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the leg-i.sluturo of 1905 appropriated $698.25 to cover the expenses 

 of the commissioners for the years 1903 and 1901; in Minnesota 

 the commissioners receive their necessary expenses, to be paid upon 

 itemized statements duly audited by the conunission; NeAv Jersey 

 allows each commissioner $200 per annum for traveling- expenses; and 

 in Ohio the commissioners receive reimbursement for all expenses 

 incurred in the discharge of duty. Nothing is stated in the laws of 

 California and Pennsylvania in reference to the expenses of the com- 

 mission, but the legislature appropriates an amount for use in the per- 

 formance of their duties. Rhode Island in 1907 set apart $300 to be 

 used by the commissioners of birds during that year. The other four 

 States provide regular stipends. Connecticut allows each commissioner 

 13 per day and his actual expenses while officially employed and also 

 grants $200 per annum for the clerical work of the commission; 

 Maine pays the chairman of the commission $2,000 a year, the second 

 commissioner, who is also land agent, $2,000, and the third com- 

 missioner $1,000; Massachusetts does not specify the salary of the 

 commissioners of fisheries and game in the statute creating the office; 

 but New Hampshire allows the chairman of the board of fish and game 

 commissioners $1,000 per annum and the other two members $800 each. 

 Duties and j)02vers.— The duties of the commissioners in every State 

 are similar and comprehend every phase of game protection. Their 

 powers in some States are very broad and extend to the enforcement 

 of the laws by action without warrant. Thus in Arizona, Maine, 

 Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode 

 Island the commissioners may arrest without warrant under certain 

 conditions. They usually have power to appoint deputies, tix their 

 compensation, and prescribe the terms of their service. In Maine the 

 commissioners may, when they deem it for the best interests of the 

 State, entirely prohibit the taking of any kind of game in any part of 

 the State for a series of years not exceeding four, but are required to 

 make periodical reports to the governor or the legislature, showing in 

 detail these and other transactions of their offices. 



Board meetings.— A^ the commissioners usually serve without com- 

 pensation or for small s:ilaries and reside in widely separated sections 

 of the State, it is not contemplated that they shall hold continuous 

 sessions, but merely asseml)le at stated times for the transaction of 

 business. Thus, in Pennsylvania it is provided that they shall have an 

 office in the State capitol, where they shall hold meetings on the first 

 Thursdays of January and July and at such other times and places in 

 the State as they shall appoint. In IVIinnesota the conunission is re- 

 quired to have an office in the capitol, where the members meet at 

 such times as they deem necessary. Similarly, in Ohio the connnis- 

 sioners maintain an office in Columbus and meet as often as necessity 

 requires. 



