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deed the administration of a large surplus is a difficult matter 

 in itself and its mere existence is a constant temptation to 

 the dishonest administrator. 



Where a single game and fish fund has been established 

 the expenditures of the department are commonly limited to 

 the income from that fund. However, a few states do 

 appropriate additional amounts. Both Virginia and Dela- 

 ware make substantial appropriations from the sale of dog 

 licenses to the Game and Fish fund. West Virginia makes 

 a small but definite appropriation each year to the fund. 



At the opposite side of the picture come some sixteen 

 states which expect the receipts from hunting and fishing 

 licenses not only to pay for the upkeep of the department 

 but to yield a revenue to be used for other purposes more 

 or less closely related to wild-life conservation. South 

 Dakota, 30 Nebraska, 31 and Missouri 32 set aside varying 

 amounts to be used for the upkeep of state parks. South 

 Carolina appropriates 9/20 of the game and fish fund in- 

 come for the aid of schools, 33 while Georgia 34 appropriates 

 all that remains in the fund at the end of each fiscal year 

 for that purpose. Idaho 35 sets aside a percentage to be 

 used for the control of predatory animals, North Caro- 

 lina 36 for the prevention of forest fires, Kansas 3r and 

 Alabama 38 for the general fund should there be any re- 

 maining at the end of the fiscal year; and Tennessee, Penn- 



80 South Dakota, Compiled Laws (1929), sec. 10430-18. 

 ^Nebraska Compiled Statutes (1929), sec. 37-206. 



32 Wisconsin Statutes Annotated, p. 4074, sec. 8220. 



33 South Carolina Code (1932), sec. 1758. 



34 Georgia Code (Michie, 1926), sec. 2158. 



35 Idaho Code (1932), sec. 35-117. 



36 North Carolina Code (1931), sec. 2141. 



37 Kansas Supplement Revised Statutes (1930), sec. 74-3304. 



38 Alabama Laws of 1932, no. 62. 



