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will attend to their business/'— Hankinson, Aiken; ' 'War- 

 dens not afraid to do their duty,"— Seigler, Aiken; "Strict 

 enforcement of law by wardens in every locality/'— Efird, 

 Lexington; "Enforce laws with good men who cannot be 

 bought with a vote/'— Cross, Chester, is no criticism of 

 the personnel of the warden force, but simply and strongly 

 focuses the attention upon the defects mentioned above. 

 Several reports show that the game laws are better en- 

 forced today than ever before, due to the fact that a little 

 money has been spent for this purpose. 



Mr. A. J. Cox, Williamsburg, suggests: "Pay wardens 

 so you can get the right sort of men who can give all their 

 time to the enforcement of the law." Mr. Alex R. Tay- 

 lor, Lexington, suggests: "Funds from Statewide hunters' 

 license law to be used exclusively to pay sufficient salaries 

 to wardens." Mr. C. F. Dill, Greenville, writes: "There 

 should be a deputy in every township." Capt. S. G. 

 Stoney, Charleston, thinks: "Our game wardens are not 

 sufficiently compensated and therefore cannot carry out 

 the game laws of the State as they should be. ' ' 



How enforce laws unless there is a deputy warden on 

 hand whose sole business it is to do so, and who is well 

 paid for it? The enforcement of the game laws besides 

 being a man's job, is a thankless, graceless, enemy-mak- 

 ing task and it is useless to expect unpaid persons to do 

 the work. A game warden who enforces the law is usu- 

 ally cordially hated and often he is fortunate to escape 

 with his life. Therefore in order to have active, consci- 

 entious wardens good salaries must be paid. 



No part of the funds from the sale of licenses and the 

 collection of fines should be diverted to any other purpose 

 until the protection and increase of game and other birds 

 is adequately provided for. 



As regards the selection of game wardens, Mr. L. A. 

 Beckman, Charleston, suggests: "Have honest men ap- 

 pointed game wardens, taking into consideration their fit- 

 ness and leave politics out of consideration so that laws 

 will be enforced." Mr. Edward Howe Forbush, State 

 Orinthologist of Massachusetts, who has given many years 



