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Guides: Sec. 10. * * * Every person acting as a guide in this State shall be a 

 Deputy State Game and Fish Warden, and shall file with the State Game and Fish 

 Warden his oath of office as such Deputy Game Warden, but shall receive no com- 

 pensation from the State in any way for such services, other than the consideration 

 above mentioned. 



Responsibility: Sec. 11. Any person acting as a guide for any person or party 

 shall be equally responsible with such person or party, for any violation of the law, 

 any such guide who shall willfully fail or refuse to report any violation of the law, 

 by the said person or party employing him, shall be liable to the penalties as here- 

 inafter provided for. 



Definition of guide: Sec. 12. Any person who shall, for pay, aid or assist any 

 person or party, in locating, pursuing, hunting or killing any of the game birds or 

 animals mentioned in this Act shall be deemed a guide within the meaning of this 

 section. 



Report by guide: Sec. 13. Whenever a guide is employed by any person or 

 party, such guide shall at the expiration of the period of the time for which he was 

 employed, make a written statement to the State Game and Fish Warden, stating 

 the number of days he was employed, the number of persons guided, their names, 

 residences, and the number of each kind of game killed, and if non-residents, the 

 number of their license. 



Laws of 1903, S. B. 90, p. 158. 



Indians: Sec 1. Any Indian who while off of, or away from, any Indian reserva- 

 tion, carries or bears, or causes to be carried or borne by any member of any party 

 with which he may travel or stop, any pistol, revolver, rifle or other fire arm, or 

 any ammunition for any fire arm, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and such arms 

 shall be seized, confiscated and sold by the officers making the arrest and the pro- 

 ceeds of such sale shall be disposed of as follows: When seized and sold by an officer 

 of the Stock Association the proceeds shall be sent to the state treasurer and by him 

 placed to the credit of the stock inspector and detective fund; when seized and sold 

 by a game warden, the proceeds shall be placed to the credit of the fish and game 

 fund; and when seized and sold by any other peace officer, the proceeds shall be 

 turned over to the county treasurer and placed to the credit of the general fund in 

 which county the arrest was made. 



Laws of 1905, chap. 52, p. 112. 



Civil action: Sec. 10. All fines, bonds and penalties mentioned in any section of 

 this act [protecting moose, bison, caribou, antelope and beaver at all times; fixing a 

 close season on other game; limiting bag, etc.] may be collected by a civil action in 

 the name of the state of Montana in any court of competent jurisdiction upon proper 

 complaint being filed, and the amount of all fines and bonds collected under the pro- 

 visions of this act shall be })aid to the state treasurer and by him placed to the credit 

 of the fish and game fund. All such fines, bonds and costs shall be collected without 

 stay of execution, and the defendant, or defendants, may by order of the court be 

 confined in the county jail of the county until such fine and costs are paid. 



Approved Mar. 1, 1905. 



Laws of 1905, chap. 57, p. 123. 



Prima facie evidence: Sec. 3. * * * The possession of a gun or rod in the 

 fields, or in the forests, or on or about the waters of this state by any non-resident 

 of this state, without first securing the license required by this act, shall be prima 



