commissioner and by him turned into the treasury to the credit of the game protection fund. The county warden shall receive twenty-five cents for each county license issued by him, one dollar for each state license and three dollars for each non-resident license issued by him.
All county wardens shall keep a record in the office of the clerk of the court in their respective counties, which record shall be open to the public, giving names of all parties holding resident, county and state license and non-resident state license issued by him. This record shall also show the names, offences and fines imposed on all persons convicted for a violation of the fish or game laws of this state in the county of his
jurisdiction.
Section 6. LICENSES, HOW ISSUED, DESCRIPTION-
FEES REMITTED--HUNTING AND FISHING ON
OWN LAND AND MILITIA DISTRICT.
Any resident of the state may procure a license to hunt in his resident county upon the payment of the sum of one dollar.
License to such resident shall be issued authorizing him to hunt throughout the state upon the payment of three dollars. Licenses shall be issued to non-residents of the state upon the payment of the sum of fifteen dollars, which shall authorize such non-resident to hunt throughout the state. All licenses
shall bear the date of issuance if the license is issued in the
Turkey and deer multiply rapidly if they are given an opportunity. With the proper enforcement of the laws within a few years they will he numerous in many counties of the state.

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open season, and shall authorize the person named therein tohunt during the then open season, and if issued in the closed

season shall authorize said person to hunt during the next

succeeding open season. Such licenses shall be signed by the commissioner and countersigned by the game warden of the

county in which the license is issued and numbered. It shall

contain the residence, age sex and postoffice address of the
person to whom issued; also shall state the race, approximate

height and weight, and the color of the applicant's hair and

eyes. The license fees, less the warden's fees, shall be remitted

by the warden to the commissioner not later than the first of

A the following month.

person may hunt or fish in the open

season in his own militia district or on his own land without a

license. Tenants and their families by and with permission of

the owner of the land shall be permitted to hunt and fish on

the lands leased and rented by them without a license. All

licenses shall terminate on the first day of February following:

the date of issuance.

Section 7. LAND OWNER'S PERMISSION ALWAYS
REQUIRED.

No person shall hunt or fish upon the lands of another
with or without license without first having obtained permission from such land owner.
Section 8. GAME PROTECTION FUND-- SURPLUS TO GO
TO SCHOOL FUND.
All moneys received by the commissioner arising under this act shall constitute a fund known as the game protection fund, and shall be devoted to the payment of the salary of thecommissioner, his necessary incidental expenses and the salary of the game wardens and deputy wardens when acting under the special instructions from him. Such salaries and expenses shall not be a charge upon the state funds, nor payable out of
Any other fund than the game protection fund. No voucher
for said salaries or expenses shall be paid unless there shall be
at the time sufficient money to the credit of said fund in the treasury. If there should be and money in the treasury at tl}. end of the year to the credit of the game protection fund the amount so remaining shall become a part of the public school fund of the state.

People who poison f sh or use dynamite to kill them, or who bait dove fields are worsa than sel ish and lawless They are savage and
weak.

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Section 9. CLERKS OF COURT TO REPORT TO COMMISSIONER.
The clerk of each court in which prosecutions may be
instituted for violations of this act shall promptly report to the commissioner the result of said trial and the amount of
fines, forfeitures and penalties collected, which said sum shall,
after the deductions mentioned in section 5 of this act, be forwarded to the game commissioner and be placed to the credit of the game protection fund.
Section 10. JUDGES SHALL CHARGE GRAND JURIES.
It shall be the duty of the various judges of the superior courts to specially mention in their charges to their respective grand juries the provisions of this act.
Section 11. GAME BIRDS AND ANIMALS NAMED.
The following shall be deemed game birds and animals: Quail, commonly known as Bob White Partridges, doves, snipe, woodcocks and curlews, wild turkeys, grouse, pheasants, deer, squirrels and summer or wood duck.
Section 12. MISDEMEANOR TO PURCHASE OR SELL OR OFFER TO SELL.
An}^ person who shall purchase or sell, or export for sale, or offer to sell any of the game birds or animals named in section 11 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and all costs for each offense, or to work on the public works not less than five nor more than thirty days, and any one or more of these punishments may be order-
ed in the discretion of the judge.
Section 13. TRANSPORTATION FORBIDDEN--NESTS AND EGGS PROTECTED.
Any person who shall transport or ship, or offer to transport or ship, any of the game birds or animals mentioned in
section 11 of this act, without the limits of the state, or from the county in which the game was killed into another county in
The use of walnut hulls, devil's shoe strings and other poisons in fish streams and ponds is worse than barbarous. No Indian was ever
guilty of a thing like that.

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this state, or who shall sell or offer for sale, or purchase or offer
to purchase any part of the plumage, skin or body of any of the
game birds or animals mentioned in section 11 or who shall
take or willfully destroy the nests or eggs of any of said birds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed by section 12 of this act; provided it shall be lawful for any person duly authorized to hunt to personally transport, openly, the game actually killed by him from the county in which it was killed to any county of this state, or without the state, but the person killing said game must in each instance accompany the game so killed. Each person hunting shall carry with him his license and exhibit the same promptly upon request of any game warden or deputy warden or ex-officio warden.
Section 14. OPEN SEASON DEFINED--POSSESSION A CRIME--DOVE BAITING FORBIDDEN--INCREASED
PENALTY.
Any person who shall hunt, kill or destroy by any means whatsoever or who is in possession of the following named
oirds or animals, except between the following dates, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished
as prescribed in section 12 of this act : Quail, commonly known as Bob White partridges, doves, wild turkey gobblers, plovers, from December 1st to March 1st following, snipe from December 1 to May 1 following; wood-cock, summer or wood duck, from December 1 to January 1 following; deer, fox squirrels and gray squirrels from October 1 to January 1 following of each year. It shall be unlawful any time of the year to scatter upon the lands of any person, whether it be the owner of
the land or not, any corn, wheat or grain or other bait for the purpose of drawing to the lands where such bait are scattered or placed, game birds or doves, for the purpose of shooting or allowing to be shot at, or killing such game birds or doves at or near such lands so baited, and it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot at or kill any dove or other game bird at, upon, over or near any land baited or baited field or land, and for a violation of this provision such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in section 1065 of criminal code.

Dynamiting fish is not only a crime against the law, but a wanton destruction of fish life for small compensation. There is no sport in it or excuse for the practice.

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Section 15. THREE DEER, THREE TURKEYS SEASON LIMIT. TWENTY-FIVE GAME BIRDS, FORTY SNIPE OR DOVES BAG LIMIT.
During the open season no one person shall be authorized to kill more than three male deer, nor more than three wild turkey gobblers during any one season. Nor more than twentyfive game birds of any one species in any one day, except snipe
or doves, of which one person may kill forty in one day. Any
person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 16. PHEASANT, GROUSE, DOE, TURKEY HENS, PROTECTED FIVE YEARS.
Any person who shall catch or kill any wild pheasant,
grouse, wild doe or fawn, or wild turkey hens, or any imported game birds or game animals prior to December 1, 1916, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, punished
as prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 17. SNARES, NETS, POISON FORBIDDEN.
Any person who shall at any time kill or capture or wound
any game bird or animal by the use of any pitfall, deadfall, snare, trap, net, pen or other device, or by the use of any poison, drug or explosive, or who shall hunt, catch, or kill any game birds or animals at night shall be guilt}^ of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction punished as is prescribed in sect-
ion 12 of this act.
Section 18. LICENSE AND CONSENT NECESSARY. .._
Any person who shall hunt without first obtaining a license, except on his own land, or in his own militia district, or who lends or transfers his license to another, or who shall
hunt upon the lands of another without first having obtained his consent to do so, except persons following hounds in pursuit of foxes or deer, or any other animals not mentioned in this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 19.--COMMON CARRIER SHALL NOT SHIP.
Any common carrier who shall ship or transfer of carry
The legislature is responsible for the wording of the law, the courts have the right to construe it. It is the duty of the warden to enforce it.

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any game bird or animal without the limits of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, punished as
prescribed in section 12 of this act provided the terms of this ;
section shall not apply to game in the personal possession of
the party killing the same, provided such party has obtained a license then of force.
Section 20. AGENTS OF COMMON CARRIERS SHALL
NOT HANDLE.
Any agent or employee of a common carrier who shall receive any game birds or animals for shipment without the
state, or from one county to another within this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as
prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 21. PENALTY FOR WARDEN'S NEGLECT OF
DUTY.
Any warden, deput}^ warden or ex-officio warden who shall
fail to perform any act or duty placed upon him by this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 22. MONEY TO BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF GAME PROTECTION FUND.
All monies received by the commissioner arising from the
provisions of this act shall be deposited in the state treasury
to the credit of the game protection fund, and said fund shall not be drawn upon or used for any purpose save such as is
designated in this act.
Section 23. ALL BIRDS PROTECTED--EXCEPTIONS.
Tt shall be unlawful for any person in this state to kill, eatch or have in his possession any wild non-game bird, or to take or destroy the nest or eggs of any non-game bird, or to have the same in his or her possession. Such persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as is prescribed in section 12 of this act; provided this seetion shall not apply to the following birds: English sparrows, owls, hawks, eagles, crows and rice
There is a difference in persecution and prosecution; be reasonable, use good judgment.

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birds, except persons may ship into this state birds mounted
for millinery purposes.
Section 24. WARDENS TO ENFORCE FISH LAWS.
The game commissioner and wardens shall see that the laws
pertaining to fish are rigidly enforced.

Amendments
Act of August 19th, 1912.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act for the protection
of game animals and birds and fish; to establish the Department of Game and Fish ; to declare what shall be game animals and birds ; to provide for the appointment of a State Game and Fish Commissioner, and the appointment of wardens and deputy wardens, prescribing their duties and their compensations ; to regulate licenses to hunt and for other purposes, and to provide penalties for violations of this Act, approved August 21st, 1911. Providing for change of date for expiration of hunting license, a penalty for limiting and fishing without permission, adding ducks to the list of game birds and animals. For adding black birds and field larks to the list of unprotected birds, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Section 5 of the Act creating
the Department of Game and Fish, approved August 21st, 1911, shall be amended by striking the words "this act" in the
15th and 20th lines of said section and substituting in lieu
thereof the following: "Any of the game and fish laws of
this state" so that said section, when amended, shall read
.as follows: "He shall appoint Game and Fsh Wardens and De-
puty Wardens in each county of this stale, such appointees to hold their office for the term of two years, unless sooner removed for cause by the commissioner. Such wardens and deputy wardens shall enforce all the provisions of this Act and all other laws in reference to game and fish in their respective counties. Such Wardens and Deputy Wardens shall receive
Dove baiting was a crime long before it was made a crime by Georgia laws. It is a sin and a shame.

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three dollars per day while acting under the special directions of the commissioner with reference to the discharge of their
duties, which sum shall be paid out of the Game Protection Fund provided by this Act. Each county warden shall receive
one-fourth of all fines and forfeitures and penalties collected in the county in which he holds office, imposed for violations of any of the game and fish laws of this state, where he does not furnish the evidence necessary to convict. If he does arrest, or cause the arrest, and furnish the evidence necessary to convict then he shall have three-fourtho of such fines, for-
feitures and penalties. Any person arresting or causing to be arrested offenders under any of the game and fish laws of this
state, and furnish the evidence necessary to convict such offenders, shall receive one-half of all fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed and collected for such offenders and legal fees paid to constables. The remaining portion of fines imposed and
collected shall be forwarded to the State Game and Fish Commissioner, and by him turned into the Treasury to the credit of the Game Protection Fund. The county warden shall receive
twenty-five cents for each county license issued by him, one dollar for each state license, and three dollars for each nonresident license issued by him. All county wardens shall keep a record in the office of the clerk of the court in their respective counties, which record shall be open to the public, giving names of all parties holding resident county and state license and non-resident state license issued by him. This record shall also show the names offenses and fines imposed on all persons convicted for violations of the fish or game laws of this state in the county of his jurisdiction.
Section 2. Be it further enacted that Section 6 of the Act creating the Department of Game and Fish, approved August 21, 1911, shall be amended by striking the words "first day of" in the 26th line of said section, and substituting the words "twentieth day of" so that said section, when amended,
shall read
"Any resident of the state may procure a license to hunt in his resident county upon the payment of the sum of one
dollar. License to such resident shall be issued authorizing him to hunt throughout the state upon the payment of three
Among: the enemies of the quail are floods and forest fires, hawks,
four footed animals and some two footed animals, namely the game hog and the pot hunter.

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dollars. License shall be issued to non-residents of the state
upon the payment of the sum of fifteen dollars, which shall
authorize such non-residents to hunt throughout the state. All license shall bear the date of issuance if the license is
issued in the open season, and shall authorize the person named therein to hunt during the then open season, and if issued in
the closed season, shall authorize said person to hunt during the next succeeding open season. Such license shall be signed by the commissioner and countersigned by the game warden of the county in which license is issued and numbered. It shall contain the residence, age sex, and post office address
of the person to whom issued; also state race, approximate
height and weight, and color of applicant's hair and eyes. The license fees, less the warden's fee, shall be remitted by the warden to the commissioner not later than the first of the
A following month. person may hunt and fish in the open sea-
son in his own militia district or on his own land without a
license. Tenants and ther families, by and with permission of the owner of the land, shall be permitted to hunt and fish on the lands leased and rented by them without a license. All licenses shall terminate on the twentieth day of February fol-
lowing the date of issuance."
Section 3. That Section 7 be amended hy adding thereto
the following: "Any person violating this section is hereby
declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as prescribed in Section 12 of this Act." So that said section,
when amended, shall read as follows: "No person shall hunt
or fish upon the lands of another with or without a license, without first having obtained permission from such laud owner.
Any person violating this section is hereby declared to be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as prescribed in Section 12 of this Act."
Section 4. That Section 11 be amended by striking from the fourth line of said section the words: "summer or wood" before the word "duck," and adding to said section "marsh hens," so that said section, when amended, shall read: "The following shall be deemed game birds and animals: Quail, commonly known as Bob White partridges ; doves, snipe, wood
cock, curlews, wild turkeys, grouse, pheasants, deer, squirrels, ducks and marsh hens." Provided, that nothing herein con-
We are trying to save the birds for the farmer and the sportsman, *
and every good citizen ought to help us.

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tained

shall

prohibit

the

hunting

or

sale

of

migratory

dueks 7

provided that no one person shall kill more than fifty ducks

in one day and season for shooting migratory ducks is between

September 1st to April 20th.

