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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



imposed and the fish and game conditions observed by the deputy while 

 in the field. 



The establishment hy the Division of Fish and Game of a system and 

 rules governing the appointment and supervising the activities of 

 volunteer deputies in California is the first of the kind ever to have 

 been attempted in any state, has been more or less pioneering in nature, 

 and in some respects is incomplete, due to lack of time to work out 

 some of the problems. 



Under the provisions of the law and the established system and rules 

 the commissioners have appointed 850 volunteer deputies. The appoint- 

 ments of 550 of these deputies are sponsored by bona fide fish and 

 game protective associations and clubs located in various sections of 

 the state and the appointments of 300 are sponsored by the United 

 States Forest Service. 



Fig. 11. New patrol boat Walter Welch purchased and used by volunteer wardens, 

 on San Francisco Bay. Photo by E. L. Macaulay, April, 1930. 



The volunteer deputies of the Division of Fish and Game in 28 coun- 

 ties within the state have been organized and instructed in the dis- 

 charge of their duties as game wardens, and are now working under 

 the direction of captains and in cooperation and coordination with the 

 deputies of the regular patrol and are performing an exceedmgly bene- 

 ficial and satisfactory service. 



A brief and incomplete summary of the reported activities of the 

 volunteer deputies during the past two years indicates that these depu- 

 ties have patrolled 1,038,038 miles of fields, streams, coast line and bay 

 shores; that they checked 41,570 hunting licenses; 38,863 angling 

 licenses and 8761 deer tags. That they arrested and assisted in arrest- 

 ing 586 violators of fish and game laws in which cases fines in the 

 amount of $20,947 were imposed. 



