144 GAME COMMISSIONS AND WARDENS. 



Salary: Sec. 3. The salary of said fish and game warden is hereby fixed, in 

 accordance with the classification of counties, as follows: 



Salary; Reports; Removal: Sec. 4 [as amended by Laws of 1905, Chap. 

 CCCV]. For counties of the second class [150,000 to 300,000], one hundred and 

 twenty-five dollars per month; for counties of the first and third classes [300,000 and 

 over, 100,000 to 150,000], one hundred dollars per month; for counties of the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth classes [38,000 to 100,000], the sum of seventy-five dollars per month; 

 for counties of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth classes [27,400 to 38,000], the 

 sum of sixty dollars per month; and for all other classes from the eleventh to the 

 fifty-third, inclusive, the sum of fifty dollars per month. In addition thereto said 

 warden shall l>e allowed a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month for 

 expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties. Said salary and expenses 

 incurred must be paid monthly from the county treasury. Said fish and game war- 

 den shall. l)efore entering ujion the discharge of his duties, execute a bond wuth 

 sureties in such sum as may be required by the board of supervisors, for the faithful 

 and proper discharge of his duties as such fish and game warden. Said warden shall 

 report quarterly to the board of supervisors of his county, giving a detailed statement 

 of all arrests made, convictions had, fines collected, and generally in regard to the 

 management of his office. Such officers may be removed by the board of supervisors 

 for intemperance, neglect of duty, or other good and sufficient reasons. 



Approved INIarch 26, 1895. 



Penal Code 1897. 



Prima facie evidence: Sec. 631. [as amended by Laws of 1905, chap. 287. Pro- 

 hibits use of nets, pounds, cages, traps, set lines or wires in taking any game, and 

 sale, transportation and possession of game so taken.] Proof of possession of any 

 such birds or animals which do not show evidence of having been taken by means 

 other than a net, pound, cage, trap, set line or wire, or by the use of any poisonous 

 substance, is prima facie evidence in any prosecution for violation of the provisions 

 of this section, that the person in whose possession such birds or animals are found, 

 took, killed, or destroyed the same by means of a net, pound, cage, trap, set line or 

 wire, or by the use of poisonous substance. 



Penalties: Sec. 631b. [Added in 1901] All fines paid or collected for the viola- 

 tion of any of the provisions of sections [626-626k, 626m, 627-627b, and 631, includ- 

 ing all provisions respecting seasons, methods, bog limits, etc.,] of this chapter, must 

 be paid by the court in which the conviction shall be had into the state treasury to 

 the credit of the game preservation fund, which fund is hereby created, and the 

 moneys in said fund sliall be applied to the payment of claims approved by the 

 game commissioner of the state board of fish commissioners for the expense of pro- 

 tecting, restoring and introducing game into the state and to the payment of the 

 expenses incurred in the prosecution of offenders against the provisions of the above 

 named sections. 



Laws of 1907, chap. 206, p. 247. 

 [An Act to require all persons who hunt to take out a license] 



Fees: Sec. 3. [Resident $1; nonresident |10; alien $25.] 



Disposition of fees: Sec. 6. All moneys collected for licenses as provided herein, 

 and all fines collected for violation of the provisions hereof, shall be paid into the 

 state treasury and credited to the game preservation fund. 



Production and transfer of license — forfeiture: Sec. 8. Every person having 

 a license as j^rovided herein, who while hunting or killing game, refuses to exhibit 

 such license upon demand of any officer authorized to enforce the game laws of the 

 state, or any peace officer of the state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and every 

 person lawfully having such license, who transfers or disposes of the same to another 

 person to be used as a hunting license, shall forfeit the same. 



