160 GAME COMMISSIONS AND WARDENS. 



ages and boxes held either for storage, shipment or sale which they shall have reason 

 to believe contain evidence of the violation of this act, and each of said officers shall 

 have power and is hereby authorized to search the tents, wagons, camps or packs of 

 any person or persons in this State when they shall have good reason to believe that 

 such person or persons have in their possession any game animals, birds or fish 

 taken in violation of any of the provisions of this act, with or without a search 

 warrant. 



Any officer authorized to enforce the fish and game laws of this State shall have 

 power, and it is hereby made his duty to arrest all persons violating any of the pro- 

 visions of this act and cause such persons to be taken before the proper court for 

 examination or trial as provided by law, either with or without a warrant. 



All necessary expenses incurred in transporting and keeping a prisoner arrested 

 under this act, shall he paid out of the State fish and game fund unon the sworn 

 statement of the deputy warden making the arrest approved by the State game 

 warden and if arrested by the State game warden upon his sworn statement. 



Arrest without warrant: Sec. 15. It is hereby made the duty of the State 

 game warden and his deputies to see that all the provisions of this act are enforced 

 and are hereby given authority to arrest without a warrant any person or persons 

 found violating the same. 



Seizure: Sec. 18. [As amended by Laws of 1907, p. 112.] Any person who shall 

 have in his possession any game, fish or birds taken unlawfully is guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. * * * 



Any game warden, sheriff, constable or other officer of the law may at any time 

 seize and take into his custody any game or fish or any portion of the same, which 

 he may find at any time in the possession of any person, company or corporation 

 during the time the killing of such game or fish is not permitted by the laws of this 

 State. * * * 



Prosecution: Sec. 20. All actions brought for violation of the provisions of 

 this act shall be in the name of the State of Idaho and shall be prosecuted by the 

 county attorney for the county in which said action is commenced. And the justice 

 of the peace or court trying such action shall, in all cases of conviction under this 

 act, whenever any fine is imposed, order as part of the judgment of the court that 

 the offender shall be committed to jail there to remain until said fine and costs are 

 fully paid or otherwise legally destroyed. 



License fees: Sec. 21. [License fees constitute part of the fish and game fund.] 



Salaries of wardens: Sec. 23. [As amended by Laws of 1907, p. 112.] The State 

 Fish and Game Warden shall receive as full compensation for salary the sum of 

 eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per annum, and one thousand dollars (fl, 000.00) 

 per annum for traveling expenses. The chief deputy shall receive as compensation 

 twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per annum and shall be allowed actual and 

 necessary traveling expenses not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum. 

 And each assistant shall receive one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per annum and 

 actual and necessary traveling expenses not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600.00). 

 The clerk to the State Fish and Game Warden shall receive a salary of one thousand 

 dollars ($1,000.00) per annum as full compensation for his services. The State Fish 

 and Game Warden, chief deputy and two assistants and the clerk shall be paid 

 monthly on the first of each month out of the public treasury. And the chief deputy, 

 two assistants and the clerk shall be paid upon their sworn statements, which accounts 

 shall be approved by the State Game Warden. All other deputy wardens shall each 

 receive as compensation the sum of three dollars ($3.00) per day for each day actually 

 employed, but shall not be entitled to receive any traveling or other expenses, 

 except when he is sent out of his district and such expenses shall be subject to 

 approval by the State Game Warden, and shall not receive pay for more than one 

 hundred and fifty days in one year; such compensation to be paid out of the public 