Section 5. That Section 14 be amended by striking from

the 7th and 8th lines of said section the words "December 1st

to March 1st," and inserting in lieu thereof "November 20th

to March 1st," and by striking from the 10th line of said

section the word "fox," and inserting the following: "Sep-

tember 1st to December 1st" and from the 11th line the words

' 4 and

gray

'
squirrels, '

and

the

word

' ' October, ' '

and

inserting

the word "cat" before squirrels, and the word "August" after

the word "from," and by inserting after the word "land" in

the 21st line of said section the following : "It shall be unlaw-

ful to kill any fox squirrel prior to January 1st, 1918," so that
said section, when amended, will read : "Any person who shall

hunt, kill or clestro}', by any means whatsoever, or who is in

possession of the following named birds or animals, except

between the following dates, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,

and, upon conviction, shall be punished as is prescribed by

Section 12 of this Act Quail, commonly known as Bob White ;
partridges, doves, wild turkey gobblers and plovers from

November 20th to March 1st folloAving; snipe from December

1st to May 1st following; Wood cock and summer or wood

duck from December 1st to January 1st. following; deer from

October 1st to December 1st following; cat squirrels from

August 1st to January 1st following, of each year. It shall

be unlawful any time of the year to scatter upon the lands of

any person, whether it be the owner of the land or not, any

corn, wheat or grain, or to bait for the purpose of drawing to

the lands where such bait is scattered or placed, game birds or

doves, for the purpose of shooting or allowing to be shot at,

or killed, such game birds or doves at or near such lands so

baited, and it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot at or

kill any dove or other game bird at, upon, over or near any

land baited or baited field or land. It shall be unlawful for

any person to kill any fox squirrels prior to January 1st, 1918,

and for violations of this provision such person or persons

A state license costs about as much as a horse and bu:y for one
day's hunt, and the money is expended for your benefit. Don't be stingy buy your license early.

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shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Criminal Code of 1911.
Section 6. That Section 23 be amended by inserting after the word "bird" in the ninth line of said section of the pub-
-- lished Act the words "field or meadow larks," so that said
section when so amended will read: "It shall be unlawful for any person in the State to kill, catch, or have in his possession any non-game bird, or to take or destroy the nests or eggs of any non-game bird, or to have the same in his or her possession
such person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as is prescribed in Section 12 of this Act; provided, this Section shall not apply to the following birds : English sparrows, owls,
hawks, eagles, crows, rice birds, and field or meadow larks, except persons may ship into this State birds mounted for mil-
linery purposes.
Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act
are hereby repealed.

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How the Law Reads Amended

Italics Indicate Changes or Amendments
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the department of game and fish Le established, to be in charge of the game and fish commissioner, who shall be appointed by the governor, and the term of whose office shall be for a period of two years, beginning September 1, 1911, or until his successor is appointed and qualified,
Any vacancy in this office by death or otherwise shall be ap-
pointed by the governor.
Section 2. Said commissioner shall receive a salary of not exceeding $2,000.00 per annum, payable alone out of the fund hereinafter mentioned, and provide by virtue of this act, and he shall give his entire time to the service of the state as
such game and fish commissioner. Section 3. Said commissioner shall give bond in the sum
of $4,000 payable to the governor of the state, with two or more solvent securities, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and a proper accounting of all
moneys that may come into his hands as commissioner. He
shall keep a public record correctly disclosing all moneys received and expended, the number of hunter's licenses, the number of wardens employed, with their names, and counties in which they serve. Also the name of each person prosecuted for violation of this act the amount of fines imposed and collected in each case, and all such other information as
may be necessary to the affairs of the department. The books
and accounts of said commissioner shall be audited in the
same way as other books and accounts of the other departments of the state are audited. He shall have a seal of office.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of said commissioner to
see that the laws now or hereafter enacted for the protection, propagation and preservation of game animals, game birds
and fish in this state are observed, and that violations of said laws are promptly and speedily prosecuted. It shall be his duty to seize or cause to be seized game birds, or other animals and fish caught or killed at a time or in a manner, or which have been shipped, contrary to the provisions of this
The wardens endeavor to protect the game for the public's benefit,
not theirs.

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act. Such game or fish so seized shall be donated to some charitable institution in this state, except live game birds, animals or fish, which shall be liberated. He shall, with wardens and deputy wardens and ex-officio wardens, be authoriz-
ed to serve all criminal processes for violations of this act which could be served by the sheriff and constables of this
state.
Section 5. He shall appoint game and fish wardens and
deputy wardens in each county of this state, such appointees to hold their office for the term of two years unless sooner removed for cause by the commissioner. Such wardens and deputy wardens shall enforce all the provisions of this act and all other laws in reference to game and fish in their respective counties. Such wardens and deputy wardens shall receive three dollars per day while acting under the special directions
of the commissioner with reference to the discharge of their
duties, whieh sum shall be paid out of the game protection fund provided for by this act. Each county warden shall receive one-fourth of all fines and forfietures and penalties col-
lected in the county in which he holds office imposed for violation of any of the game and fish laws of this state where he does not furnish the evidence necessary to convict. If he
does arrest, or cause the arrest, and furnish the evidence nec-
essary to convict, then he shall have three-fourths of suck
fines, forfeitures and penalties. Any person arresting or casing to be arrested offenders under any of the game and Jiish
laws of this state and furnishing the evidence necessary to
convict such offenders shall receive one-half of fines, forfeit-
ures and penalities imposed and collected from such offenders and legal fees paid to constables. The remaining portion of fines imposed and collected shall be forwarded to the state game commissioner and by him turned into the treasury to the credit of the game protection fund. The county warden shall receive twenty-five cents for each county license issued by hiiai, one dollar for each state license and three dollars for each ncm-resident license issued by him.
All .county wardens shall keep a record in the office of the clerk of the court in their respective counties, which record shall be open to the public, giving names of all parties holding resident, county and state lictnse and non-resident

Every man rvho hunts should gladly pay the license fee; which is used for the protection of the gnme he wishes to hunt.

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state license issued by him. This record shall also show the names, offenses and fines imposed on all persons convicted for a violation of the fish or game laws, of this state in the county of his jurisdiction.
Section 6. Any resident of the state may procure a license to hunt in his resident county upon the payment of the sum
of one dollar. License to sueli resident shall be issued au-
thorizing him to hunt throughout the state upon the payment of three dollars. Licenses shall be issued to non-residents of the state upon the payment of the sum of fifteen dollars, which shall authorize such non-resident to hunt throughout
the state. All licenses shall bear ttJie- date of issuance if the license is issued in the open seasoni, and shall authorize the
person named therein to hunt diua?iaRg the then open season, and if issued in the closed season shall authorize said person to hunt during the next succeeding open season. Such licenses shall be signed by the eomnidssiomer and countersigned by the game Avarden of the county in which the license is issued and numbered. It shall contain the residence, age, sex
and postoffice address of the person to whom issued; also
shall state the race, approximate height and weight, and the color of the applicant's hair and eyes. The license fees, less the warden's fees, shall be remitted by the warden to the com-
A missioner not later than the first of the following month.
person may hunt or fish in the open season in his own militia district or on his own land without a license. Tenants and
their families by and with permission of the owner of the land Shall be permitted to hunt and fish on the lands leased and rented by them without a license. All licenses shall terminate on the twentieth day of February following the date of
issuance.
Section 7. No person shall hunt or fish upon the lands
of another with or without license without first having ob-
tained permission from such land owner: Any person violat-
ing this section is hereby declared to be gwQty of <> misdemeanor, and sfia I! he punished as prescribed in section twelve of ///is act.
Section 8. All moneys received by the commissioner arising under this act shall constitute a fund known as the game protection fund, and shall be devoted to the payment
of the salary of the commissioner, his necessary incidental ex-
penses and the salary of the game wardens and deputy ward-
All laws ought to be enforced. The game law must be..

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ens when acting under the special instructions from him. Such salaries and expenses shall not be a charge upon the state funds, nor payable out of any other fund than the game protection fund. No voucher for said salaries or expenses shall be paid unless there shall be at the time sufficient money to the credit of said fund in the treasury. If there should be any money in the treasury at the end of the year to the credit of the game protection fund the amount so remaining shall become a part of the public school fund of the state.
Section 9. The clerk of each court in which prosecu-
tions may be instituted for violations of this act shall prompt-
ly report to the commissioner the result of said trial and the amount of fines, forfeitures and penalties collected, which said
sum shall, after the deductions mentioned in section 5 of this act, be forwarded to the game commissioner and be placed to the credit of the game protection fund.
Section 10. It shall be the duty of the various judges of the superior courts to specially mention in their charges to their respective grand juries the provisions of this act.
Section 11. The following shall be deemed game birds and animals : Quails, commonly known as Bob White Partridges, doves, snipe, woodcocks and curlews, wild turkeys,
grouse, pheasants, deer, squirrels, duck, and marsh hens.
Section 12. Any person who shall purchase or sell, or -export for sale or offer to sell any of the game birds or animals named in section 11 of this act shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one 'hundred dollars, and all costs for each offense, or to work on the public works not less than five nor more than thiry days, and any one or more of these punishments may be ordered in the discretion of the judge.
Section 13. Any person who shall transport or ship, or offer to transport or ship, any of the game birds or animals
mentioned in section 11 of this act, without the limits of the state, or from the county in which the game was killed into
another county in this state, or who shall sell or offer for sale,
or purchase or offer to purchase any part of the plumage, skin or body of any of the game birds or animals mentioned in section 11 or who shall take or wilfully destroy the nests or eggs of any of said birds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,

It's just as easy to be a sportsman as it is to be a game hog, and a

-d

sight better.

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and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed by section 12 of this act; provided it shall be lawful for any person duly authorized to hunt to personally transport, openly, the game actully killed by him from the county in which it was killed to any county of this state, or without the state, but the person killing said game must in each instance accompany the game so killed. Each person hunting shall carry with him his license and exhibit the same promptly upon request of any game warden or deputy warden or ex-officio warden.
Section 14. Any person who shall hunt, kill or destroy by any means whatsoever or who is in possession of the following named birds or animals, except between the following
dates, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act. Quail, commonly known as Bob White partridges, doves, wild turkey gobblers and plovers from ^Novenber- the twentieth to-
March first following ; snipe from December 1 to May 1 following; wood cock, summer or wood duck, from December 1
to January 1 following; deer October first to December first; cat squirrels from August first to January 1 following of each year. It shall be unlawful to kill any fox squirrels prior to January first, 1918. Provided that nothing herein con-
tained shall prohibit the hunting or sale of Migratory ducks, provided that no one person shall kill more than fifty ducks in any one day and season for shooting migratory ducks is between September 1st and April 20th. It shall be unlawful
at any time of the year to scatter upon the lands of any person, whether it be the owner of the land or not, any corn wheat or other bait for the purpose of drawing to the lands where such bait is scattered or placed, game birds or doves, for the purpose of shooting or allowing to be shot at, or killing such game birds or doves at or near such lands so baited, and it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot at or kill any dove or other game bird at, upon over or near any land baited or baited field or land, and for a violation of this provision such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and pun-
ished as prescribed in section 1065 of criminal code.
Section 15. During the open season no person shall be authorized to kill more than three male deer, nor more than three wild turkey gobblers during any one season. Nor more than twenty-five game birds of any one species in any one day,
Every man who hunts, from the Governor down, is required to pay the same fee.

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except snipe or doves, of which one person may kill forty in #ne day. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of
4i misdemeanor and punished as prescribed section 12 of this
-act.
Section 16. Any person who shall catch or kill any wild
pheasant, grouse, wild doe, or fawn, or wild turkey hens, or
any imported game birds or game animals prior to December 1, 1916, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion, punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 17. Any person who shall at any time kill of capture or wound any game bird or animal by the use of pitfall,
deadfall, snare, trap, pen or other device, or by the use of any poison, drug or explosive, or who shall hunt, catch, or kill any game birds or animals at night shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as prescribed in section
12 of this act.
Section 18. Any person who shall hunt without first obtaining a license, except on his own land, or in his own militia district, or who lends or transfers his license to another, or who
shall hunt upon the lands of another without first having obtained his consent to do so, except persons following hounds in pursuit of foxes or deer, or any other animals not mentioned in this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 19. Any common carrier who shall ship or transfer or carry any game bird or animal without the limits of this
state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act; provided the terms of this section shall not apply to game in the personal posssession of the party killing the same, provided such party has obtained a license then of force.
Section 20. Any agent or employee of a common carrier who shall receive any game birds or animals for shipment
without the state, or from one county to another within this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as prescribed in section 12 of this act.
Section 21. Any warden, deputy warden or ex-officio warden who shall fail to perform any act or duty placed upon
him by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 12 of
this act.
Wardens should buy license early in the season and set a good example thereby.

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Section 22. All monies received by the commissioner

arising from the provisions of this act shall be deposited in

the state

treasury

to

the

credit

of

the

game

protection

fund y

and said fund shall not be drawn upon or used for any pur-

pose save such as is disignated in this act.

Section 23. It shall be unlawful for any person in this state to kill, catch or have in his possession any wild nongame bird, or to take or destroy the nest of eggs of any nongame bird or to have the same in his or her possession. Such

persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, punished as is prescribed in section 12 of this act provided this section shall not
;
apply to the following birds: English sparrows, owls, hawks,, eagles, crows, rice birds, and field or meadow lark; except
persons may ship into this state birds mounted for millinery-

Section 24. The game commissioner and wardens shall
see that the laws pertaining to fish are rigidly enforced, purposes.

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Oysters
Sections 1937-1957 Civil Code.
Section 1937. Unlawful to catch oysters from May 1st to
August 31st. It shall not be lawful to pick, tong, dredge, or in any other manner take or catch oysters from any of the waters of this State, except from private beds, from the first
day of May to the thirty first day of August, inclusive, of
each and every year, except for the purpose of replanting the same in the waters of this State; nor shall it be lawful for oysters to be taken for any purpose during any season from one hour after sunset on Saturday until one hour before sunrise on the succeeding Monday.
Section 193S. Unlawful to rough take. It shall not be lawful to rough take and catch oysters from any of the public beds within the waters of this State, unless the same shall be
culled over the beds from which they may be taken, except when the weather is such as to render it dangerous to remain
at the beds ; Provided, the terms of this section shall not apply to the taking of oysters for the purpose of replanting the same in any of the waters of this State.
Section 1939. Non-residents forbidden to procure beds in this State. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons,
corporations, or agents thereof, who are engaged in any other
State in the business of shipping or canning oysters, to procure the oyster beds of this State.
Section 1940. Unlawful to use scoop, etc, in certain waters. It shall not be lawful to take or catch any oysters in any of the waters of this State with or by a scoop, rake, drag, or dredge, or by the use of any other instrument than the oyster tongs heretofore in general use for taking oysters, except within the waters more than one thousand feet distance from
the shore-line at ordinary mean low tide. Oysters may be taken by any means or device from any private bed by the own -r
or lessee thereof, and for the purpose of transplanting to oilier beds in this state from territory unleased within said limits of one thousand feel but, in the last case, only upon the consent
;
and approval of the county commissioners for the county within which said territory may be located, or upon the consent and
No true sportsman will decimate a covey of quail wilfully, two or
three pairs should be left in every covey for the next season's propagation.

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approval


o

the

ordinary

for

those

counties

which

may

have

no

Board of County Commissioners.

