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testify fully, but his testimony shall not be given in evidence against him, in any 

 prosecution for such offense; and no person against whom such witness shall so testify, 

 shall be competent as a witness for the State in the prosecution against such witness 

 for the same offense or matter as to which said witness so testified, or for any like 

 offense committed by such witness, before the commeiicement of the prosecution in 

 which he is examined as such witness. 



License fees; Production of license: Sec. 2792. Said license fee [nonresident] 

 to be turned into the treasury of the State. Every person claiming to hold a hunter's 

 license shall produce the same for inspection whenever required by the prosecuting 

 attorney, sheriff, justices of the peace, assessors or constables of the county, or game 

 and tish warden, deputy warden, or owner of the land on which such licensee should 

 then be hunting, and if he fail or refuse, to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

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WISCONSIN. 



Sanborn & Berrymans Annotated Statutes, 1898, chap. 62, p. 1108. 



State warden; Duties; Salary; Expenses: Sec. 1498. [As amended by Laws 

 of 1903, chap. 410.] The Governor shall appoint a state fish and game warden who 

 shall hold his office for the term of two years from the date of his appointment and 

 until his successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed; and any vacancy 

 occurring during said term shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the term. 

 It shall be the duty of said warden to secure the enforcement of the law for the pres- 

 ervation of fish and game and to bring or cause to be brought actions and proceed- 

 ings in the name of the state to recover any and all fines and penalties provided for. 

 [He is also required to perform the duties of fire warden. ] Such warden shall devote 

 all his time to the duties of his office and shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred 

 dollars per year and his actual expenses and disbursements to be paid upon vouchers 

 therefor approved by the Governor, to be paid out of the fund known as the hunting 

 license fund. 



Special deputies: Sec. 1498a. [As amended by Laws of 1901, chap. 358.] The said 

 warden may appoint, by and with the approval of the Governor, two special deputy 

 wardens for each congressional district. He may also appoint as many additional 

 special deputy wardens as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. 



County -wardens; Compensation: Sec. 1498b. [As amended by Laws of 1899, 

 chap. 312.] Whenever the county board of any county shall by resolution author- 

 ize the appointment of county wardens, and shall fix the number of the same it 

 shall be the duty uf the county judge, district attorney and county clerk, acting as 

 a board of appointment, to select the persons for such positions and certify their 

 names to the state fish and game warden, who shall, if in his judgment such persons 

 will make competent and efficient deputy wardens, issue commissions as deputy 

 wardens to such persons so designated. The compensation of each of said deputy 

 \vardens so appointed for such county shall be fixed by the board appointing the 

 same, and be paid out of the county treasury the same as salaries of other county 

 officers. 



Process; Arrest; Seizure; Disposition of seized property: Sec. 1498o. The 

 warden and his deputies shall each have full authority to execute and serve all war- 

 rants anil processes issued by any justice of the peace or police magistrates or l)y any 

 court having jurisdiction uniler any law relating to ffsh and game, in the same man- 

 ner as any constable may serve and execute such process, and arrest without warrant 

 any person by him detected in actually violating any of the provisions of the law 

 relating to fish and game, and may take such i)erson so offending before any court 

 and make proper complaint. It shall further be the duty of such warden and his 

 deputies, upon receiving information that any law relative to fish and game has been 



