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necessity of coopcrafivo action on tlio part of the sportsmen and the 

 people in general in the work Ix-iii}; carried on for the protection and 

 conservation of fish, ijraine and wild life and the strict enforcement of 

 the fish and <iaine laws, as wrll as the clTorts beintr made for the 

 restoekintr of the {zanie fields and public waters by the Division of Fish 

 and Game. 



Tiie action of men wlio have, without eoynpensation or hope of reward 

 of any kind, volunteered their services to the Division of Fish and 

 Game, and entered the fields for the protection and preservation of 

 fish, game and wild life and the strict enforcement of the laws that 

 have been enacted for tliat purpose, is certainly worthy of the highest 

 commendation and surely deserves the liearty and united support and 

 cooi)eratiou of all sportsmen and law abiding citizens witliin the state. 



While it is pleasing to be able to report the .success of the volunteer 

 deputies, and the system and rules supervising and governinir their 

 activities, it is very apparent that in order that the funds expended to 

 maintain these deputies may result beneficially to the cause of fish, 

 game and wild life protection, and that the volunteer deputies continue 

 to merit and receive the confidence, respect and support of the sports- 

 men and people, is absolutely dependent upon continued and constant 

 personal supervision and the never ceasing stimulus afforded by 

 directed effort that will tend to prevent the lessening of interest in the 

 protection of fish, game and wild life and the strict enforcement of the 

 laws enacted for that purpose. 



It is believed that the present bond required of volunteer deputies, 

 viz, $2,500, is unnecessarily high, and that a bond in the sum of $500 

 would be ample. 