Section 1941. Beds in water not wider than one hundred
and thirty feet, private pr perty. When oyster-banks or beds
of oysters of natural formation are within rivers or creeks of this state, not exceeding one hundred and thirty feet in width
at ordinary mean low tide, and not used for purpose of naviga-
tion, the persons having the ownership ol the lands of both sides of such creoks or rivers shall have the exclusive right to the usufruct of said banks or beds of oysters as aforesaid; provided, however, that the rights of oppositeriparian proprietors shall only extend to the middle of the stream.
Section 1942. Leasing and striking lots. The county commissioners in any county, or where there is no board of county commissioners, the ordinary for said county, upon the application of any person for certain territory in any of the navigable waters of this state, and within a distance of one thousand feet from the shore at ordinary mean low tide, upon satisfactory proof, on hearing had before the county commissioners or the ordinary, that said territory has been duly staked off at tha line of ordinary mean high water where the leased ground is opposite the public marshes of this state, and in all other cases at the line of low water, except where the consent of the adjacent landowners is obtained for the staking off at said line of high tide, for a period of thirty days before the hearing of such application, shall execute a lease for twenty years, with privilege of renewal for thirty years more, to such
applicant as may first apply for such territory, where there
are no natural beds as evidenced by the survey re-
ferred to in Section 1946. Any person who has al-
ready planted any ground within said county shall have the preference in obtaining the lease of such grounds ; and upon application of any other person for said territory, the proper authorities for executing such leases shall give thirty days notice of such application, by posting a notice at the Court House
door, and if the person who has planted oysters thereon shall make application therefor before the expiration of said thirty
days, it shall be leased to hyn, but otherwise to the aforesaid applicant; provided, that the provisions of this section shall

A law breaker is a man who does not care for the law or understand
its value to him and to the public. He is a criminal by nature, and a
menace to society.

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not apply to oyster beds staked out under laws heretofore existing, nor to territory within one hundred and twenty feet of
the line of ordinary mean low tide in front of and adjoining
habitable high land returned for taxation. Section 1943. Planting-Ground, etc. Said lease shall con-
vey the exclusive privileges of bedding or planting oysters
thereon to the distance of one thousand feet beyond mean low water mark, and within such limits each applicant, shall be entitled to not more than five acres of such territory, which need
not be continuous, but within such allotment such leasee shall not be entitled to more than two planting places provided,
;
that such lessee deposit at least one hundred bushels of dead shells or plant one hundred bushels of oysters to every acre of planting ground, at the rate of one acre or more each year, until five acres have been planted; and provided also that he cause to be placed, at intervals of one hundred yards along the line of ordinary mean high water of such planting ground in all cases Avhere the leased ground opposite to the public marshes of this state, and in all other cases at the line of low water, except where the consent of the adjacent landowners is obtained to the staking off at said line of high water, a post not less than six feet above the ground, and board attached, the latter not less than one foot square, upon which a black letter *'()"* not less than eight inches long has been plainly printed on a white ground; provided also that along navigable streams subject to entry under this Chapter the right of no lessee of a five acre tract shall extend be3^ond the middle of the stream; provided further, that in event that said lessee shall fail to comply with the requirements of this section as to the cultivation of his territory, he shall forfeit so much of his territory as has not been cultivated as hereinbefore required, and if said lessee shall, at any time during the term of his lease, abandon said territory and cease to cultivate oysters for the space of one year, said lease shall be void and territoiy shall revert to the
State. Section 1944. Notice of application for lease .advertised.
Upon the application of any person, or persons, made to the
county commissioners of the county within which said territory
may be situated. Or, where there are no counly commission-
A sportsman is a hunter who enjoys a day in the woods; takes no
advantage of the birds or his felloe man, who respects the law and the rights of others, and is willing to make sacrifices that there may be game in plenty another season.

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ers, then to the ordinary for said county, for territory within the navigable waters of this State for which no application has
already been duly made, and which is located more than one thousand feet distant from any shore line at ordinary mean low tide, upon which to cultivate oysters or propagate the same by artifical methods, which said application shall particularly describe the territory desired, said county commissioners or said ordinary shall require the applicant to advertise in the nawspaper which is the official paper of the county in which the territory is located .for thirty days a notice of said ap-
plication, particularly describing the territory desired and its
location in reference to the nearest lands, and upon the expira-
tion of said advertisement the said county commissioners or
said ordinary shall grant, in the name of and in behalf of the State, to such person or persons, by written instrument a lease
of such territory for fifty years for the purpose of cultivating and propagating oysters, and thereupon the person or persons
to wbftin the same may be leased shall, under the direction
0*; the county serveyor, distinctly stake or buoy the same, and shall cause a survey of said territory to be made and placed on file in the office of the clerk of the superior court for record with, said lease ; Provided that no applicants shall be entitled to receive from said authority a lease for more than five hundred acres within said waters; and provided further that the planting, cultivating and dredging of oysters therein
shall in no wise interfere with navigation.
Section 1945. Lease within one thousand feet, when.
Whenever it is impracticable to obtain as much as five hund-
m red acres of continuous territory beyond the limits of one
thousand feet from low water, or whenever, the judgement of the county commissioners or the ordinary, it is for the best interests of the State so to do, said county commissioners or
ordinary, upon due application thereof, may grant leases to
extend within said limits of one thousand feet to the line of low water where the land adjacent thereto consists of marshes, and to a point one hundred and twenty feet from said line of low water where the land adjacent thereto is habitable high land returned for taxation. If impracticable to maintain the buoys in position, in consequence of the strength of the
A game Hog is a hunter who is never satisfied, 'and wants all of the game for himself. He has but little respect for the law or for the
rights of his fellows in the field.

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*
current, or for other cause, ranges and range-stakes, if shown
on the survey recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, shall be deemed sufficient.
Section 1946. Natural beds. The natural oyster beds of the State shall forever remain the property of this State, open to all her citizens for the procuring of oysters for comsumption, sale seed, or propagation purposes; and for the better securing of this purpose, the charts made and published in consequence of a resolution passed by the Legislature of this
State, by United States Geodetic Survey, known as " Bulletin No. 19" shall be evidence of the location of such natural oyster-beds and of vacant ground; Provided that wherever beds shown by said "Bulletin No. 19" to be natural oyster
beds shall as a matter of fact not extend below low water
mark, theD the territory below low water mark shall never-
theless be open to lease. Except as herein stated, it shall not be lawful for the county Commissioners or ordinary to grant leases to any grounds shown on said "Bulletin No. 19" to contain a natural bed, and it shall be lawful for them to grant lease on any or all territory indicated on said "Bulletin No. 19" as vacant.
Section 1947. Tonging and catching at night. It shall mot be lawful to tong or catch oysters between "sunset and sunrise, unless as unobstructed light six feet above the gunwale l>e carried on board the boat used for such purpose.
Section 1948. Former leases validated. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to affect the titles of the leases of oyster territory which has heretofore been leased by county commissioners or ordinaries, and all leases executed by them before September 22nd, 1891, or any assignments which have been made of the leases of five acre tracts are hereby eonfirmed and validated.
Section 1949. Leased territory planted, how. Each person applying for and receiving a lease of five hundred acres or less shall plant at least one tenth of said leased, territory, at the rate of no1 less than one hundred bushels of oysters or shells per acre, in cadi and every year, beginning with the planting season next after a lease therefor has been executed, and for a failure thereof the lease of said territory shall forfeit to the State so much of said terril >ry as is not so culti-

A pot hunter is a hunter who kills everything in sight, flying < r
sitting, young or old. He is out for meat.

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vated as prescribed "by this section ; and if said lessee shall at any time during the term of his lease abandon said territory and cease to cultivate oysters thereon for one year said lease shall be void and said territory revert to the State. Oysters shall not be taken from said territory for sale or for consumption until at least one year after oysters or shells have been planted thereon in the proportions hereinbefore pres-
cribed.
Section 1950. Leases recorded. All leases and transfers
thereof shall be recorded by the persons to whom such lease
or transfers are made, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, in like manner as deeds or real estate are required to be recorded, in a separate book to be kept for the purpose;, but no lessee of tracts larger than five acres shall be authorized to sublet or assign his lease or any portion of the territory conveyed thereby, until he shall have reduced to cultivation at least one tenth of the territory leased by him.
Section 1951. One dollar per acre, The person or per-
sons to whom such leases are made shall pay to the authorities-
making such leases the sum of one dollar for each and every acre so leased, and all money so paid shall be appropriated to the school fund of the State ; and in addition to said sum, a fee of fifty cents for leases of five acre tracts or less, and for all leases of territory beyond said limit of one thousand feet a fee of two and one half per cent, estimated upon the amount paid
for the territory thus leased, shall be paid to the authority
making the lease.
Section 1952. Leases approved by attorney-generaL The applications and leases, hereinbefore provided for, shall be in a manner and form as shall be approved by the attorney
general of this State.
Section 1953. Removing oysters from private beds, or marks. It shall not be lawful, without authority from the owner or owners for any person to take oi catch any oysters from any private bed, nor to remove or deface any oyster
marks.
Section 1954. Returnable for taxation. The lesseesof all such leased territory shall return the same for State
Organized sportsmen or gams protective a&sociations are of the greatest help to this department. Every county ought to have a gun club of some sort.

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and County taxation in the same manner as other property is
returned.
Section 1955. Rights of citizens protected. No pro-
vision of this Chapter shall be so construed as in any manner, during the open season herein provided, to abridge or interfere with the rights of any citizen of this state to enter upon and take from any public beds oysters by the use of such implements as may have been heretofore in general use in this state and no provision of this chapter shall be so construed as to interfer with or abridge the warfing privileges of riparian owners. It shall not be lawful for any apllicant for territory upon which to replant oysters to receive a lease for any of th@ beds or planting grounds of any of the natural oyster beds which are restorted to by the public for the purpose of procuring oysters by the use of tongs for consumption or sale.
Section 1956. Planted oyster beds protected. Whei^ any person having taxable lands upon the banks or shores ofany of the rivers or creeks of this State shall plant beds of oysters upon them, it shall not be lawful for any other person to take from such beds of oysters ; Provided, the same shall be distinctly staked or other wise marked.
Section 1957. Exclusive right of certain land owners.
When oyster banks or beds of oysters, of natural formation,
be within rivers or creeks of this State, not exceeding one hundred and twenty feet in width, and not used for purposes of navigation, the persons having the ownership of the lands upon both sides of such creeks or rivers shall have the exclusive right to the usufruct of such banks or beds of oysters
aforesaid.

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Older Laws
O 'POSSUMS.
Section 590 Criminal Code 1911. If any person shall hunt or catch o 'possum between the first day of March and the first day of October of eadi year, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
FISH LAWS
CRIMINAL CODE 1911.
Section 595. TIME WITHIN WHICH TERRAPINS MAY
BE CAPTURED.
If any person shall capture terrapins in any of the rivers, estuaries, bays, sounds, creeks, or tide-waters of this State, by means of seines, nets, traps, of other device, from, the first day of March to the twenthy-fifth day of July, he shall be guily of a misdemeanor.
Section 596. FEMALE TERRAPINS OF CERTAIN SIZU NOT TO BE CAPTURED.
No person shall capture in any manner, or at any time,
female terrapins of a less size than five and one half inches, measured lengthwise on the lower shell; and when any suck terrapins are caught, they shall be at once returned to the waters from which they were taken. The violation of thissection shall be a misdemeanor.
Section 597. POSSESSION EVIDENCE, EXCEPTION.
It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions of the two preceding sections for any person, or persons to be found in possession of any terrapin of a less size than five and one half inches, measured lengthwise on the lower shell, at any season of the year, or of any terrapin of any kind between the first of March and the 25th of July provided, that
;
nothing in this section shall be so construed as to apply to persons owning and maintaining a bona fide and duly estab-
lished terrapin crawl, or pen in which terrapins may be kept
for the purpose of raising and cultivation.
The sportsmen of Georgia probably kill less than 25 per cent of the quail destroyed each year. Forest fires, floods, four footed animals, hawks and snakes all contribute to their destruction.

COUNTY LICENSE NOT GOOD OUTSIDE OF COUNTY OF RESIDENCE.
County license are good only in the county of the residence of the holder, or licensee.
The law is that "any resident of the State may procure
a license to hunt in his RESIDENT county upon the pay-
ment of the sum of $1.00." Wardens are hereby instructed not to issue county
license to any person except bona fide residents of their counties, and the public is cautioned that a county license in any county except that in which the purchaser resides and votes is not good, and will not be accepted by this department as a proper and sufficient license.
J. E. MERCER, Commissioner.

LICENSE REQUIRED AND CONSENT NECESSARY TO HUNT ANY KIND OR CHARACTER OF GAME.
The Court of Appeals has just decided the generally
debated question as to whether license and consent arc
necessary to hunt animals not classified as game animals.
In the case of Blassingame vs. State from the City Court of Madison, the Court says:
"i. The primary purpose of the Act of 191 1 (Acts of 1911, p 137), is the preservation of the game specified in the act. As incidental to that purpose Section 7 of that act makes it unlawful for any person to hunt not only the game enumerated in the act, but any game or other animals not enumerated, either with or without a license, upon the land
of another without first obtaining the consent of the land owner." * * * * * * * * * * "This court holds that no kind or character of game, whether designated by the act or not, can be hunted without complying with the requirements as to license, and without first obtaining the permission of the land owner." * * * * * * * * "The other exceptions is 'persons following hounds in pursuit of foxes or deer, or any other animal not mentioned in this Act' ; and this simply means that where a hunter is lawfully hunting upon the lands of another with permission, and, in so hunting, the hounds find, upon the lands upon which he has permission to hunt, foxes, deer, or any other animal not mentioned in
this act, and the game is pursued by the hounds, he may
follow the hounds in pursuit on to land upon which he has no permission to hunt." * * * * * * * *

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Section 598.

REGULATIONS AS TO NETS.

It any person shall at any time nse any seine, net, trap, or other device for the capture of terrapins, with meshes or openings smaller than five and one half inches stretched, or four and one fourth inches loose measure, he shall he guilty 01* a misdemeanor.

Section 599.

TURTLES, WHEN TO BE TAKEN.

If any person shall take turtles within tide-water at any
time other than from the first day of May to the first day of
September, he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.

Section 600.

FISHING REGULATED.

No person shall inhabit, occupy, or reside in any vessel,
ark or flat on any river of this State, which shall not be engaged in the lawful commerce of said river in the carriage of goods or produce to or from market, unless owned by the pro-
prietors of the shores, or their lessees provided, nothing in ;
this section shall be construed to prevent the owners of the land on said rivers, or their lesses, from taking fish in the river opposite their banks; but no seine shall be permitted to be used in said river either by such owners or lessees, from twelve o'clock Saturday night to twelve o'clock Sunday night; and provided also, that every lease or license to fish shall be recorded within ten days after the granting thereof in the clerk's office of the superior court of the county where the land lies.
A violation of any of the foregoing provisions shall be punished
as for a misdemeanor .

Section 601.

ILLEGAL PISHING

No person, other than the proprietors of the shores and
banks of salt creeks, estuaries, and rivers, (or such person as shall be by any such proprietor authorized,) shall take fish, or attempt to do so, with any line, net, or contrivance, on any estuary, or river, where an artificial shell-reef, beds or fishing grounds have been constructed within one hundred yards thereof. Nor shall one proprietor construct or use such places opposite the shore or bank of another proprietor beyond the
center of creek, estuary, or river opposite his own shore or bank. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.

