74 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



REPORT OF BUREAU OF LICENSES 



As the Division of Fish and Game is a self-supporting state agencj^ 

 the responsibility of the Bureau of Licenses is to manage the printing 

 and distribution of licenses as well as collecting all moneys received from 

 the sale of licenses. In all there are 19 kinds of licenses bringing a yearly 

 revenue of approximately $4,589,900. The principal licenses are : Hunt- 

 ing, angling, deer tags, and market fishermen. 



As the law provides that a license is required to hunt or fish, the 

 bureau maintains approximately 2,800 agencies throughout the State so 

 that the sportsmen may purchase their licenses as conveniently as possible. 



For the purpose of license management and distribution the State 

 is divided into five districts, each district office maintaining the necessary 

 records to enable them to control the distribution and sale of licenses to 

 the agents within their respective districts. Branch district offices 

 are maintained at Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno and 

 Los Angeles. 



All license distribution is conducted on a consignment basis, the 

 agent being bonded in an amount sufficient to cover his accountability 

 at any one time. During the last seven-year period the bond premiums 

 have been reduced from $5 to $1.75 per 1,000. This reduction in the 

 premium rate is the result of close supervision of our license agents' 

 accounts and keeping the losses or claims filed with the bonding company 

 to a bare minimum. During this seven-year period the bonding company 

 has paid seven claims, totaling $561.63. The license sales accounted for 

 during this period amounted to $14,587,000. 



The law placing all license distribution on a credit basis, which went 

 into effect in January, 1946, has proved very satisfactory and has 

 eliminated any shortages in the field. During the biennium several 

 changes were made in the license laws, establishing certain new licenses 

 and changing the fees of other licenses. In 1946 the "Archery Hunting 

 and Archery Deer Tag Law" became effective. 



The sale of archery licenses and tags for the years 1946 and 1947 

 are as follows : 



Archery 

 Year Hunting Deer tags 



1946 $663 $604 



1947 681 590 



Other changes in the license fees are as follows : 



Hunting 



Old fee New fee 



Citizen resident $2 $3 



Junior citizen 1 over 18 years 1 over 16 years 



Nonresident 10 10 minimum reciprocal 



Declarant alien 10 Abolished 



Alien 25 50 



Veteran's wife None 2 



