Game Protection and Propagation 



HE legislative session of 1911 passed a law 

 creating a State Board of Fish and Game 

 Co,mmissio<ners. This Commission was ap- 

 pointed by Governor Oswald West, and 

 took office May 22, 1911. The law gave the 

 Commission full authority in all matters 

 pertaining to the protection and propagation 

 of fish and game. It gave the Board ex- 

 clasive power in the spending of all moneys 

 in the Game Protection Fund and the Hatcheries Fund. 



The object of this report is to tell what has been accomplished in 

 game protection and propagation fro.m the time the Commissioners took 

 office to the close of the biennial period, December I, 1912. These facts 

 relate to the collection and the spending of the Game Protection Fund. 

 A separate report written by Master Fish Warden R. E. Clanton relates 

 to the Hatcheries Fund and matters pertaining to commercial fishing. 



The law establishing this Commission provides for a Board of five 



members, four to be appointed by the Governor, one each year and each 



serving a term of four years. The fifth member of the 



I . Board is selected by the other four members from the 



Commission . , . 



Law state at large. His term of service is one year. This law 



provides that no more than two members shall be appointed 

 from the same political party. Two must be residents of the eastern 

 part of the state, that is, of that section lying east of the Cascade Range, 

 and the other two must reside in the western part of the state. The 

 members of the Board receive no compensation for their services other 

 than five dollars per day when the Board is in actual session in the dis- 

 charge of its duties. The total amount for such services shall not exceed 

 the sum of one hundred dollars per year for each member. In addition 

 the members of the Board are allowed their necessary traveling expenses. 

 The Board, or a majority thereof, shall have full power and authority 

 to enforce all laws for the protection, preservation and propagation of 

 game and commercial fish, game animals, game and non-game birds 

 within the state. They shall have exclusive power to expend and dis- 

 burse all funds acquired for these purposes, which are derived from state 

 appropriations, licenses, gifts or otherwise. 



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