The birds of Georgia, particularly quail, are valuable" as food, but are much more valuable as insect destroyers.

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Section 602. TRAPS, ETC., UNLAWFUL, EXCEPT BY
CONSENT.
If any person shall put any trap, wire, trot-line set-line, or other like contrivances, for catching fish for sale, in any of the lakes or other waters of the State, upon or within the lands of another, without the written consent of the owner therof, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
h Section 603. TRAPS, OBSTRUCTING PASSAGE OF
FISH.
If any person shall place in the waters of any river or creek, or any fresh water drain, any dam, trap, net, seine, or other device for catching fish, unless the main channel of such stream is left open for a space of ten feet for rivers and onethird channel of creek, at low-water mark, unobstructed for the free passage of fish up or down such stream, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the sheriff of the county, upon complaint of persons in the territory of such obstruction shall have authority to break open any dam, net, or other obstruction
that may be placed in such waters in violation of this section.
This section .does not apply to dams for milling or manufacturing puposes. The words" low-water mark" shall not apply to fresh water drains.
Section 604. KILLING FISH WITH DYNAMITE OR FIRE-
ARMS.
If any person shall use firearms, dynamite, or other explosive or destructive substances for the purpose of killing fish, he shalll be guilty of a misdemeanor.
SHAD.
Section 605. NETS, ETC., EXTENDING TO OR OBSTRUCTING MORE THAN ONE-HALF THE STREAM.
If any person shall use nets, seines, or other contrivances covering, extending to, or obstructing more than one-half of the stream, for catching or taking shad in any of the streams of this State, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Some quibble about "God-given rights," one "God-given right" is
the right to have the laws of the land enforced; see that that is the case in your county.

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Section 606. CLOSED TIME AND MESHES OF NETS FOR
SHAD.
There shall be a" closed time" for the rivers in which shad are caught, of forty-eight hours ; commencing at sunrise on Saturday morning of each week, and ending at sunrise on Monday morning of the next week, during which "closed time" no shad or other migratory fish shall be caught by nets, wires, pounds, or any other means whatever ; neither shall such nets wires, pounds, or other apparatus be left in said rivers during said "closed time." The meshes of nets or other apparatus for catching said fish shall not be less than five inches.
Section 607. WHEN SHAD MAY BE TAKEN.
No shad shall be taken, except between the first day of
January and the twentieth day of April of each year, except for spawning purposes, to carry out the provisions of the law for propa grating fish.
Section 608. PENALTY.
A violation of either of the two preceding sections shall
be a misdemeanor.
Section 609. SEINING OR NETING FOR MOUNTAIN
TROUT.
If any person shall seine or net for fish in am' of the streams in which mountain trout exist, or be placed, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 611. POISONING FISH--POLLUTING WATER.
Any person who shall directly by himself, or by aiding or
abetting others, put walnut hulls, walnut leaves, devil shoestrings, or any poisonous substance whatever of any kind in
any waters, either running streams or standing waters, such as lakes, ponds, or eddy places in any river or creek within the limits of this State, which will be likely to drive away or poison
the fish therein by contaminating said waters, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

The most popular officer is the officer who does his duty, and the most popular is a law that is enforced.

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Section 612. CLOSED PERIOD FOR FISHING EXCEPT HOOK AND LINE.
If any person shall catch or take any fish with seine, net, gig, or spear, or like device from any of the waters of this State, between the first day of February and the first day of July in each year, except with hook and line, he shall be guilty of a midemeanor.
Section 613. SHAD DATES EXCEPTION.
In the case of shad the above prohibition as to dates shall apply only between the 15th of April and the 1st of July.
Section 614. DRIFT-NETS, WHEN THEY SHALL NOT BE
USED.
Whoever shall catch any shad or other fish, or use for the purpose of catching shad or other fish, in any of the waters of this state, any net or nets known as drift-nets, between the hours commencing at sundown on Thursday of each week and ending at sunrise on Monday morning of the next week, shall*
be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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OYSTERS THE CRIMINAL LAW.

Section 615.

TIME FOR TAKING OYSTERS.

If any person shall prick, tong, dredge or in any other manner take or catch oysters from any of the waters of this
state, except from private beds, from the first of May to th
thirty-first day of August, inclusive, except for the purpose ol replanting the same in the waters of this state, or shall take them for any purpose during any season from one hour after sunset on Saturdays until one hour before sunrise on the succeeding Mondays, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 616. UNLAWFUL TO ROUGH TAKE OYSTERS.

If any person shall "rough" take or catch oysters form any of the public beds within the waters of this state, unless the same shall be culled over the beds from which they may be taken, except when the weather is such as to render it danger-
ous to remain at the beds, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to the taking of oysters for the purpose of replanting the same in any waters of this state.

Section 617. TAKING OYSTERS FROM PRIVATE BEDS, OR REMOVING OYSTER-MARKS.

If any person shall, without authority from the owner,

take or catch oysters from any private beds, or remove or de-

face any oyster-marks, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 618.

HOW OYSTERS MAY BE TAKEN.

If any person shall take or catch oysters by the use of any other instrument than the oyster tongs heretofore in general use for taking oysters, within the waters less than one-thousand feet distance from the shore line at ordinary mean low
tide. 1m- shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 619.

EXCEPTIONS.

The foregoing section does not apply to oysters taken by any means from private beds by the owner or lessee thereof. Nor does it apply to oysters taken f-orn unleased territory

Law enforcement is important to all good citizens. The enforcement of the game lav,' i.s most important for us.

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within said limits, for the purpose of transplanting to other beds in this state, with the consent and approval of the ordinary and board of county commissioners as provided by law.
Section 620. CERTAIN PERSONS SHALL NOT PROCURE OYSTER BEDS IN THIS STATE.
If any person, corporation, or agents thereof, who are
engaged in any other state in the business of shipping or canning oysters, shall procure oyster beds of this state, it shall be a misdemeanor.
Section 621. TONGING OYSTERS AT NIGHT.
If any person shall tong or catch oysters between sunset and sunrise, unless an unobstructed light, six feet above the gunwale, be carried on board the boat used for such purpose, he shall be sruiltv of a misdemeanor.

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Posting Land and Registration
Section 195S. Hunting on the land or fishing in the water of another. If any person shall hunt with dogs, firearms or
in any other way on any lands, enclosed or unenclosed of another, or fish with hook, seine, nets, or in an}* other way in any streams, lakes, ponds, or lagoons of another after being forbidden so to do or when ordered to desist there from by
the owner thereof, or by the person having the same in charge, or his agent, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be the duty of the landowners to post a notice in two or more places on each tract of land owned by the party posting the same, forbidding all persons to hunt thereon or fish in the streams, ponds, lakes, or lagoons belonging to said
landowners thereof. When said lands are so posted such post-
ing shall be he!d and deemed a legal notice under this section. Section 11)59. It shall be the duty of the ordinaries of
the several counties of this State, or the commissioners of roads and revenues in such counties where boards of commissioners of roads and revenues exist, to furnish a suitable
book, to be known as "the register for posting lands, ' to the
clerk of the superior court of their respective counties, in
which the landowner shall register his or her name, after having first stated in the presence of the officers in charge of said book that the two notices have already been posted upon said landowners land, as required by the preceding section.
Section 1960. The posting of the notices at two or more places on each tract of land (although such notices, from any cause, should thereafter be defaced, knocked down, or destroyed) and the registering of the landowner's name in the book, to be kept for that purpose in the office of the clerk of
the superior court of each count}' in this State, shall be a legal notice under this section.
Section 1961. It shall be the duties of the receivers of tax returns of the several counties of this State to carry said
register for posting land with them on all their rounds when receiving tax returns, and all landowners who have placed a notice at two or more points on their land as required by this Chapter, are hereby authorized to register their names in the
register for posted lands in the presence of the tax receiver of
their county, in the same way as if registered in the presence
A warden or deputy who neglects his duty is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Read section 21.

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of the, clerks of the superior courts of their several counties; it being the intention of this Chapter to permit the landowners
to register their names in the register for pOsted lands, either
in the presence of the clerk of the superior court of their county, or in the presence of the receiver of tax returns of
their county. At the time of the registering of the names of
the landowner, he shall also register a description of the lands that have been posted, giving the district in which said lands are located and either the numbers of the lots or other description of the land sufficient to put the public on notice of
lands referred to. For registering said name and description the officer in whose presence the registery is made is authorized to charge and collect a fee of twenty-five cents from the person
so registering.
Section 1962. The book known as the "register of posted
lands" shall be kept in the office of the clerk of the superior
court, except while being used by the receiver of tax returns while making his rounds; it being the purpose of this Chapter
to provide either the parties posting lands, as well as the parties
desiring to hunt or fish, the privilege and opportunity to
examine said register.

The Law and the Land Owner

The new law is aimed primarily at the "game hog," who

is not satisfied with a reasonable amount of game ; and the

"pot hunter," who scours the woods and drags the streams

in search of game and fish for the market, and who has no re-

gard for the law, or the rights of the land owners ; who tears

down or shoots down the trespass notices and who would soon

entirely destroy the most desirable game. Under the new

law everybody's land is "posted," and it is a crime for any

man to go on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting

without the land owner's consent. The land owner is relieved

of the embarrassment of' the prosecutions by the machinery of

the present law, which requires the wardens and deputy war-

A dens to prosecute.

land owner may not be willing to see his

game and fish killed, caught and destroyed by others, and yet

not be disposed to prosecute, even call the matter to the at-

tention of the grand jury, and the new law relieves him of

that necessity. The law is automatic and provides strong

The game law was unpopular to begin with, already it is popular. Let's make it the most popular of all the state laws.

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inducements in the form of fees and fines, and in addition makes it a misdemeanor for warden or deputy warden to fail in his duty, see section 21 on page 11.

Poisoning and Dynamiting Fish
Probably the ugliest crime connected with the destruction ' game and fish, and one that is devoid of the semblance of sport, is the practice of poisoning the waters, or dynamiting the ponds and streams, destroying all life for the sake of a day's
supply of fish. For a mess of flesh many average citizens have
been thoughtless enough to at least aid and abet in this inex-
cusable practice. IT IS THE FIXED POLICY OF THIS DE-
PARTMENT TO RELENTLESSLY HUNT DOWN AND
VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE EVERY PERSON PARTICIPATING IN SUCH INFRACTIONS OF THE LAW. And the
department should have the assistance and encouragement of every good citizen in checking this tremendous draft on the supply of fish ; and to restore to a normal condition the fishing waters, an abundant supply of fish in every stream of the
state.
Dove Baiting
Next to dynamiting fish is the barbarous practice of baiting doves and slaughtering them by the thousand. Certainly it is great sport, but the morbid fascination leads to the destruction of large numbers, often five and six thousand in a single morning in one small field, a wanton destruction of the finest of game birds. But let us hope that this has 'become a reminiscene, that it has passed into history to be remembered by future generations as a species of barbarism. It must not be attempted in Georgia now, and every warden or deputy warden who fails to do his duty in bringing into court those who infract this wholesome provision of the law will surely receive the censure of this office ; and every good citizen
who fails to report such violations should be censured by a
quickened conscience. Let's have no more dove baiting in
Georgia.
To permit one hunter to shoot before the season opens gives an excuse for breaking the law to every other citizen in the county.

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The Protection of Migratory Birds
There are those who claim that because doves- and ducksare of a migratory nature that to kill them in la,rge quantities
does not materially effect the supply. It's a selfish view of the matter, to assume that the laws of Georgia, or any other state, should totally ignore the rights of the people in any other state, or the rights of the generations to come, for it is the
coming generations who will enjoy the full fruition of our present excellent laws. The robin is another migratory bird that deserves our careful protection. They are loved and
petted by the people in the states to the north of us where they nest in summer. Because they are migratory is no reason
why they should be wantonly destroyed during their short-
winter visits. They are good insect destroyers.

National Protection
To insure the preservation of migratory birds, national laws are necessary and inevitable for we are making progress in that direction. Several bills now before Congress on that subject will probably become laAvs before the end of the
present term.

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UNIFORM GAME LEGISLATION.

Suggestions Submitted by a Special Committee at the Recent
Convention of the National Association of Game and
Fish Commissioners at Denver.
At the sixth biennial convention of the National Association of Game and Pish Commissioners, held in Denver, Aug. 31, 1912, a motion was made by Commissioner H. C. Davis, of Delaware that a standing committee of five be appointed to promote greater uniformity in the game laws of the several States. This motion, after general discussion, was unanimously adopted, and the president appointed as members of the committee the State Warden of Tennessee, Col. J. II. Aeklen, as chairman, the Commissioners of Delaware, Georgia and South Dakota, and the President of the American Game Protective and Progagation Association.
The committee, after careful consideration of existing provisions in the several States, and after consultation with members of the National Association of Audubon Societies and the United States Biological Survey, concluded that it would be impracticable, on account of constitutional limitations and diversity in the form of State laws, to attempt to draw up a game law suitable for adoption in all of the forty-eight States The committee does not feel that with the limited time at its
disposal for the preparation of a preliminary report, that it
can do more than make a few recommendations regarding certain important principles, and must leave to the officers in each State the formulation of amendments covering such points as may meet with approval in such manner as will best conform with the statutes of that State.
Commissioners are urged to consider these recommendations in connection with their annual reports, to suggest to
the committee other subjects in which greater uniformity k
most needed, and to send a copy of such suggestions to the United States Biological Survey.
Some very good citizens make very poor wardens. They are not
willing to take the brunt of enforcing a good tiling.

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RECOMMENDATIONS.
General.
(a) That in drafting game laws the plan of a "Permissive Law," as originated in Colorado and recently incorporated
in the conservation law of New York and other states, be
adopted so far as possible. This plan simplifies the law, directs -attention to proposed amendments, and avoids special legis-
lation to meet new methods of hunting or changes in the con-
dition of game.
(b) That local legislation be reduced to a minimum, and in order to meet the demand for such legislation, broader powers be conferred upon State authorities to provide, when necessary, after due notice and public hearing,special protection for certain kinds of game, or for closing the seasons
in certain sections of the State.
(e) That the game laws be made as simple and as few in number as possible, and except in special cases, single propositions should not be made the subject of separate bills, but
that generally bills for the protection of fish should be kept separate from those providing protection for game.
(d) That modern, comprehensive, general laws are greatly needed in a few States, notably in Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina and Virginia.
Administration.
(a) That provision be made for the enforcement of the game laws by State officials or commissioners in Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada and Virginia.
(b) That the term of office of commissioners should be not less than four years in the States of Arizona, Connecticut,
Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Utah, New Mexico, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and Wisconsin.
No man, however, active, can accomplish effective work
within two years, one of which is necessarily spent in becoming familiar villi the duties of the office. Frequent changes in the head of the department are not conductive to efficiency or economy of administration.

Georgia's partridges are for Georgia's sportsmen, and they ought to be willing to enforce a rule that gives each one an equal showing.

