176 GAME COMMISSIONS AXD WARDENS. 



cases is hereby granted to all trial justices and all other courts to be exercised in the 

 same manner as if the offense had been committed in that county; and any officer 

 who shall maliciously, or without probable cause, abuse his power in such proceed- 

 ings shall be liaVjle upon complaint or indictment, to a fine not exceeding one hun- 

 dred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three months. 



Jurisdiction: Sec. 55. In all prosecutions under this chapter, municipal and police 

 judges and trial justices within their counties have, upon complaint, original and 

 concurrent jurisdiction with the supreme judicial and superior courts. « 



Fund: Sec. 56. * * * all fines and penalties recovered, or money paid, under 

 any of the provisions of this chapter, after deducting legal taxable costs, shall be paid 

 forthwith to the treasurer of state by the person recovering the same; and all money 

 so received l)y said treasurer shall be expended by the commissioners of inland fish- 

 .eries and game for the protection of the fish and game of the state. 



Corporation: Sec. 57. In case of a violation of any of the provisions of this chap- 

 ter by a corporation, the warrant of arrest may be served by an attested copy on the 

 president, secretary, manager or any general agent thereof in the county where the 

 action is pending, and upon return of such warrant so served, the corporation shall 

 be deemed in court and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and any fine imposed may 

 be collected by execution against the property of such corporation; but this section 

 shall not be deemed to exempt any agent or employe from prosecution. 



County attorneys; Witnesses; Reports: Sec. 59. Each county attorney shall 

 prosecute all violations of this chapter occurring within his county, when such cases 

 may come to his knoAvledge, or when he may be so requested by the commissioners 

 or any officer charged with its enforcement, the same at all times to be subject to the 

 supervision and control of the commissioners. In any prosecution under this chapter, 

 any participant in a violation thereof, when so requested by the county attorney, 

 commissioners or other officer instituting the prosecution, may be compelled to testify 

 as a witness against any other person charged with violating the same, but his evi- 

 dence so given shall not be used against himself in any prosecution for such violation. 

 Every magistrate or clerk of the court before whom any prosecution under this chap- 

 ter is commenced, or shall go on appeal, within twenty days after the trial or dismissal 

 thereof, shall report in writing the result thereof and the amount and disposition of the 

 fines collected to the commissioners at Augusta. In all cases, the officer making the 

 seizure or sale of fish, game or birds shall within ten days thereafter, report all the 

 particulars thereof and an itemized statement of the proceeds, expenses and fees, 

 and the disposition thereof to the commissioners at Augusta. Every warden shall, 

 in the month of December of each year, and at such other times as the commissioners 

 may require, report to the commissioners all violations of and prosecutions under this 

 chapter, occurring in his district, together with such further information as the com- 

 missioners may require. The failure of any person or officer to perform any act, 

 duty or obligation enjoined upon him by this chapter shall be deemed a violation 

 thereof. 



Permit; Prima facie evidence: Sec. 5. Whoever introduces * * * wild 

 birds or wild animals of any kind or species, into the state except upon written per- 

 mission of the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, shall forfeit not less than 

 fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars. Possession of any jack-light, * * * 

 in any camp, lo<lge or place of resort for hunters or fishermen, in the inland territory 

 of the state, shall be prima facie evidence that the same is kept for unlawful use; 

 and they may be seized by any officer authorized to enforce the inland fish and game 

 laws. * * * 



Fund; Damage by deer: Sec 22 [As amended by Laws of 1905, chap. 132. 

 Establishes nonresident licenses to hunt game, fees |!5-$15.] All money received 



« State V. Craig (Me.), 13 Atl., 129. 



