rO REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



aroused. In Minnesota the legislature has recently repealed such a provision and in 

 Nebraska the Supreme Court has held a similar one unconstitutional (McConnell vs. 

 McKiltip. 99 N. W. 505). 



Some of the experiments are given in the following table : 



Unsxiccessfv ,1 . 



1. A license system without supervision of special State officer. 



2. Proceeds from licenses devoted to purposes other than game protection. 



3. Licenses good only in county of issue. 



4. Variable fees, i. e., same as required of non-resident in State of applicant. 



5. Excessive fees required from non-residents — more than $15 for birds, or more than 



$25 for big game, comprising deer only. 



6. Denial to non-resident licensees of the privilege of carrying home game. 



7. Exemption of non-resident landowners without stipulating amount of property 



owned in the State or limiting hunting to their own lands. 



8. Exemption of residents hunting in their own county. 



9. Exemption of guests of landowners, i. e., substitution of invitations for licenses. 

 10. Attempt to punish hunting without license by confiscation of guns. 



Successful. 



1. License system under supervision of State game warden, and if licenses are issued 



by other officers license blanks furnished by him and the number issued 

 returnable to him. 



2. Proceeds devoted to game protection fund (unless prevented by constitutional 



provision). 



3. Licenses, both resident and non-resident, good anywhere in the State. 



4. Definite fees uniform with those of adjoining states. 



5. Moderate fees — usually $10 or $15 from non-residents for birds and $25 for big game, 



and $1 from residents. 



6. Privilege of carrying home a reasonable amount of game if tagged with license 



coupon and carried or shipped open to view. 



7. Exemption limited to persons paying taxes of $100 or more on property in the 



State or hunting on their own lands. 



8. Exemption limited to persons hunting on their own premises. 



9. Guests' licenses issued at nominal rate, say $1 per day. 



10. Penalty for hunting without license, a fine at least double the amount of license or 

 imprisonment not exceeding sixty days. 



GAME WARDENS. 



We desire again to recommend that the statute governing the ap- 

 pointment of game wardens be amended so that the compensation 

 could be increased, believing that it would act as an inducement for a 

 better grade of men to seek the office. We believe that the right should 

 be given to the boards of supervisors to appoint a warden at any time 

 and for as long a period, not to exceed two years, as in their judgment 

 good services could be rendered. It is a remarkable fact that in the 

 counties having the greatest amount of fish and game there has been 

 the least attention paid to the subject. It is only in those counties 

 where fish and game are comparatively scarce, due to being more 

 densely populated, that the people have been aroused to a proper 

 appreciation of its value. In our opinion every county in the State 

 should have a game warden to serve at least a portion of the year, 



