The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-11

foreement. In West Virginia 81
state wide residence license law was
enacted to replace the 1915 act reouir-
ing So license of residents hunting out
side their counties of residence. The 81
residence license, with an exemption to
landowners, tenants and members of
their families hunting on their own.
lands, has proved popular throughout
the country, IS not burdensonie on the
individual hunter, and Invariably in
sure financial 3snppoFt for adequate
warden 'servlee restocking, and other
lines of legitimate game conservation.
West Virginia made, deep inroads into
the game and fish protection fund
maintained by receipts from the sale of
hunting hcenses, by. providing that 20
per cent thereof should be expended
IN restocking streams with fish, and 10,
per cent set aside for bounties on GER
tain. animals and birds. EsThese diver
sions, together with the cost of issuing
licenses and collecting the fees, will
serve to reduce the amount available
for game protection to about so per
cent of the receipts from the sale of
hunting licenses.
South Carolina made the resident
hunting license law applicable through
out the state.f9Texas increased the fee
for resident hunting licenses from
Sl.75 to 81 and repealed the provision
permitting hunting without license
in counties adjoining the county of
residence. Maine prescribed 25 cent
registration certificate for residents.
good so long as the holder remains
citizen of the state. Utah abolished
the distinction between resident and
non resident hunters and prescribed a
81 license fee foracitizens of the United
States hunting in that state. Ieoisla-
ton along this lime has been advocated
for many years. by sportsmen, but Utah
is the first stqts to adopt it.
Progress was made in the establish
ment of game sanctuaries, and no less
than a dozen states enacted legislation
with reference to this very important
factor in game conservation. All state
lands in Alabama, state, county and
municipal sections and educational
lands in Nebraska were declared game
refugees and all hunting thereon pro-
hibited Minnesota prohibited hunting
in or within three miles of the corpor-
ate limits of Duluth, Minnesota and st.
Paul. Special refugees created include
:, the Catalina Mountain preserve in Ari-
zona the Colorado state game refuge.
! IN the vicinity of the Rocky Mountain
National park; the game and fish pre-
serve IN Loudon County, Tenn, the
/ Dixie, Fish Lake, Heaston. Cache. and
strawberry Preserves in Utah. and the
Splitrock special game-animal preserve
IN Wyoming. Vermont authorized the
commissioner to establish such game
refugees and sanctuaries as are recon-
mended by the United States Biologi
cal Survey, and a tentative selection of
preserve has already been made by
the bureau. The boundaries of the
Gallatin preserve in Montana and
those of the Big Horn refuge in Wyom-
ing were modified to some extent. In
| Oregon and Illinois. the state authori-
ties were authorized to establish refu-
ges by contract on private lands, and
III South Dakota to acquire public or
private property for the protection and
propagation of game birds.
/ California Illinois. Maine and Mime.
sofa prohibited hunting from automo-
-biles or motor vehicles, and California
and Michigan made 1t illegal also. to
hunt or shoot game birds from air
planes. Colorado prohibited aliens from
hunting or owning shotgun, rifle OF
pistol. Illinois prohibited the shipment
of game by parcel post. Indiana au.
thorized the department of conserva.
ton TO encourage and assist in the or.
ganization and establishment of fish
and game protective associations in the
state. In New York provision was
made for registering and licensing
guides in the forest preserve counties
and such guides are required to com
ply with the rules and regulations pre-
seribed by the commissioner. Vermont
provided for establishing around com
mercial orchards having an area of ter
acres or more open zones in which deer
may be killed at any time.