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(c) That the only satisfactory enforcement of fish and game laws can be secured through the game warden system. Merit and efficiency only should be considered in the appointment of wardens or their retention in service.
(d) That the warden service should be divorced as far as possible from politics. In making this recommendation the committee invites attention to the merit system as now applied to the appointment and promotion of regular salaried
wardens in the States of Massachusetts, New York, New Jer-
sey and Wisconsin.
Seasons.
(a) That shooting in the breeding season, in summer or
during spring migration, be universally prohibited, especially in the case of ducks, woodcock, and other migratory birds.
(b) That sofar as possible the opening dates of the
hunting season in neighboring States be made identical.
(c) That in order to secure uniformity in the legislation of the Northern States and to insure the permanent preservation of migratory birds on their former breeding grounds, spring shooting in the States north of latitude 37 degrees be
-absolutely prohibited, notably in the States of New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Kenteky, Illinois, Indiana, South Dokota, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.
-- (d) Prairie Chickens That the open season for hunting
prairie chickens should not in any case exceed thirty days.
These birds have now become so generally reduced in numbers and their range so restricted that hunting should be so limited as to enable them to increase in the States where they still re-
main.
-- (e) Doves That in the Slates which now provide no
close seasons for doves, namely, Virginia, Florida, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Nevada, adequate protection should be given these birds. That in the states north of latitude 37 degrees doves should be protected throughout the year, namely in Pennsylvania. Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado and Oregon, in order that they may have the same protection which they enjoy in other States in this zone. That in the Southern
"*" The violation of one law leads to the violation of others. Let's take
care of Georgia's reputation.

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States where seasons are so varied in point of time the open season should be restricted to three months or less, the dates to be determined by the respective States.
-- (f ) Shore Birds That the upland plover and the smaller
shore birds, including the killdee, and other small plover and sand-pipers be removed from the game list and given pro-
tection at all seasons.
-- (g) Wood Duck That on account of the rapid decrease
in numbers and danger of extermination in some States, the wood ducks should be treated separately from other ducks and water fowl in the game law and whenever possible should be
protected throughout the year, particularly in the New England, Middle and Lake States. Summer shooting should be
prohibited and the bag limit should not exceed fifteen birds per day.
-- (h) Ducks and Geese That reasonable open seasons
should be provided for ducks and other #water fowl in the States of Arkansas and Texas, which hitherto have provided no
close season for these birds.
(i) Swans--That on account of its increasing rarity, swans and sandhill cranes should be removed from the game
list and protected throughout the year.
Big Game.
- (a) That female and young of all big game should be protected at all seasons in every State. Twenty States have already enacted the so-called "Doe-Law" with eminently satis-
factory results.
(b) That due provision should be made for the propagation and transfer of big game in each State.
-- (c) Elk That a definite and comprehensive policy be
adopted by the several States and the general Government looking to the permanent preservation of elk now remaining: in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States: that due provision be made for propagation and for adequate winter range, but

Sportsmen's guns do not destroy 'half the partridges that are lost every year. There are four-footed animals, snakes and hawks, and in South Georgia forest fires, and sometimes floods; all take their toll.

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in transferring animals from one State to another, elk of one species should never be liberated in a region inhabited by a
distinct species.
(d) The seasons for antelopes should be kept closed for
the present in all the States.
Sale.
That sale of any game where permitted, should be carefully regulated under comprehensive tagging system similar
to that recently adopted in New York and Massachusetts, in
order to prevent illegal traffic in game, and to simplify the enforcement of laws relating to sale of game.
Licenses.
That a mandatory dollar resident hunting license be provided in the States of Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Ohio, as the best and most satisfactory method of raising revenue for the protection of game, or establishing a salaried warden system and for pro-
perly regulating hunting.
(a) That a seasonal limit on deer be established in every State where deer hunting is permitted, and that this limit should not exceed two deer per season, particularly in the States of Virginia, South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Lonisana, Texas, Missouri and Oregon.
(})) That reasonable bag limits be provided for game birds in the States of Arkansas, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Virginia, which now have no restriction on the amount of game which may be killed or captured in a day or a season.
(c) That the daily limit should not exceed twenty-five birds per day. and that in the case of water fowl, a weekly bag limit should be provided in addition to the daily limit.
Non-Game Birds.
(a) That the model law recommended by the National
When we have learned to take care of the partridges we have, it
will be plenty time to import other game, such as Hungarian partridges and pheasants.

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Association of Audubon Societies for the protection of nongame birds be enacted in the States of Maryland, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and NewMexico, in order to make ligislation of this character uniform
throughout the union.
(b) That legislation regulating the traffic in aigrette or heron plumage be enacted in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Georgia, Illinois and such other States as have not yet extended proper
protection to these birds, now nearly extinct.
Game Refuges.
It is recommended that encouragement be given for the propagation of fish and game animals and game birds in the various States under the provision of the State Game Authori-
ties.
Inasmuch as game refuges afford the most effective means of protecting the scattered remnants of our native game, it is strongly recommended that every State should have one or more State refuges, Commissioners and wardens should be
given adequate authority to arrange for refuges on private or State lands, and to co-operate with the proper officers of the Federal Government in the establishment of such refuges
on public lands not now untilized for other purposes.
Federal Legislation.
Attention is called to certain bills now pending in Congress providing for Federal jurisdiction of migratory birds and the establishment of National Game Preserves. The Weeks bill (H. R. 36) and the McLean bill (S. 6407) relating to migratory birds are now on the calendars of the House and Senate. The Cantron bill (S. 6942) establishing a game preserve at the headquarters of the Pecos River in New Mexico has already passed the Senate, and the Kent bill (H. R.) and Perkins bill (S. 6100) providing for Federal game refuges, are in the House Committee on Agriculture and on the Senate
calendar respectively. Commissioners should carefully consider these measures and give them such support as they can through their Senators and Representatives
J. II. ACKLEN, Chairman.

Wiregrass Georgia affords the finest quail shooting in the world, the abundance of quail and the forest conditions considered.

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The Game Law and Its Benefits
The new Georgia law primarily protects the rights of the land owner and of the true sportsman and as a rule they are its best friends. The restrictions of the right to hunt and fish has the salutary effect of reducing the number of those who visit the fields and streams for the purpose of taking game, thereby giving a corresponding advantage and opportunity for the game to increase; the natural result is that the number of
legitimate sportsmen is really increased under the system, for
the wearied business man will now find inducements to go into the woods and to visit the rivers and creeks in search of game
and fish. But that is not the most important advantage of our warden-enforced laws, which establishes a reasonable rule for the guidance of all and under the operation of which the selfish and gluttonous is deprived of the advantage he has in the past taken of the more reasonable citizen, who has, under the
old system, been at a disadvantage with the "game hog" and the "pot hunter." Let every man observe the rules or make up his mind to abide by the consequences, for this department will make it uncomfortable for him. He should not want to
take advantage of his neighbor by hunting out of season or killing game that is protected under the law, which is nothing more than taking a mean advantage of his law-abiding neighbor. But possibly the greatest of all advantages or benefits from the law is that it will restore to Georgia's forests, fields and streams an abundance of game, birds and fish for the enjoymnent of all the people, and for the protection of the crops
and of life itself. There are those who believe that the des-
truction of birds has given an unnatural advantage to insect life, resulting in the destruction of crops and, sometimes, in
greater calamities. The best informed men, who have studied the subject, believe and argue with reason that the Bob White
partridge, familiar in every county in this state, is our best protection against the dreaded boll weevil.

Game and Fish Department Self- Sustaining
Only those who enjoy hunting the game that is protected
by tiiis department are called upon to s ipporl it. Net a dollar
Let us be sure that the wild turkey does not become extinct; it is every sportsman's duty to look to their protection.

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can belaken from the tax payers to pay any part of the expenses of the administration. The Commissioner, carrying out
the idea, has paid for the furniture in his office in the State Capitol and for all printing for the department out of the
revenues arising from the sale of license. Not a dollar has been taken from the State Treasury; on the other hand quite a nice sum will be given by this Department to the State School fund each year.
The Department is entirely dependent on the very reasonable fees charged for hunting license, which amount to more than enough to meet all expenses, leaving the fines and penalties or that part of them reserved to the State after paying for prosecution, entirely for the school fund. Thus the infractors of the law, (those who are not willing to abide by the rule that has been established for the government of all hunters) will have the satisfaction, at least, of knowing that the State's share
of the fine money will go for the education of the children, who we hope, will support rather than infract so good a law.

Public Sentiment

Public sentiment, usually against any law until it has been

tried, is rapidly erystalizing in favor of the strict enforcement of

the new game law. The public demands the prosecution and

conviction of those who violate the law. Unless the law is evenly

enforced it would naturally become unpopular and difficult to

enforce at all, and this department may be expected to use

every legitimate means to secure a uniform observance of its

A provisions in every county of Georgia.

healthy public sen-

timent is essential to the successful and uniform enforcement

of the law and for that reason the department will distribute

in every county in the state this booklet and other literature

calculated to prepare the public mind for the strict enforce-

ment of the law. The commissioner believes that, generally,

county officers have been rather lax in the matter of law en-
forcement, and exevy intelligent man understands that the

failure to enforce one law leads to the violation of others.

All licenses expire on February 20th, regardless of the date of issuance. The open season for ducks expires April 20th. Doves, partridges
turkeys and plovers March 1st; summer ducks January l;deer December
1st, cat squirrels January 1st. Pheasants and grouse are very scarce and confined to few mountain counties. Section 16 protects them abso-
lutelv.

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We appeal to every law abiding citizen to put the weight of
his influence on the side of the law enforcement, if that is
generally done the new game law will soon become one of
the most popular of the Georgia statutes.

The Warden 9s Duty

The duty of the county warden and his deputies is plain

as laid down in the law, but when left to act upon their own

initiative it is natural that even the best of them will become

indifferent, or at least forgetful of the important work they

have in hand, as they become absorbed in their business affairs

particularly in the closed season when the fees are light and

prosecutions are infrequent. For that reason this central office

has been established, and it will be our pleasure and duty to

constantly remind the wardens of the necessity for vigilance

and strict enforcement by prosecution, if necessary, of those

who are willing to break the law. Wardens are warned against

rash and ill advised prosecutions; and this department will

undertake to discourage any warden who uses his office to

gratify a spleen he may hold against bis neighbor. He must

know the difference between persecution and prosecution ; and

while the law should be enforced evenly, it is not ncessary to

inforce it rashly. It is the duty of the warden to so conduct his

prosecutions as to make friends of the neighbors of the violator

'he prosecutes. It should be his purpose to see that the game

law is the most popular as well as the best enforced law in the

state, and to do that there must be no discrimination between

persons or classes. When in doubt, write, wire or 'phone this

We office.

are here to be troubled.

Some Questions Answered
The law plainly requires a license to hunt, the kind of
game hunted is not material ; indeed a man may go out to hunt
squirrels and kill a bear, bird hunters are liable to shoot a rabbit and vice versa. If a person goes equipped with gun and dog into the forests or fields the presumption is he is
Doe, fawn and turkey hens are protected until December 1, 1916, and will probably be protected after that date, unless they multiply very
rapidly.

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"hunting," and to do that he should have a license if he is-
out of his own malitia district, and permission if not on his own land. Sometimes a prosecuting warden may fail to con-
vince a petty jury but that should not be permitted to dis-
courage the warden, his duty is to prosecute when he thinks he has evidence that the law has been violated.
The law does not require a license to fish, but it does require permission of the land owner, and that is probably the most important feature of the law.
It is against the law to take fish in any manner except with hook and line between February 1st and July 1st, and this applies to ponds wholy within one man's land line as well as
streams that cross many land lines. No man should want to
fish his private pond in the spawning season in a manner that would destroy the spawn and hatching fish. The law seems to
contemplate that it is improbable if not impossible to maintain a fish pond so isolated that it will not at times of high water connect with other waters, permitting its fish life to become distributed in the waters on other lands.
'possums are not game animals under the law, only deer and squirrels are so designated, but o 'possums are protected during the breeding season between the first day of March and the first day of October, under an old statute, section 590 of the criminal Code of 1911. There is no law against o 'possum hunt-
ing at night in open season.
It is not necessary for a warden or deputy warden to know of his own knowledge that the law has been violated, but he
has to swear "to the best of his knowledge and belief" and should do that where he feels confident that he can produce
convicting evidence.
The law permits one exception in the matter of land owners consent and that is "following hounds in the pursuit of foxes or deer" and as that provision contravenes the law of trespass the privilege should be cautiously exercised.
When a warden or deputy warden accepts a commission
from this Department he is bound under section 21 of the act of August 21st, 1911 to enforce the law, or lays himself liable aa for a misdemeanor.

If the game laws are well enforced we will have an abundance of game and satisfied sportsmen, otherwise we had better give up the fight.

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Pur trapping or the sale of furs are not interfered with
except that trapping may be considered hunting and the
trapper required to pay a hunter's license and to have the consent of the land owner.
Under the law any person has a right to hunt without a license on his own land in any or several counties, even if the land owner is a non-resident. But the law does not contemplate that the friends, relatives or members of the immediate family
of the land owner may exercise the privilege of hunting on
his land without the payment of license, or without the consent of the actual owner of the land.
Wardens and deputy wardens are required to procure and pay for license to hunt the same as other people.
Where streams are land lines the consent of the owner of
the land on either side gives the rights only so far as the description set out in the deed indicates. The right or left
bank or center thread of a stream may be designated as the
boundary line. Of course these hair splitting matters are largely for the courts and juries to decide ; what we say here is merely directory and for the guidance of wardens and deputies in bringing prosecution.

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The Lacy Law

(Federal.)

The act of May 25, 1900, commonly known as the Lacey

Act (1) places the preservation, distribution, introduction, and restoration of game and other birds under the Department of

Agriculture: (2) regulates the importation of foreign birds

and animals, prohibiting absolutely the introduction of certain

injurious species; and (3) prohibits interstate traffic in birds or game killed in violation of state laws. The Act reads as

follows

An Act.

To enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibit the transportation by interstate commerce of game Trilled in violation of local laws, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the duties and powers of the Department of Agriculture .are hereby enlarged so as to include the preservation, distribution, introduction, and restoration of game birds and other wild birds. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized
to adopt such measures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act and to purchase such game birds and other wild birds as may be required therefore, subject, however, to
the laws of the various states and territories. The object and purpose of this act is to aid in the restoration of such birds in those parts of the United States adapted thereto Avhere the same have become scarce or extinct, and also to regulate the introduction of American or foreign birds or animals in localities where they have not heretofore existed.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall from time to time collect and publish useful information as to the propagation, uses, and preservation of such birds.
And the Secretary of Agriculture shall make and publish
all needful rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of this act, and shall expend for said purposes such sums as
Congress may appropriate therefor.
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person or

Let every county sportsman club see that the law is best inforced in their countv.

