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Protectors and Foresters to Give Bonds. 



§ 23. The chief protector and forester shall give a bond to the board of commissioners, with 

 sureties in the sum of one thousand dollars, and each of the other protectors a bond with sureties 

 in the sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, such bond 

 to be approved by the board of commissioners. Any action thereof shall be brought in the 

 name of the people. 



Compensation of Protectors and Foresters. 



§ 24. The compensation of the chief protector and forester shall be two thousand dollars 

 per annum, pavable monthly, and he shall be allowed his actual and necessary traveling expenses 

 in the performance of his duty, not exceeding one thousand dollars per year. The two assistant 

 protectors and foresters shall each receive twelve hundred dollars per year, together with their 

 traveling and incidental expenses, not to exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars per year; the 

 protector designated as state oyster protector shall received twelve hundred dollars per year and 

 his actual incidental and traveling expenses, not exceeding four hundred and fifty dollars per 

 year. The protector designated as protector of the waters of the Thousand Islands shall receive 

 five hundred dollars per year and his actual, incidental and traveling expenses, not exceeding four 

 hundred and fifty dollars per year, and the thirty-one remaining protectors shall each receive five 

 hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and an allowance for expenses not exceeding four 

 hundred and fifty dollars per year, and each of the said protectors shall receive one-half of all 

 the fines and penalties collected in actions brought upon information furnished by him after all 

 the expenses of recovering said fines and penalties shall be paid. 

 As amd. by chap. 659 of Laws of 1896.) 



Office of Chief Protector and Forester. 



525. The chief protector and forester shall have his office with the commissioners of fisheries, 

 game and forest in the capitol at Albany. 



The Duties of Protectors. 



§ 26. The fish and game protectors and foresters shall enforce all the fish and game laws of 



the state and the provisions supplementary thereto made by boards of supervisors for the 



additional protection of fish and game, and all laws passed for the protection and preservation 



of the forest preserve, and all rules and regulations made by the commissioners of fisheries, game 



and forest for the care, custody and control of the forest preserve and the Adirondack park, and 



shall have full power to execute all warrants and search warrants issued for the violation of the 



fish and game laws, and laws passed for the protection of the forest preserve, and the care, 



custody and control of the Adirondack park, and to serve subpoenas issued for the examination, 



investigation or trial of all offenses against said laws. 

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