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Reports; Records: Sec. 4. [As amended by Laws of 1907, chap. 469.] Said com- 

 mission shall, on or before Dec. 1 of each even numbered year, submit to the governor 

 a detailed report of its actions, including the amount of money received from all 

 sources, an inventory of all game, fish, guns, dogs, seines, nets and other property 

 seized and sold, with the names of the purchasers, and the amount received, and an 

 itemized statement of its disbursements. The books and vouchers of said commis- 

 sion shall be subject to examination by the public examiner at all times. 



Executive agent: Sec. 5. [As amended by Laws of 1907, chap. 469.] The com- 

 mission shall appoint one of its members its executive agent, who shall devote all 

 his time to the discharge of his duties, and shall receive compensatioi: therefor to 

 be fixed by said commission, not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars per 

 year. He shall act as such executive agent during the pleasure of the commission 

 and be subject to its direction. When the commission is not in session, he is herel)y 

 authorized to exercise in its name, all the rights, powers and authority vested in said 

 commission. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he shall give a bond 

 to the State of Minnesota, with sureties or security, to be approved by the commis- 

 sion, in the penal sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars, conditioned for the faithful 

 accounting of all state property coming into his hands. 



Employees: Sec. 6. * * * It may also employ a sufficient number of game 

 wardens, other persons, and office assistants, as may be necessary to carry out the 

 purposes of this chapter, and fix their periods of service and compensation. 



Other officers; Attorney: Sec. 7. The county attorneys, sheriffs, constables and 

 other jjeace oflicers, are hereby required and it is made their duty, to enforce the 

 provisions of this chapter and the commission may employ an attorney or attorneys 

 to perform such legal services as said commission may require. He shall aj^pear for 

 said commission in all civil actions in which it or its wardens may be interested 

 officially, and may assist the county attorney in the prosecution of criminal actions 

 arising under this chapter, and when for any reason the county attorney does not 

 prosecute such criminal actions, he may conduct such prosecutions on behalf of the 

 state with the same authority as the county attorney. The compensation to be paid 

 said attorney shall be fixed by the commission and paid out of the funds provided 

 for the enforcement of this act. 



Execution of writs: Sec. 8. [As amended by Laws of 1907, chap. 469.] The 

 executive agent of said commission, all members and all wardens appointed by said 

 commission, shall have full power and authority to serve and execute all warrants 

 and process the [of] law issued by the court in enforcing the provisions of this act, 

 or any other law of this state relating to the preservation and propagation of game 

 and fish, in the same manner as any constable or sheriff may serve and execute the 

 same, and for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, they may call 

 to their aid any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or police officer or any other per- 

 son, and it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables or police 

 officers and other persons, when called upon to enforce and aid in enforcing the pro- 

 visions of this chapter. The executive agent and all deputies shall have the power 

 to arrest without a warrant any person or persons found in the act of violating any 

 law enacted for the purpose of protecting or propagating game or fish. 



Bonds: Sec. 9. The following appointees shall give bonds to be approved l)y the 

 (lommission and filed in the office of the secretary of state, conditioned for the faith- 

 ful discharge of their respective duties, in the following amounts: 



Second — Each game warden five hundred dollars ($500). 



Terms defined; Agency no excuse: Sec. 10. The words "sell" and "sale" as 

 used in this chaj)ter shall be construed as meaning any sale of (or) offer to sell or 

 having in possession with intent to sell, Uv«e or dispose of the same contrary to law. 

 The word "person" sliall be deemed to include partnerships, associations, and cor- 