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persons to import into the United States any foreign wild animal or bird except under special permit from the United States Department of Agriculture : Provided. That nothing in this section shall restrict the importation of natural history specimens for museums or scientific collections or the importation
of certain cage birds, such as domesticated canaries, parrots or
such other species as the Secretary of Agriculture may desig-
nate.
The importation of the mongoose, the so-called "flying foxes" or fruit bats, the English sparrows, the starling, or such
other birds or animals as the Secretary of Agriculture may
from time to time declare injurious to the interest of agriculture or horticulture is hereby prohibited, and such species upon arrival at any of the ports of the United States shall be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make regulations
for carrying into effect the provisions of this section. Section 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to deliver to any common carrier or for any common persons to deliver to any common carrier, or for any common
carrier to transport from one state or territory to another state or territory, or from the District of Columbia or Alaska to any state or territory or from any state or territory to the District of Columbia or Alaska, any foreign animals or birds the importation of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies or parts thereof of any wild' animals or birds, where such animals or birds have been killed
in violation of the laws of the state, territory, or district in which the same were killed: Provided. That nothing herein shall prevent the transportation of any dead birds or animals
killed during the season when the same may.be lawfully captured, and the export of which is not prohibited by law in the state, territory, or district in which the same are killed.
Section 4. That all packages containing such dead animals, birds or parts thereof, when shipped by interstate commerce, as provided by in section one of this act, shall be pi airily and clearly marked so that the name and address of the
shipper and the nature of the contents may he readily ascer-
tained on inspection of the outside of such packages. For each evasion or violation of this act the shipper shall, uponi con-

Don't forget that it is your dutj t) report violations to rliis office.
We will treat your report confidentially and try t i < nforce the lawjbettei
in your county.

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viction pay a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars, and the consignee knowingly receiving such article so shipped and transported in violation of this act shall upon conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ; and the carrier knowingly carrying or transporting the same shall, upon conviction, pay a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Section 5. That all dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any foreign game animals, or game or song birds, the importation of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any wild game animals, or game or song birds transported into any state or territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such state or territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and the same manner as though such animals and birds had been produced in such state or territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise. This act shall not prevent the impotation or transportation or sale of birds or bird plumage manufactured from the feathers of barn yard fowl.
Approved, May 25, 1900.

What Other States And The National Government are Doing
For the Protection of Game.
The thirteenth annual directory of officials and organizations concerned with the protection of birds and game in the United States and Canada has been arranged on the same plan as the directors issued each year since 1900, and lias beea re- is< d to August 1, 1912.
The object of this directory is to present, in convenient
form, the names of persons to whom application may be made
for information respecting game laws. It also shows the date
of establishment of each State commission or wardenship, the changes which occur in such offices, and the publications issued
by game officials. As many of the present fish and game commissioners originated as fish commissioners, the year when each
The warden or deputy who fails to do his duty becomes a law break-
er himself under section 21.

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was established and that in which it assumed jurisdiction of game are given. The most important changes during the past year were the new game commissions established in Geor-
gia and Kentucky, the American Game Protective and Propagation Association incorporated in New York, and the new
organizations formed in Arkansas and Texas.
In 44 States and Territories the enforcement of game laws
-- -- is intrusted to game commissioners, wardens, or other State
officers; in 3 others Florida, Mississippi, and Nevada to county wardens ; in Virginia to city and magisterial district wardens; in Arkansas to sheriffs and similar local officers; and in the District of Columbia to the Metropolitan police. The first special game officials were the local officers appointed in Massachusetts in 1739 for the preservation of deer, and called deer reeves in 1764. Moose wardens were appointed in Maine in 1852, and ducking police in Maryland in 1872. The first State commissions whose jurisdiction was extended to include this work were the fish commissions of California and
New Hampshire in 1878. Several national organizations are
interested in the protection of birds and game, of which two are really international. In addition, State associations and
many local organizations co-operate in the work of protecting game in 27 States. One of these associations was organized in
1844, another in 1865, and a third in 1871. Similar organizations have been formed in 8 Providences of Canada, of which one in Nova Scotia was establishel in 1853 and one in Quebec in 1859. Finally 38 states have Audubon Societies organized especially for the study and protection of non-game birds.
Persons interested in game protection are requested to notify the Biological Survey of any errors or changes in addresses in order that necessary corrections may be made in
'future editions of the directory.

A warden enforced game law is the only game law that counts.

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FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

United States Department of Agricultrure.
(Jurisdiction extended to game protection by act of May 25,
1900).
Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson, Washington D. C.
Chief of Biological Survey, Henry W. Henshaw, Washington,
D.C.
Assistant Chief, Biological Survey, T. S. Palmer, Washing-
ton, D. C.

STATE OFFICIALS.
(For information respecting the game laws in States and Territories which have no State wardens address as follows:
-- Alaska Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ; Arkan-- -- sas E. V. Visart, Little Rock; Florida Chas. G. Megargee, -- Umatilla, Lake County; Hawaii D. B. Kuhns, Honolulu; Mis-- -- sissippi Miles Carroll, Yazoo City; Nevada Secretary of -- State, Carson City ; Virginia L. T. Christian, 1012 East Broad
Street, Richmond. The game laws are published in pamphlet form in all the
States.)
ALABAMA.
State Game 'and Fish Commissioner. Office established Feb-
ruary 19, 1907; term four years. John H. Wallace, Jr., Montgomery (term expires January,.
1913).
-- Publication : Game Laws ; Bulletins ; Annual Bird Day Books
Biennial Reports last report, 1908.
ALASKA.
[The governor appoints wardens, licenses guides on the Kenai
When in doubt inquire of this office; we will be glad to set you
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Peninsula, and issues hunting and shipping licenses.]
Game Warden. Office established May 11, 1908 ; appropriation
first available July 1, 1909 ; term, pleasure of governor. Governor, Walter E. Clark, Juneau. Wardens, Christian L. Larson, Chicken ; F. C. Irons and Wil-
liam Lloyd, Fairbanks ; Adam Schneider, Juneau ; P. F. Vian,
Kenai; J. C. Tolman, Kodiak; Christopher C. Shea, Seward.
ARIZONA.
Fish and Game Commissioners. Commission established 1887;
term two years.
A. W. Sydnor, Globe.
C&arles M. Bledsoe, Winslow. T. T. Cull, Yuma.
Publications: Game Laws.
CALIFORNIA.
Beard of Fish and Game Commissioners. Board of fish com-
missioners established April 2, 1870 jurisdiction extended ;
to game, 1878 ; title changed, 1909 ; term, pleasure of governor.
President, F. M. Newbert, Forum Building, Sacramento.
M. J. Connell, Consolidated Realty Building, 605 South Hill Street, Los Angles.
Carl Westerfeld ,Mills Building, San Francisco. Secretary, Earnest Schaeffle, Mills Building, San Francisco. Office of the Board, Mills Building, San Francisco.
-- Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last
report, 1910.
COLORADO.

State Game and Fish Commissioner. Office of State fish commissioner established March 10, 1877; jurisdiction extend-
ed to game, 1891. Present office established April 27, 1899 term, four years.
James A. Shinn, Room 41, Capitol Building, Denver (term
expires April 1, 1913.)
Deputy commissioner, Rudolph Borcherdt, Denver (term ex-
pires April 1, 1913).

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-- Publications : Game and Fish Laws ; Biennial Reports last
report, 1910.

CONNECTICUT.

Commission of Fisheries and Game. Appointment of commissioners on fisheries first authorized in 1867. Jurisdiction, extended to game, with establishment of present commission, April 30, 1895 ; term, two years.
President, Dr. Frank W. Hewes, Groton.
Secretary, E. Hart Geer, Hadlyme. Frank 0. Davis, Putnam. All terms expire July 1, 1913.
-- Office of the commission, Room 64, State Capitol, Hartford.
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.
DELAWARE.
Board of Game and Fish Commissioners. Established March,.
1911 ; term, six years.
President, Edward G. Bradford, Jr., Wilmington (term ex-
pires September 1917). Vice president, William H. Reed, Dover (term expires-
September 1913). Secretary and treasurer, H. C. Davis, Laurel (term expiree
September 1915).
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Metropolitan Police. Superintendent, Maj. Richard Sylvester, Washington. Harbor Master, Lieut, Russell Dean, Washington.

GEORGIA.
Department of Game and Fish. Office established August 21,
1911 ; term, two years. Commissioner, Jesse E. Mercer, Atlanta (term expires Sept-
ember 1, 1913).
Publications : Fish and Game Laws ; Bulletins ; Annual Re-
-- ports first report in July 1912. This bulletin No. 3.

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IDAHO.

Fish and Game "Warden. Office established March 13, 1899;
term, two years. Ben. R. Gray, Boise (term expires December 31, 1912). Chief deputy, F. M. Kendall, Twin Falls (until successor is-
appointed).
-- Publications : Fish and Game Laws ; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.

ILLINOIS.
State Game Commissioner. Office established April 24, 1899;
term, that of governor (four years). Dr. John A. Wheeler, Springfield (term expires January
1913).
Publications : Game Laws.
INDIANA.

Commissioner of Fisheries and Game. Office of commissioner of fisheries established in 1881; jurisdiction extended to game and birds and present office established February 13, 1899 ; term four years.
George W. Miles, State House, Indianapolis (term expires
-- April 4, 1915).
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.
IOWA.
State Fish and Game Warden. Office established October 1,
1897 ; term, three years.
Geo. A. Lincoln, 230-232 Granby Block, Cedar Rapids (term
-- expires March 31, 1913).
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.
KANSAS.

State Fish and Game Warden. Office of commissioner of fish-

eries established 1877. Present office established July 1,.

1905 ; term, four years.

Prof. L. L. Dyche, Pratt (term expires June 30, 1915).

Publications :

Fish and Game Laws Bulletins. ;

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KENTUCKY.

Game and Fish Commission. Established March 12, 1912;
term, four years.
Chairman, Joseph G. Sachs, Law Building, Louisville ( term
expires 1916).
R. R. Burnham, Richmond (term expires 1916). J. E. Crider, Jr., Fredonia (term expires 1914).
A. G. Patterson, Pineville (term expires 1914).
Executive agent, J. Quincy Ward, Frankfort (term expires
1916).
LOUISIANA.

-Conservation Commission. Originally established as the Board
of Commissioners for the Protection of Birds, Game and
Fish, July 9, 1908. Conservation Commission authorized by act approved in July, 1912. The appointments had
not been made August 1, 1912.
Office of the commission, New Orleans.
-- Publications : Fish, Oyster and Game Laws ; Biennial Reports last report, 1912.
MAINE.

Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game. Appointment of commissioners of fisheries authorized February 21, 1878;
Jurisdiction extended to game 1880. Present commission established March 8, 1899 ; term, three years.
Chairman, J. S. P. H. Wilson, Auburn (term expires July
13, 1914).
Frank E. Mace, Great Pond (term expires April 13, 1915). Blaine S. Viles, Augusta (term expires July 1, 1913).
-- Office of the commission, State Capitol, Augusta.
Publications: Game and Fish Laws; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.
MARYLAND.
Game Warden. Office established April 4, 1896; reorganized April 10, 1904; term, two years.
Franklin E. Cox, 506 Union Trust Building, Baltimore (term
expires April 1914).
Publications : Game and Fish Laws ; Reports.

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Board of Special (Ducking) Police. Established 1872, reorganized 1880; term, two years.
Arthur L. Dippish, Havre de Grace, Hartford County. Harry A. Gilbert, Aberdeen, Hartford County. J. Howard Pyle, Chesapeake City, Cecil County. Andrew Reynolds, North East, Cecil County. All term ex-
pire May, 1914. Special Policemen (for protection of wild fowl on Elk and
Bohemia Rivers). Office established 1884; term, two years. John Racine, Elkton, Cecil County (term expires May, 1914),
MASSACHUSETTS.
Commissioners of Fisheries and Game. Organized 1865 juris; diction extended to game 1886 ; term, five years. Chairman, Dr. George W. Field, State House, Boston (term expires December 28, 1914). George H. Garfield, Brockton (term expires 1913). George H. Graham, Springfield (term expires August 1916). -- Office of the commission, Room 158, State House, Boston.
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Annual Reports last
report, 1911.
MICHIGAN.
Game, Fish and Forestry Department. Established as a game and fish warden department, March 15, 1887 ; reorganized
1907; term, four years.
Warden, William R. Oates, Lansing (term expires June
30, 1915).
Chief deputy, David R. Jones, Petoskey (term expires Dec-
-- ember 31, 1912).
Publications: Biennial Reports last report, 1910.
MINNESOTA.
Board of Game and Fish Commissioners. Appointment of commissioners of fisheries originally authorized March 5, 1874. Office of [State] game warden created March 8, 1887;
term, four years. Present board established April 20, 1891; term, six years; reorganized J 901 ; term now, four-
years.
President, George J. Bradley, Norwood (term expires 1914)..

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Vice president, D. L. Durkin, Frazee (term expires 1916). Second vice president, E. L. Ogilive, St. Paul (term expires
1915).
Secretary, 0. J. Johnson, Glenwood (term expires 1913). Executive agent, H. A. Rider, St. Paul (term expires 1914).
Office of the board, State Capitol, St. Paul.
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.
MISSOURI.
-Game and Fish Commissioner. Office of game and fish warden established April 8, 1895 ; reorganized June 17, 1905 ; term, two years. Present office established August 16, 1909;
term, four years.
Jesse A. Tolerton, Jefferson City (term expires August 16,
1913). Chief deputy, E. T. Grether, 902 Fullerton Building, St.
Louis.
-- Publications : Game and Fish Laws ; Annual Reports last
report, 1910.
MONTANA.
State Game and Fish Warden. Board of game and fish commissioners established March 14, 1895 ; term, three years. Replaced by present office March 18, 1901 ; term, four
years.
Henry Avare, Helena (term expires March, 1913). Deputy, D. H. Morgan, Helena.
-- Publications : Fish and Game Laws ; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.
NEBRASKA.
Game and Fish Commission. Established July 1, 1901 ; term, two years.
Commissioner, Gov. Chester II. Aldrich, Lincoln (term expires January, 1913).
Chief deputy, Henry N. Miller, Lincoln (term expires Jan-
-- uary, 1913).
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last
report 1910.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. Originally establish-

ed as a fish commissioner June 30, 1865. Present board

established 1878 ; term, five years.
Chairman, Nathaniel Wentworth, Hudson (term expires Oct-

ober 8, 1912).

Financial agent and secretary, Charles B. Clarke, Concord

(term expires February 11, 1916).

-- Frank P. Brown, Whitefield (term expires June 14, 1913).
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last

report, 1910.

NEW JERSEY.

Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. Appointment of commissioners of fisheries first authorized March 17, 1870;
jurisdiction extended to game, 1894. Board of Fish and
Game Commissioners established March 22, 1895 ; term, now four years.
President, Earnest Napier, East Orange (term expires 1913). Treasurer, "William A. Logue, Bridgeton (term expires 1912).
Precival Chrystie, High Bridge (term expires 1914).
W. A. Faunce, Atlantic City (term expires 1915).
Secretary, Walter H. Fell, Trenton. Fish and game protector, James M. Stratton, North Long
Branch.
-- Office of the board and of secretary, State Capitol, Trenton.
Publications: Game and Fish Laws; Annual Reports last
report, 1911.
NEW MEXICO.
Game and Fish Warden. Office established March 12, 1903; term, two years.
Trinidad C. cle Baca, Santa Fe (term expires 1914).
Chief deputy, P. B. Otero, Saul a Fe (term ex piles 1914).
Publication: Fish and Game Laws, in English am! Spanish.
NEW YORK.

