254 GAME COMMISSIONS AND WARDENS. _ 



reijort without delay every arrest, and also each case tried, to the Department of 

 Game, Fish, and Forestry. Blank forms for said purpose shall be furnished them 

 by said department. Nothing herein, however, shall be construed to prevent the 

 State Warden from exercising the authority already conferred 1>y law by Section 6, 

 Chapter 515, Acts 1905. 



Summoning witnesses : Sec. 4. That no person shall be excused from testify- 

 ing in any action, suit, or prosecution brought for a violation of the game, fish, and 

 forestry laws upon the ground that his testimony might tend to convict him ; but 

 such person shall not be prosecuted for any such offense about which he has been 

 compelled to testify. Where the Department of Game, Fish, and Forestry has been 

 furnished information of the violation of any game, fish, or forestry law, the State 

 Warden may proceed to the place where said offense is alleged to have been com- 

 mitted, and within said county summon and examine under oath witnesses to ascer- 

 tain the facts and to avoid useless and frivolous indictments or prosecutions. Any 

 one so summoned refusing to attend or testify under the provisions of this section 

 or Act shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty 

 dollars, and witnesses shall be paid by the department the same fees as are now- 

 allowed by law. 



Resisting wardens: Sec. 5. That any person or persons who shall threaten 

 with violence, resist, or interfere with a Warden in the discharge of his duties shall 

 be subject to the same ])enalties now imposed by law upon those who resist or inter- 

 fere with other officers. 



Commissions: Sec. 13. That the offices of all County, Special, and Deputy 

 Wardens shall terminate on the first of July of each and every year, and that it shall 

 be the duty of the Department of Game, Fish, and F(jrestry to take new bonds on 

 reappointments of Wardens as well as on new appointments. 



Seizure; Search; Punishment of wardens: Sec. 17. That the State, County, 

 Special, and Deputy Wardens appointed to enforce the provisions of this or any 

 other Act for the protection of the game, the fish, and the forests of the State are 

 authorized to seize and confiscate any game taken or held in violation of law. 



Where any Warden has information or has reason to believe that any company, 

 corporation, or other person is concealing game for the purpose of sale, in violation 

 of law, or for shipment beyond the liinits of the State, then such Warden may, with 

 a warrant, make search for said game and examine any box, Ijarrel, wagon, car, or 

 cold-storage house, or other place or receptacle where said game is supposed to be 



concealed. 



And any warden who shall maliciously abuse his j)ower or duty or trust in such or 

 any other proceeding, or willfully fail to do his duty, or shall collude with any vio- 

 lator of the game, fish, or forestry laws, to evade same or any part thereof, or shall 

 receive any bribe of money of other consideration of value not to prosecute or enforce 

 any of said laws, shall be liable, upon conviction therefor, to a fine of not less than 

 one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars and imprisonment not exceeding 



six months. 



Fines and forfeitures: Sec. 18. That all moneys arising from fines, forfeitures, 

 or prosecutions under any law for the protection of the game, the birds, the fish, or 

 the forests of Tennessee, now existent or hereafter enacted, shall be paid to the 

 Department of Game, Fish, and Forestry, which department shall apply so much 

 thereof as may be necessary to the payment of the expenses of collecting same, and 

 shall pay one-half of the balance, not exceeding $50 in any one case, to the Warden 

 upon whose information or at whose instance the action was brought. The balance 

 of such receipts shall be available for expenses in enforcing the various provisions 

 of law for the protection of the game, the birds, the fish, and the forests, and the 

 department shall make a full report to each Legislature of all such receipts and 

 disbursements. 



