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FARMERS' BULLETIN 692.
of provisions by subjects instead of by States, and (3) adoption of a
uniform statement and order of the various details to facilitate com-
parison of similar provisions in different States. Its chief objects
are to present in convenient form the restrictions on hunting which
affect the enforcement of the Federal statutes regulating interstate
commerce in game and the protection of migratory birds, and to
show the general condition and trend of legislation from year to year.
Provisions relating to methods of capture, game refuges, enforce-
ment of laws, disposition of fines and fees, and matters of special or
local application are omitted. These can be found only by reference
to the laws themselves or to the pamphlet editions of the game laws,
obtainable in most States from the proper officials.'
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION OF 1915.
More than-240 new game laws were enacted during 1915-a larger
number than in any previous year except 1911. Forty-three States
held regular legislative sessions, and in all of these States except
Arizona, Georgia, and Nebraska some changes were made in the
statutes protecting game. The largest number of new game laws
passed in any one State was 61, in North Carolina; but in California,
Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
the number reached 10 or more. Several measures were vetoed, in-
cluding a general game bill in Idaho, the first bill appropriating the
hunting-license fund in Pennsylvania, a bill protecting bears in Califor-
nia, and three sections of the game bill in Washington. A number of
bills were introduced for the purpose of harmonizing the State laws on
migratory birds with the Federal regulations. In at least nine States
changes were made which brought the seasons into substantial agree-
ment, viz, California, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, New Hamp-
shire, Tennessee, and West Virginia; in Illinois the seasons for all
migratory birds except coot and waterfowl, and in Washington for
the smaller shore birds, were made to conform with the regulations
under the Federal law. Uniformity was also secured by provisions
in the laws of Connecticut, Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wash-
ington, and Wisconsin, prohibiting hunting between sunset and sun-
rise. On the other hand, Delaware adopted a resolution opposing
the migratory-bird law, and Ohio and Rhode Island, which had har-
monized their seasons in 1914, changed the laws on waterfowl this
year.
As a result of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States
on January 19, 1914, sustaining the alien hunting law of Pennsylvania,
legislation prohibiting aliens from hunting or owning shotguns or
1 See p. 64. Names and addresses are given in the Directory of 'Game Officials, published by the Biolog-
ical Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture (edition of 1915, B. S. 101).2
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