Department of Conservation. Originally established as a commission of fisheries in 1868. Office el' chief game and fish protector created in 1888. Forest, fish, and game commission established in 1895 and reorganized March 12. 1901.

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Department of .conservation established July 12, 1911; term six years.
Commissioners: George E. Van Kennen, Ogdensburg (term
expires 1916).
James W. Fleming, Troy (term expires December 1, 1914). John D. Moore, New York (term expires December 1, 1918). Deputy commissioner of fish and game, Thomas H. Guy, Troy.
Secretary, Albert E. Hoyt, Albany.
Chief Game protector, Llewellyn Legge, Albany.
Office of the commission, 21-23 Washington Avenue, Albany.
-- Publications : Forest, Fish, and Game Laws ; maps ; Annual Reports last report, 1911.
NORTH CAROLINA.

Audubon Society of North Carolina. 1902; incorporated March 6, 1903.
President, Dr. R. H. Lewis, Raliegh. Secretary, P. D. Gold, Jr., Raliegh.

Organized March 11,

Publications :

State

Game

Laws ;

circulars ;

Annual

Reports

last report, 1911.

NORTH DOKOTA.

Game and Fish Board of Control. Established April 1, 1909;

W reorganized April 1, 1911 ; terms, two and four years.

President,

E. Byerly, Velva (term expires April 1, 1913).

Vice President, J. P. Lamb, Michigan ( term expires April 1,

1915).

Secretary, Tobias D. Casey, Dickinson (term expires April 1,

1913).
District Game Warden. Office originally established as State Game Warden in 1895 ; changed to District Game Warden

in 1903 ; term, two years. District No. 1 (northern). E. H. Stenvick, Minot.
-- District No. 2 (southern). Fred McLean, Fargo.
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last

report, 1910.

OHIO.

Commissioners of Fish and Game. Appointment of Commis-

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sioners of Fisheries first authorized May 3, 1873 juris;
diction extended to game with establishment of present
commission of five members May 17, 1886 ; term five years. President, Paul North, Cleveland (term expires May 17,
1913).
Walter C. Staley, Dayton (term expires 1912).
Thomas B. Paxton, Cincinnati (term expires May 17, 1915). Gill McCook, Steubenville (term expires May 17, 1914). J. F. Rankin, South Charleston (term expires May 16, 1916).
Chief warden, Gen. John C. Speaks, Columbus (term expires
May 1, 1913).
Office of the commission, Columbus.
-- Publications : Game and Fish Laws ; Annual Reports last
report, 1910.
OKLAHOMA.

&tate Game and Fish Warden. Office established March 10,

1899 ; reorganized 1909 ; term, four years.

John B. Doolin, 308-311 Mercantile Building, Oklahoma City

-- (term expires January 12, 1915).

Publications :

Game

and

Fish

Laws ;

Reports

last report 1910.

OREGON.

State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. Office of game
and fish protector established in 1893; term, two years.
Game and forestry warden established February 18, 1899 term, four years. Present board established May 21, 1911
term, four years.
President, C. K. Cranston, Pendleton (term expires May 20,
1914).
Secretary, J. F. Hughes, 385 State Street, Salem (term ex-
pires May 20, 1915).

George H. Kelly, 70 Fourth Street, Portland ( term expires
May 20, 1913). C. F. Stone, Klamath Falls (term expires May 20, 1913). M. J. Kinney, 510 Corbett Building, Portland (term expires

May 20, 1916).
State game warden, William L. Finley, 808 Yeon Building,

Portland( term expires May 20, 1915).

Publications :

Game and Fisli Laws Biennial Reports. ;

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PENNSYLVANIA.
Board of Game Commissioners. Board established 1895 ; termr
three years. President, Dr. Charles B. Penrose, 1720 Spruce Street, Phila-
delphia (term expires 3912).
C. K. Sober, Lewisburg (term expires November 17, 1911). John M. Philips, 2227 pJane Street, Pittsburg (term expires
November 17, 1912). Arthur Chapman, Doylestown (term expires 1911). W. B. McCaleb, Harrisburg (term expires 1913). Lanning Harven, Wilkes-Rarre (term expires 1913).
Secretary, Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, Harrisburg. Office of the board, Capitol Building, Harrisburg.
-- Publications : Digest of Game and Fish Laws ; Annual Reports last report, 1910.
RHODE ISLAND.
Commissioners of Birds. Commission established June, 1899;
term, three years.
Chairman, C. E. Pierce, Rumford.
W. Gordon Reed, 2d, 178 Dorrance Street, Providence. Dr. Edwin R. Lewis, "Westerly.
William H. Thayer, Bristol. C. M. Hughes, 7 Francis Street, Newport.
-- All terms expire January 31, 1914.
Publications: Abstract of Game Laws; Annual Reports last
report, 1911.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Chief Game Warden. Office established February 25, 1910;
term, four years.
-- James Henry Rice, Jr., Summerville (term expires 1915).
Publications: State Game Laws; Annual Reports last report,
1911.
SOUTH DOKOTA.
State Game Warden. Office established July 1, 1909; term,
two years.
-- W. F. Bancroft, Watertown (term expires July 1, 1913).
Publications: Game Laws; Annual Reports last report, 1910.

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TENNESSEE.

State Warden of Game, Fish and Forestry. Office of State warden established April 11, 1903; department of game,
fish, and forestry established April 15, 1905; term, eight
years.
Joseph H. Acklen, Nashville (term expires April 17, 1913).
Publications: Game, Fish, and Forestry Laws and Reports
last report, 1911.
TEXAS.

Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner. Office of fish and oyster commissioner established 1895; jurisdiction extended to game 1907.
W. G. Stereet, Austin.
Chief deputy, Jeff. D. Cox, Austin.
-- Publications: Game Laws; Reports last report, 1910.
UTAH.

State Fish and Game Cimmissioner. Office established 1890;
reorganized in 1897 and 1899 ; term, four years.
Fred W. Chambers, Salt Lake City (term expires April 5,
1913).
-- Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Biennial Reports last
report, 1910.
VERMONT.

Fish and Game Commissioner. Fish commission established in

1867 ;

reorganized

as

a

fish

and

game

commission

Novem-

ber 22, 1892. Present office established December 7, 1904;

term, two years.

John W. Titcomb, Lyndonville (term expires November 30,

-- 1912).
Publications: Fish and Game Laws: Biennial Reports last

report, 1910.

WASHINGTON.

State Fish Commissioner and Game Warden. Office of game
warden established February <i. 1890; term, four years. Present office established March 13, 1899; term four years.

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John L. Riseland, Belling'ham (term expires March 4, 1915). Chief deputy State game warden, Gus. Johnson, Bellingham.
-- Publications : Fish, Oyster, and Game Laws ; Annual Reports last report, 1910.
WEST VIRGINIA.
.Forest, Game and Fish Warden. Office of game and fish warden established May 18, 1897; reorganized, 1909; term,
four years.
-- J. A. Viquesney, Berligton (term expires July 1, 1913).
Publications : Game and Fish Laws ; Annual Reports last
report, 1911.
WISCONSIN.

State Fish and Game Warden. Office established May 5, 1891
term, two years. John A. Shorts, Madison (term expires 1913). Chief deputy, Fred Gerhardt, Milwaukee (term expires

-- 1913).
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Annual Reports last

report, 1911.

WYOMING.

:State Game Commission. Office of fish commissioner established
1879 jurisdiction extended to game, 1895. Office of State ;
game warden established February 15, 1899; term, four years. Present commission established February 18, 1911. President, Gov. Joseph M. Carey, Cheyenne (term expires
January, 1915).
-Secretary of State, Frank L. Houx, Cheyenne. State Auditor, Robert B. Forsyth, Cheyenne. State game warden, D. F. Hudson, Lander (term expires
February 20, 1915).
Publications: Fish and Game Laws; Annual Reports--last
report, 1911.
CANADA.

ALBERTA.
Department of Agriculture. Office of chief game guardian
established 1905.
Minister, Duncan Marshall, Edmonton. Deputy Minister, George Harcourt, Edmonton. Chief "game guardian, Benjamin Lawton, Edmonton. Publications: Game Laws; Annual Reports--last report, 1911.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Provincial Game Warden. Office of provincial game and forest warden established 1905; title changed 1912.
-- A. Bryan Williams, Court House, Vancouver.
Publications: Game Laws; Bulletins; Annual Reports last
report, 1911.
MANITOBA.
Department of Agriculture and Immigration. Office of chief game guardian established August 1898.
Minister, Geo. Lawrence, Winnipeg.
-- Chief game guardian, Charles Barber, Winnipeg.
Publications: Game Protection Act; Annual Reports last
report, 1911.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Crown Land Department. Office of chief game commissioner established 1878 ; title changed to chief wardens, 1909.
Surveyor general, James K. Flemming, Hartland. Deputy surveyor general, T. G. Loggie, Fredericton. Chief fishery, game, and five wardens: District No. 1, Dennis Doyle, Newcastle.
District No. 2, A. E. O'Leaiy, Richibucto.
District No. 3, W. J. Dean, Musquash.
District No. 4, John McGibbon, St. Stephen. Overseer of fisheries, S. U. McCully, Chatham.
-- Publications: Game Laws; Annual Reports last report, 1911.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
Department of Marine and Fisheries. Established March 10,
1898 ; Game and Inland Fisheries Board authorized May
10, 1906; organized 1909; established by act of Parliament, 1910.
President, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, A. W. Piccott,
St. John.
Vice President, Thomas Winter, St. Johns.
First asst. vice president, Dr. L. E. Keegan, St. Johns. Second asst. vice president, Alex McDougall, St. Johns.
-- Secretary, James W. Mercer, St. Johns.
Publications; Annual Reports last report, 1911.
NOVA SCOTIA.
Board of Game Commissioners. Established April 16, 1908, (Duties formerly exercised by Nova Scotia Game and In-
land Fishery Protection Society.)

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Chief game commissioner, J. A. Knight, K. C, St. Paul

Building, Halifax.

Associate commissioners, A. 0. Pritchard ,New Glascow; C.

R. Kelley, Yarmouth.

-- Publications :

Game Laws Annual Reports ;

last report, 1911.

ONTARIO.
-- Department of Public "Works Game and Fisheries Branch.
Office of chief game warden established 1892 ; office of superintendent of game and fisheries established 1907. Minister, J. 0. Reaume, Parliament Building, Toronto. Superintendent of game and fisheries, E. Tinsley, Parliament
Buildings, Toronto.
-- Publications: Game Laws; Annual Reports last report, 1911.
Reports of the Game and Fisheries Commission: Interim
report, 1910 ; final report, 1912.
Kelly Evans, commissioner, 503 Empire Building, 64 Wel-
lington Street west, Toronto.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Game Inspector. Office established April 21, 1906; term, plea-
sure of Lieutenant Governor in council.
-- E. T. Carbonell, Box 83, Charlottetown.
Publications: Annual Reports last report, 1911.

QUEBEC.
-- Department of Colonization. Mines, and Fisheries Fisheries
and Game Branch. Office of game superintendent estab-
lished June 10, 1SS4: reorganized in 1897 and 1906. Minister, Charles Devlin, Quebec. Deputy minister, J. Dufault, Quebec. Special (expert) officer, E. T. I). Chambers, Quebec. General superintendent of fisheries and game, Hector Caron
Quebec. Assistant superintendent of fiisheries and game, Eug. Hamel,
Quebec. General inspector of fisheries and game, J. A. Bellisle,
Quebec.
Publication: Fish and Game Laws, in French and English;
-- Annual Reports last report, 1911.
SASKATCHEWAN.

Department of Agriculture. Office of chief game guardian

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Minister of Agriculture, W. M. Motherwell, Regina. Deputy minister, A. F. Mantle, Regina.
-- Acting chief game guardian, Fred Bradshaw, Regina.
Publications: Annual Reports last report, 1910.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
American Bison Society. Organized December 8, 1905. President, Prof. Fraklin W. Hooper, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y. Secretary, William P. Wharton, Groton, Mass.
American Game Protective and Propagation Association. In-
corporated September 25, 1911.
President, John B. Burnham, 111 Broadway, New York,
N. Y.
Secretary, George M. Fayles, 111 Broadway, New York,
N. Y.
American Ornithologists' Union. Committee on Protection of North American Birds. Established October 1, 1884.
Chairman, Dr. A. K. Fisher, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Boone and Crockett Club. Founded December, 1887.
President, W. A. Wadsworth, Geneseo, N. Y. Secretary, Madison Grant, 11 Wall Street, New York, N. Y. Chairman Game Preservation Committee, Charles Sheldon,
140 West 57th Street, New York, N. Y.
Campfire Club of America. Organized 1903 incorporated 1904. ; President, Daniel Carter Beard, Flushing, Long Island, N. Y. Secretary, Arutur F. Rice, Flatiron Building, New York, N. Y.
League of American Sportsmen. Organized January 18, 1898; incorporated June 1, 1898.
President, G. O. Shields, 1081 Simpson Street, New York,
N. Y.
Secretary, H. M. Beach, 1081 Simpson Street, New York. * N. Y.
National Association of Audubon Societies. Organized as a national committee April 4. 1902; incorporated January
5, 1905.
President, William Dutcher, Plainfield, X. J.
Office ol" the association, 1974 Broadway, New York, X. Y. "National Association of Came Commissioners and Wardens.
Organized July 20, 1912! reorganized February 11, 1904.
Secretary T. Gilbert Pearson, 1974 Broadway, New York,
N. Y.

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Secretary, Dr. George W. Field, Room 158, State House,
Boston, Mass.
New York Zoological Society. Incorporated April 26, 1895.
[This society takes an active part in the protection of birds and game.]
President, Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, 850 Madison Ave-
nue, New York, N. Y. Secretary, Madison Grant, 11 Wall Street, New York, N. Y. North American Fish and Game Protective Association. Or-
ganized January 30, 1900. President, J. Douglas Hazen, Quebec. Secretary-treasurer, E. T. D. Chambers, Quebec.

STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

Arkansas Game and Fish Protective Association. Organized,

1912.
President, W. M. Sutton, Little Rock.

Secretary, E. V. Visart, Little Rock.
California Game and Fish Protective Association. May 26, 1900.
President, Dr. A. M. Barker, San Jose.

Organized

Secretary-Treasurer, E. A. Mocker, Capitola.
California Sportsmen's Game Protective Association. Organi-

zed September 28, 1910. President, F. A. Roop, 279 Thirteenth Street, San Franciseo.
Secretary, W. J. Brady, 2436 Greenwich Street, San Fran-

cisco.
Colorado Sportsmen's Association. Organized February 9,.

1909.

President, J. F. Engel, 1145 Delaware Street, Denver.
Secretary, T. F. Dolan, Box 1722, Denver. Connecticut Fish and Game Protective Association. Organized

June 17, 1909; incorporated September 10, 1909. President, A. B. Lapsley, Promfret.
Secretary and treasurer, H. P. Carter, New Britain.

Deleware State Sportsmen's Association. Organized January

30, 1912.
President, Dr. Horace Betts, Wilmington.

Secretary, William A. Joslyn, Wilmington.
Game and Fish Protective Association of the District of Colum-

bia. Organized February 3, 1897.
President, Dr. W. S. Harban, 2101 Wyoming Avenue, N. W.,

Washington.

