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Records and Reports. 



§ 27. Each protector and forester shall keep a daily record of his official acts, and at the 

 close of each month make a summary of such record with such statements in detail as shall be 

 necessary for the information of his chief, and report the same to the chief protector and forester. 



Payment of Salary and Expenses. 



§ 28. Payment of salary and traveling expenses to protectors and foresters shall only be made 

 upon the certificate of the chief protector and forester that the protector and forester has made 

 such report and properly performed his duties. 



Reports by Chief Protector and Forester to the Board of Commissioners. 



§ 29. The chief protector and forester shall report to the board of commissioners any negli- 

 gence or dereliction of duty on the part of any of the protectors and foresters, with the facts 

 relating thereto, and he shall report monthly to said commissioners the operation of his depart- 

 ment during the preceding month, and shall make such further report as may be required by 

 the board of commissioners. 



Special Protectors and Foresters. 



§ 30. The board of commissioners may, in its discretion and at pleasure, appoint or remove 

 a person recommended by the majority of the supervisors of any county or by any incorporated 

 game club for the protection of fish and game as special protector and forester, who shall possess 

 the same powers that are enforced upon the state protectors and foresters ; such special protectors 

 and foresters shall receive no compensation from the state. They shall make similar reports to 

 those required from state protectors and foresters. 



(As amd. by chap. 284 of Laws of 1896.) 



Powers of Sheriffs, Constables and Deputy Sheriffs. 



§ 31. Peace officers shall have the same powers as are conferred upon the game protectors 

 and foresters for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. 



Nets to be Destroyed by Protectors and Foresters. 



§ 32. It is the duty of every protector and forester to seize, remove and forthwith destroy any 

 net, pound or other illegal devices for the taking of fish or game found in or upon any of the 

 waters or islands of this state where hunting and fishing with nets or other illegal devices is 

 prohibited or illegal or upon the shores or islands of such waters, and such nets, pounds or other 

 illegal devices are declared to be a public nuisance and shall be abated and summarily destroyed 

 by any game protector and forester and no action for damages shall lie or be maintained against 

 any person for such seizure or destruction. 



(As amd. by chap. 661 of Laws of 1896.) 



