Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-02
new FEATURES
IN GAME LAWS
North Carolina is First State
to Prohibit Shooting
From Airplanes.
. (By Peter p. Carney

ILuieoT NallOHal Sports SynOlCltC.
Several new features in game pro-
lection have been introduced during
the past year.
The first game law placed on the
statute books of any state through the
medium of an initiative petition was
adopted in Arizona. Hunting game
with flying machines has been made
illegal in North Carolina by a law pro-
hibiting shooting water fowl on any
of the waters from the state from an
,~airplane.
Cat-license bills introduced in Mas
~sachusetts. New York, New Jersey
land elsewhere, seem to have failed
uniformly, but in two states brief cat
laws were passed. Massachusetts, pass
ed a law prohibiting possession of cats
on Muskegat Island or the bringing of
any cats to the island, and Michigan
declared cats following on the track
of game birds or small game, public.
n%uisances, n decreed that the own
er who permits them to run at large
after notice from the game commits
sioner shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Plumage legislation has been ex-
tended in at least two states. Okla
homa 10Y prohibits possession for
sale of aigrettes, and California of
aigrettes. birds of paradise, goura
pASC'llo olA VIA
Administration of game laws has
been modified in several important
details. Oklahoma has d fixed pen
atty for any offense for which no
specific penalty is otherwise provided.
thus guarding against a condition
which sometimes arises whereby a
certain act is made an offense with
out a penalty, and the law conse-
%quently is uninforcable.
nvooor ho, nth Ori1oI fh4 Ioo,~J ne
Fish and Game Commissioners to per
NIT under such regulations as it may
adopt the sale of any game which
cannot otherwise be sold. Pennsyl-
vania has imposed. as a penalty for
conviction for a second offense under
the game law, Imprisonment equal to
one day for each dollars Of the fine
and denial of license to hunt for two
years. Utah has passed a law pro-
hibiting aliens from hunting in the
state.
Wisconsin has extended its provi-
sion relative to seizure of parapher-
MALTA used in violation of the game
law to include automobiles. which.
when used by persons hunting illegal
lN, may be confiscated by conserva-
ton officers.
The law in New Hampshire author
iZing the payment Of damages for in
%iuries to live stock caused by persons
hunting deer has been modified so
that in uture UGH damages will he
assessed by the Commissioner of
Agriculture n paid from the fish
and game fund.
Several measures affecting private
game preserves merit mention. Texas
exempted from taxation buffalo kept
in captivity, while Oklahoma exempt
ed not only buffalo, but also deer, elk
and apte1One Tn GO1Ith CaroIipa a
specific tax on game preserves was
imposed on all holdings in excess OF
5000 acres. except in Berkeley coun-
ty.
In two states there was a manifest
effort to extend the scope Of work OF
the state warden beyond the field OF
actual game protection to co-opera-
toni in certain public i'm provements.
Wyoming has provided for the es-
Enlistment of geological gardens in
cities n towns and authorized the
game commission to supply birds and
animals for the collections, while
Iowa has authorized the state war.
den. with the consent Of the executive
council. to establish public parks on
the shores of lakes. streams or other
waters of historic or scientific interest,
and has provided a $4,000 annual ap-
preparation from the fish and game
fund for the improvement Of such
parks on condition that this amount
does not exceed one-half OF the total
Ireceipts OF the fund.