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Secretary-treasurer, Dr. W. P. Young, 419 Tenth Street, N.
W., Washington.
Georgia Game Protective Association. Organized 1912.
President, William V. Zimmer, Atlanta.

Secretary, Robt. S. Greer, Columbus.
Treasurer, Bradford Byrd, Atlanta.
Iowa Pish and Game Protective Association. Incorporated May 14, 1908.
President, M. C. Matthews, Dubuque. Secretary, Jules C. Gregorie, 639 Main Street, Dubuque.
Kentucky Fish and Game Protective Association. Organized
February 22, 1909.
President, Joseph G. Sachs, Sachs' Law Building, Louisville.
Secretary, E. H. Nobbe, 410 West Main Street, Louisville. Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game Association. Chartered

1893.
President, John F. Sprague, Dover. Secretary and Treasurer, F. R. Smith, Pittsfield.
Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association. Organized March 5, 1895 ; incorporated May 13, 1898.
President, J. Olney Norris, 214 Chamber of Commerce, Balti-

more.
Secretary, Henry H. Kimball, 748 Tremont Building, Boston,

more.
.Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association. Chartered March 29, 1877.

[Formerly the Massachusetts Anglers' Association. Chartered March 18, 1874.]

President, Salem D. Charles, City Hall, Boston. Secretary, Henry H. Kimball, 148 Tremont Building, Boston. The Michigan Association. Organized April 19, 1907.
President, W. B. Mershon, Saginaw. Secretary, W. A. Tateum, Grand Rapids. Missouri Fish and Game League. Organized January 26, 1911
incorporated January 25, 1912.
President, Walter N. Fisher, 1401 Liggett Building, St.

Louis.

Secretary, H. F. Mardorf, 4068 Olive Street, St. Louis.

Montana Fish and Game Protective Association.

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Organized

January 27, 1901.

President, Fred Naegele, Helena.

Secretary, A. P. Heywood, Helena.

Association of New Jersey Sportmen for the Protection and

Propagation of Game. Organized October 12, 1907.

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President, George Batten, 93 Union Street, Montelair. Secretary, Edward Winslow, 180 Walnut Street, Montelair.
New York Association for the Protection of Game. Founded May 20, 1844 ; incorporated 1884.
President, Col. Alfred Wagstaff, 29 Madison Avenue, New
York.
Secretary, Robert B. Lawrence, 45 Broadway, New York. New York State Fish, Game and Forest League. Organized
1897 ; incorporated April 16, 1898.
[Formerly New York State Association for the Protection of

Fish and Game. Organized 1865.]

President, George A. Lawyer, Watertown.

Secretary, L. C. Andrews, Elmira.
North Dakota Game and Fish Protective Association. zed May 22, 1907.
President, W. W. Cook, Fargo.

Organi-

Secretary, Prof. "W. B. Bell, Agricultural College.
Oklahoma State Game and Fish Protective Association. Or-

ganized December 11, 1908. President, S. H. Harris, Oklahoma City. Secretary, J. C. Clark, 302 Insurance Building, Oklahoma
City. r
Oregon Fish and Game Association. Organized January 28,

1899.

President, John Gill, Third and Alder Streets, Portland. Secretary, A. E. Gebhardt, Box 269, Portland.

Pennsylvania State Sportmen's Association. Organized August

22, 1890; incorporated, 1892.
President, Lockwood B. "Worden, Harrisburg.

Secretary, Bernard Elsesser, The Gazette, York.

United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania. Organized April 1, 1908.
President, Oscar E. Thompson, Phoenixville.
Secretary, W. E. Meehan, Box 89, Harrisburg. Texas Game and Fish Prtotective Association. Organized May

21, 1912.
[The original Texas Game Protective Association was organi-

zed in September, 1896.]
President, W. Goodrich Jones, Temple.
Secretary, Dr. Frank Kent, San Antonio. Vermont Fish and Game League. Incorporated November 21,.

1890.

President, Maxwell Evarts, "Windsor.

Secretary, John W. Titcomb, Lyndonville.

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Eastern Shore Game Protective Association of Virginia. 'Or-
ganized 1893; incorporated March, 1894.
President, Dr. J. W. Bowdoin, Bloxom. Secretary and treasurer, T. W. Blackstone, Accomac. Game Protective Association of Virginia. Organized February
15, 1905. President, Dr. J. B. Fisher, Midlothian.
Secretary-treasurer, L. T. Christian, 1012 East Broad Street, Richmond.
Washington Game Protective and Propagation Association. Organized November 21, 1911.
President, Win. P. Trowbridge, 104 South Ninth Street, Tacoma.
Secretary, I. H. Hill, 622 Provident Building, Tacoma.
Washington State Game and Fish Protective Association. Organized December 4, 1903 ; incorporated.
President, Frank A. Pontius, Seattle. Secretary-treasurer, H. Rief, 117 First Avenue South, Seattle. West Virginia Fish and Game Protective Association. Organi-
zed November 14, 1906.
President, J. A. Viquesney, Bellington. Secretary-treasurer, H. M. Lockridge, Huntersville.
[Wisconsin] Northwestern Game Protective Association. Organized December 5, 1904.
President, Gen. Joseph B. Doe, 314 Wells Building, Milwaukee.
Secretary, E. L. Tracy, 377 Newhall Street, Milwaukee.
Fish and Game Protective Association of Alberta. Organized
January, 1907.
President, A. G. Wolley-Dod, Calgary. Secretary-treasurer, E. S. Doughty, Calgary.
Manitoba Game Protective Association. Organized April 2,
1905.
President, A. Code, Winnipeg. Secretary-treasurer, J. P. Turner, McArthur Building, Win-
nipeg.
New Brunswick Fish, Forest and Game Protective Association..
Organized June 12, 1907.
President, J. Fraser Gregory, St. John. Secretary, Wilbur Gerow, St. John.
Nova Scotia Game and inland Fishery Protection Society. Organized March 18, 1853.
President, Hon. L. G. Power, Halifax.

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Secretary-treasurer, Harris S. Tremain, Queen Building,
Halifax.
People's Game and Fish Protective Association of Nova Scotia. Organized November 11, 1906.
President, Dr. W. B. Moore, Yarmouth. Secretary and treasurer, Roy S. Kelley, Yarmouth. Ontario Forest, Fish and Game Protective Association. Or-
ganized June 7, 1905. Acting President, Oliver Adams, 55 Glen Road, Toronto. Secretary-treasurer, Kelly Evans, 517 Empire Building, 64
Wellington Street West, Toronto.
Prince Edward Island Game and Fish Protective Association.
Organized September 1, 1905. Incorporated April 21, 1906.
President, Albert E. Morrison, Charlottetown.
Secretary, E. T. Carbonell, Box 83, Charlottetown. Province of Quebec Association for the Protection of Fish and
Game. Organized February 23, 1859. President, Dr. Geo. Fisk, Montreal. Secretary, J. R. Innes, Imperial Bank Building, Montreal.
Sportsmen's Fish and Game Protective Association of the
Province of Quebec. Incorporated 1901. President, John S. Thorn, Quebec. Secretary, E. T. D. Chambers, Quebec.
Saskatchewan Game Protective Association. Organized August
10, 1906.
President, Dr. D. Low, Regina.
Secretary, W. M. Van Yalkenburg, Regina.

AUDUBON SOCIETIES.

[Organized for the study and protection of birds. Societies not

heard from in 1912 are marked with an asterisk (*).]

*Arizona, Organized April, 1908.

President, Herbert Brown, Tucson.

Secretary, Mrs. Harriet B. Thornber, Tucson.
California. Organized May 31, 1906.
[Local societies organized at Redlands April 17, 1899 and

Pasadena March 25, 1904.]

President, Dr. David Starr Jordan, Stanford University.

Secretary,

Mrs.

Harriet

Williams

Myers,

311

Avenue

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Los Angeles.

Connecticut. Organized January 28, 1898.

President, Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, Fairfield. Secretary, Mrs. William Brown Glover, Fairfield.

Deleware. Organized April, 1900.

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President, A. D. Poole, corner Seventh and West Streets,
Wilmington. Secretary, Mrs. William S. Hilles, 904 Market Street,.
Wilmington.
District of Columbia. Organized May 18, 1897.
President, Hon. Job Barnard, 1306 Rhode Is, and Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Secretary, Miss Helen P. Childs, Chevy Chase, Md. Florida. Organized March 2, 1900.
President, Dr. W. F. Blackman, Winter Park.
Secretary, Mrs. I. Vanderpool, Maitland. Illinois. Organized April 1, 1897.
President, Ruthven Deane, 112 West Adams Street, Chicago; Secretary, Miss Mary A. Hardman, Academy of Sciences,
Lincoln Park. Indiana. Organized April 26, 1898.
President, Dr. D. W. Dennis, Earlham College, Richmond. Secretary, Miss Elizabeth Downhowe, 2307 Talbott Avenue,
Indianapolis. Iowa. Organized April 5, 1898.
President, Mrs. W. B. Small, 206 Iowa Street, Waterloo.
Secretary, Mrs. William F. Parrott, 302 Franklin StreetWaterloo.
*Kansas. Organized October 2, 1908. President, Richard H. Sullivan, Wichita. Secretary, Frank E. McMullen, Wichita.
Kentucky. Organized November 28, 1911. President, James H. Gardner, State Geological Survey,
Frankfort. Secretary, Victor K. Dodge, Lexington. *Louisiana. Organized November, 1902.
President, Prof. George E. Beyer, Tulane University, New
Orleans.
Secretary, Mrs. Percival Wraight, 460 Pine Street, New
Orleans.
Maine. Organized July 31, 1902.
President, Arthur II. Norton, 22 Elm Street, Portland.
Secretary,
Maryland. Organized 1906. President, Miss Isabel Crawford Tudor, 2410 North Charles Street, Baltimore.
Secretary, Miss Minna D. Starr, 2400 North Charles Streetr
Baltimore.
Massachusetts. Organized January, 1896.

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President, William Brewster, 145 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Secretary and treasurer, Miss Jessie E. Kimball, Boston So-
ciety of Natural History, Boston. Michigan. Organized February, 1904.
President, Jefferson Butler, 1117 Ford Building, Detroit. Secretary, Mrs. Anna Walter, Marcellus. Minnesota. Organized June 1, 1897. President, D. Lange, 2308 Commonwealth Avenue, St. Paul.
Secretary,
Mississippi. Organized November 13, 1907.
President, Wm. Hemingway, Jackson.
Secretary, H. G. McGowan, Columbus. Missouri. Organized June 14, 1901 ; reorganized December 10,
1907.
President, H. R. Walmsley, 318 Keith & Perry Building,
Kansas City.
Secretary,
^Nebraska, Organized June, 1902. President, Dr. Solon R. Towne, Continental Building, Omaha. Secretary, Miss Joy Higgins, 544 South Thirtieth Street, Omaha.
New Hampshire. Organized April 6, 1897.
President, E. J. Burnham, 269 Walnut Street, Manchester.
Secretary,
New Jersey. Organized May, 1897 ; incorporated December 15,
1910.
President, George Batten, 93 Union Street, Montclair. Secretary, Beecher S. Bowdish, Demarest.
New York. Organized February 23, 1897; incorporated No-
vember 23, 1904. President, Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, 850 Madison Ave-
nue, New York. Secretary, Miss Emma H. Lockwood, 243 West Seventy-fifth
Street, New York.
North Carolina. Organized March 11, 1902; incorporated March 6, 1903.
North Dokota. Organized April, 1904; reorganized January,
1912.
[Local society organized at Grand Forks in 1903.] President, Prof. W. B. Bell, Agricultural College.
Secretary, Mrs. Geo. H. Hollister, Fargo.
Ohio. Organized December 14, 1898; incorporated March
22, 1900.
President, J. P. Cummins, Evans Place, Cincinnati.

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Secretary, Miss Katherine Ratterman, 510 York Street, Cin-
cinnati.
Oklahoma. Organized 1902; incorporated June 16, 1906; reorganized June 25, 1907.
President, Neill Humphrey, Guthrie. Secretary, Miss Alma Carson, Guthrie. Oregon. Organized July 1, 1902; incorporated 1909.
[Formerly the John Burroughs Bird Society,
organized in 1900.]
President, W. L. Finley, 651 East Madison Street, Portland.
Secretary, Dr. Emma J. "Welty, 321 Montgomery Street,
Portland. Pennsylvania. Organized October, 1896.
President, Witmer Stone, Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia.
Secretary, Miss Elizabeth Wilson Fisher, 2222 Spruce Street,
Philadelphia.
Rhode Island. Organized October, 1897. President, Dr. Albert D. Mead, Brown University, Provi-
dence.
Secretary, H. L. Madison, Park Museum, Providence. South Carolina. Organized January 4, 1900; incorporated Feb-
ruary 19, 1907.
President, W. H. Gibbes, Columbia.
Secretary-treasurer, Albert R. Heyward, Columbia.
Tennessee (East). Organized September 2, 1910. President, H. Tullsen, Weather Bureau, Knoxville. Secretary, Miss M. M. Woodward, Knoxville.
Tristate Audubon Society of Tennessee, Arkansas and Missis-
sippi. Organized March, 1912. President, Dr. R. B. Maury, 513 Beale Avenue,, Memphis.
Corresponding Secretary, Prof. Wharton S. Jones, 729 Vance Avenue, Memphis.
Texas. Organized 1903.
President, J. B. Sawtelle, Waco.
Secretary,
Vermont. Organized September 2, 1901.
President, Prof. J. W. Votey, University of Vermont, Bur-
lington.
Secretary, Prof. A. E. Lambert, Middlebury. Virginia. Organized December 11, 1908.

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[Local societies organized at Glen Caryln June 3, 1901, and Falls Church September 29, 1903.]
President, Mrs. W. E. Harris, 1039 West Grace Street,
Eichmond. Secretary, Miss Donna Sheahan, Brookland Park Boulevard,
Richmond. Washington. Organized April 20, 1907.
President, James Illingworth, 2201 Harvard Avenue north,
Seattle.
Secretary, H. Rief, 320 Jefferson Street, Seattle.
West Virginia. Organized October 24, 1911. President, Miss Ida M. Peters, Carnegie Library, Parkers-
burg.
Secretary, Miss Hattie M. Alleman, 2403 Dudley Road, Parkersburg.
Wisconsin. Organized April 20, 1897; reorganized June 10,
1908.
President, Prof. George E. Wagner, State University, Madi-
son.
Secretary-treasurer, Roland E. Kremers, 1720 Vilas Street, Madison.

IN CONCLUSION.
The Commissioner appreciates the assistance given this Department by the true sportsmen of the State, particularly where they are organized into County Associations; and we especially thank the news papers, daily and weekly press, for the publicity they have given the new law and the operations
of this Department. By so doing they have helped along a
good cause in preparing the public mind for the enforcement of laws and regulations that seemed to be absolutely necessary for the protection of the game birds and animals and to preserve some of the important species from extinction.
Sincerely, J. E. Mercer,
State Game and Fish Commissioner-
Atlanta, Ga., October 15th, 1912.