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2197s. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the said game and fish warden to enforce the 

 statutes of this state for the preservation of moose, wapiti, deer, birds and fish, and to 

 enforce all other laws of this state for the protection and propagation of birds, game 

 and fish, now in force, or hereinafter enacted, and to bring or cause to be brought act- 

 ions and proceedings in the name of the people of this state to punish any parties for 

 the violation of said statutes and laws. Such actions and proceedings may be brought 

 in the name of the people, in the like caees. in the same courts, and under the same cir- 

 cumstances as they may now or at any time hereafter be brought by any individual or 

 by the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties under and by virtue of any laws 

 now existing or hereafter enacted. 



2197t. SEC. 3. Said warden may make complaint and cause proceedings to be com- 

 menced against any person for the violation of any of the laws for the protection or 

 propagation of game or fish without the sanction of the prosecuting attorney of the 

 county in which such proceedings are commenced, and in such case he shall not be 

 obliged to furnish security for cost. 



2197u. SEC. 4. Said game and fish warden shall have the same power to serve crim- 

 inal process as sheriffs, and shall have the same right as sheriffs, to require aid in 

 executing such process. Said warden may arrest, without warrant, any person caught 

 by him in the act of violating any of the aforesaid laws for the protection or propaga- 

 tion of birds, game or fish, and take such person forthwith before a justice of the 

 peace, or other magistrate having jurisdiction, who shall proceed without delay to hear, 

 try and determine the matter, and the same proceedings shall be had as near as may 

 be, as in other criminal matters triable before a justice of the peace, or other magis- 

 trate having jurisdiction. Such arrests may be made on Sunday, in which case the 

 person arrested shall be taken before a justice of the peace, or other magistrate having 

 jurisdiction, and proceeded against as soon as may be, on a week day following the 

 arrest. 



2197v. SEC. 5. Said warden shall, in the month of December in each year, file in 

 the office of the auditor general, an account in writing, stating the days and parts of 

 days spent in the discharge of his duty, the kind of service rendered and the places 

 where rendered, and the expenses paid or incurred in the time of the discharge of such 

 duties, which account shall be verified by the oath of said warden stating that the 

 same is correct and true in every particular. 



2197w. SEC. 6. Said warden shall, at the close of each calendar month, file with the 

 secretary of state a report in writing, and in detail, stating the service performed by 

 him during the last preceding month, including an account of the suits commenced 

 at his instance, as herein provided for, the disposition made of the same, the result of 

 any brought to trial, and the condition of any undisposed of, and any other particulars 

 he may think proper, and no payment for services performed or expenses paid by said 

 warden shall be made until he shall present to the auditor general, in addition to the 

 usual oath of performance and payment, a certificate from the said secretary that he 

 has made the report required by this act. The secretary of state shall cause the 

 monthly reports of said warden, or so much thereof as may be of interest to the public, 

 to be transmitted annually to the legislature when in session. 



2197x. SEC. 7. The said game and fish warden shall have power to appoint a deputy 

 or deputies, not exceeding three, in each county, who shall be residents thereof; said 

 deputies shall have the same powers in their respective counties as herein provided for 

 the warden himself, subject to the supervision and control of the warden. Said 

 deputy warden or wardens shall receive such compensation as the board of supervisors 

 of the counties in which such deputy warden or wardens reside may allow and provide 

 for, except in the county of Wayne, where such compensation shall be fixed by the 

 board of county auditors. 



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