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guilty of a mindemeanor, and on conviction thereof nhall be fined not less than five 

 dollars nor more than fifty dollars. 



Disposition of penalties; "Wardens' fees: (8) All fines and penalties imposed 

 and collected under the {provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the Commonwealth, 

 and in addition to said fines and penalties there shall be assessed against the offender 

 in every case of conviction, under the provisions of this chapter, a fee of two dollars 

 and fifty cents, which shall be collected as fines are collected under the general pro- 

 visions of law, and be paid to the warden who shall secure the conviction. 



Neglect of duty: (9) If any warden appointed under this section shall refuse or 

 wilfully neglect to prosecute any person violating any of its provisions, or any of the 

 laws of this State relating to wild water fowl, game birds, or game animals, or song 

 or insectivorous birds, his appointment shall be revoked by the court having juris- 

 diction, and-i?uch warden shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars, and the vacancy thus 

 created shall be filled by the court or judge, in vacation. 



License fees; Payment of wardens; Reports; Restocking' covers: (10) All 

 money paid to or collected by clerks of courts as hunting licenses shall constitute a 

 fund for the payment of the said regularly appointed game wardens of this State, as 

 herein provided, and the clerk shall, after deducting a fee of fifty cents for issuing 

 such license, on the first of April of each year, pay in equal amounts to the said war- 

 den or wardens of his county such sum as may be in his hands arising from the issu- 

 ance of such licenses: provided, that no one warden shall receive more from this 

 source than three hundred dollars in any one year, and shall make return to his 

 court a detailed statement of such receipts and disbursements: provided, that in the 

 counties of Accomac and Northampton the circuit court for said counties shall 

 appoint, on the recommendation of the Eastern Shore Game Protective Association, the 

 game wardens of the said counties, who shall make report at regular intervals to said 

 association as its laws shall provide, and the said clerks of the courts of said counties, 

 upon the order of said association, shall distribute among the game wardens for said 

 counties, or as may have been agreed upon by contract between the said association 

 and said wardens, or in proportion to the services which in their judgment have been 

 rendered by them, respectively, the fund arising from the license of non-residents 

 provided for in this chapter, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Should there 

 be any surplus remaining after providing an efficient system of game protection in 

 said counties from the license on non-residents above mentioned, said association may 

 use it for restocking said counties with game. The clerk shall pay to the treasurer 

 of said association such sums as may be thus extended, paying any amounts not 

 needed for the purpose above mentioned to the auditor of public accounts, as pro- 

 vided in section twenty hundred and seventy "c." 



Written permission; Informers; Forfeiture: Sec. 2072. If any person shoot, 

 hunt, range, or fowl on the lands or in the water courses comprehended within the 

 survey of any proprietor of lands in the counties of Alexandria, Fairfax, Prince Wil- 

 liam, Stafford, and King George, and within five miles of navigable tidewater, with- 

 out license in writing from the owner or tenant of said lands, he shall, besides being 

 liat)le to such owner or tenant in an action for damages, forfeit to the informer three 

 (lollars for the first offense, six dollars for the second offense, and nine dollars for 

 each succeeding offense, the forfeiture in each case to be double if the offense be com- 

 mitted in the night or on Sunday; and he shall likewise forfeit to the informer in 

 each instance his boat or other means of conveyance, his guns, dogs, and all his shoot- 

 ing and hunting apparatus used in the commission of the offense, and be liable for 

 all costs and expenses incnirred in apprehending and prosecuting him for the recov- 

 ery of said forfeiture. 



Seizure; Disposition of seized property; Imprisonment: Sec. 2073. Any 

 person violating either of the two preceding sections may Ije arrested, and the prop- 



