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members; for the safe keeping of its property and funds, and from time to time to 

 alter and repeal such constitution, by-laws and regulations. 



Officers: Sec. 3. [The affairs of the association shall be managed by a president, 

 secretary, three vice-presidents, and twenty-seven directors, nine of the directors to 

 be chosen from each county. * * *] 



Regulations: Sec. 6. [Nonresidents must comply with the regulations of the 

 Game Protective Association before beginning to hunt and upon failure to do so shall 

 be punished l)y fine of $50, one-half of the fine to go to the person prosecuting the 

 offender and the other half to the Game Protective Association. Justices of the 

 peace given jurisdiction to hear and determine offenses against this act.] 



Membership dues: Sec. 7. The fee for membership in this society for nonresi- 

 dents shall be five dollars for the first year, and for each succeeding year two dollars. 

 For residents of this state, the membership fee shall be two dollars for each and 

 every year: * * * 



Certificate of inem.bership : Sec. 8. That the secretary may admit persons to 

 membership by letter or otherwise, upon payment of the membership fee, and shall 

 issue to the person becoming a member of this society a certificate of membership, 

 which shall hold good for one year from the date of the certificate. 



Arrest -without warrant: Sec. 9. That every member of this society shall be 

 empowered to make arrests without warrant of any person or persons who may be 

 found violating any of the pi'ovisions of this act or infringing upon any laws made 

 for the protection of game and fish in this State, and bring him or them before a 

 magistrate for examination. 



Nonresident members: Sec. 10. That the secretary of this society shall, on or 

 before the first day of July and the first of November of each and every year, furnish 

 to each of the directors in the several counties named herein, twenty-five printed 

 lists, containing the names of non-resident members of this society within [sic] their 

 places of residence. 



Nonresident members: Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of the secretary of 

 this association to leave at least two copies of the lists of non-resident members of 

 the association at the times named in the foregoing section, with each Justice of the 

 Peace in the several counties, and it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace 

 to file one list of non-resident members with their records, and to publicly post the 

 other list at their offices or places of business as soon as they may receive them. 



Transferring- certificate of membership: Sec. 12. [Prescribes penalty of $100 

 for transferring or giving away certificate of membership or using another person's 

 certificate for purpose of killing or taking game.] 



Stocking covers: Sec. 13. That whenever the funds of this society shall amount 

 to three hundred dollars, the said directors, together with the President and Secre- 

 tary, may, at such times as they think proper, employ an agent or agents to 

 purchase game birds or fish to be placed at such points in the state as they may 

 determine. 



Nonresident fees: Sec. 14. That the funds obtained from non-residents for cer- 

 tificates of membership shall be used for no other purpose than to pay the legitimate 

 expenses of the society, and for the purpose of stocking the State with game or fish, 

 as the directors may from year to year determine. 



Compensation: Sec. lo. There shall be no salaries attached to the offices of this 

 association; but the directors may compensate the secretary, and pay such agents or 

 employees as they may deem proper. 



Public act: Sec. 10. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and 

 the power to revoke the same is hereby reserved to the Legislature. 



Passed March 28, 1879; renewed and extended perpetually March 25, 1899. 



