Excerpt from Inland Fish and Game Laws: State of Maine, Laws for 1915 1916 "What the law is explained and stated in plain language, with citations from decisions of the courts, and forms for petitions, complaints, etc. 'A state has the constitutional right to regulate the killing of game, birds and fish within its borders, and confine their use to the limits of the state, and forbid its transmission outside of the state. Decision United States Supreme Court, 161 U. S. Reports, page 519. It is lawful under the Constitution for a state to allow the killing of birds within the state, during a designated open season, to allow such birds when so killed to be used within the state, and yet to forbid their transportation beyond the state. From the earliest traditions the right to reduce animals, ferae naturae, to possession has been subject to the law-making power. United States Supreme Court. 161 U. S. Reps., 522. The human race having multiplied, men partitioned among themselves the earth and the greater part of those things which were on its surface. That which fell to each one among them commenced to belong to him in private ownership, and this process is the origin of the right of property. Some things did not enter into this division, as the air, the water which runs in the streams, and the sea and its shores, and great ponds, and wild animals, birds and fish. Melin and Pothier. There are things which belong to no one, and the use of which is common to all. Police regulations direct the manner in which they may be enjoyed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.