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proceedings may be brought in the name of the people, in the like cases, in the 

 same courts, and under the same circumstances as they may now or at any time 

 hereafter be brought by any individual or by the prosecuting attorneys of the sev- 

 eral counties under and by virtue of any laws now existing or hereafter enacted. 



2197t. Sec. 3. Said warden may make complaint and cause proceedings to be 

 commenced against any person for the violation of any of the laws for the protec- 

 tion or projjagation of game or fish without the sanction of the prosecuting 

 attorney of the county in which such proceedings are commenced, and in such case 

 he shall not be obliged to furnish security for cost. 



2197u. Sec. -4. Said game and fish warden shall have the same* power to serve 

 criminal process as sherifl's, and shall have the same right as sheriffs, to require 

 aid in executing such process. Said warden may arrest, without warrant, any 

 person caught by him in the act of violating any of the aforesaid laws for the 

 protection or propagation of birds, game or fish, and take such person forthwith 

 before a justice of the peace, or other magistrate having jurisdiction, who shall 

 proceed without delay to hear, try and determine the matter, and the same pro- 

 ceedings shall be had as near as may be, as in other criminal matters triable before 

 a justice of the peace, or other magistrate having jurisdiction. Such arrests may. 

 be made on Sunday, in which case the person arrested shall be taken before a 

 justice of the peace, or other magistrate having jurisdiction, and proceeded against 

 as soon as may be on a week day following the arrest. 



2197v. Sec. 5. Said warden shall, in the month of December in each year, file 

 in the office of the auditor general, an account in writing, stating the days and 

 parts of days spent in the discharge of his duty, the kind of service rendered and 

 the places where rendered, and the expenses paid or incurred in the time of the 

 discharge of such duties, which account shall be verified by the oath of said war- 

 den stating that the same is correct and true in every particular. 



2197w. Sec. 6. Said warden shall, at the close of each calendar month, file with 

 the secretary of state a report in writing, and in detail, stating the service per- 

 formed by him during the last preceding month, including an account of the suits 

 commenced at his instance, as herein provided for, the disposition made of the 

 same, the result of any brought to trial, and the condition of any undisposed of, 

 and any other particulars he may think proper, and no payment for services per- 

 formed or expenses paid by said warden shall be made until he shall present to 

 the auditor general, in addition to the usual oath of performance and payment, a 

 certificate from the said secretary that he has made the report required by this 

 act. The secretary of state shall cause the monthly reports of said warden, or so 

 much thereof as may be of interest to the public, to be transmitted annually to 

 the legislature when in session. 



2197x. Sec. 7. The said game and fish warden shall have power to appoint a 

 deputy or deputies, not exceeding three, in each county, who shall be residents 

 thereof; said deputies shall have the same powers in their respective counties as 

 herein provided for the warden himself, subject to the supervision and control of 

 the warden. Said deputy warden or wardens shall receive such compensation as 

 the board of supervisors of the counties in which such deputy warden or wardens 

 reside may allow and provide for, except in the county of Wayne, where such com- 

 pensation shall be fixed by the board of county auditors. 



