FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



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recommend the law being amended so as to be more explicit, and also to specify 

 the amount of the fee. 



As in my last year's report, I would recommend that if game or fish are 

 found in the close season outside of warehouses where they can be bonded under 

 the present law, a law should be enacted declaring that if a seizure is made, 

 after the articles have served their purpose as evidence, they should be turned 

 over to the nearest charitable institution intead of being allowed to waste, thereby 

 giving the officer making the seizure, or the Court before which it had been used 

 as evidence, something definite under which to act. 



I must continue, as in the past, to commend the work of the local protective 

 associations throughout the State, and assure them that the assistance rendered 

 is ever appreciated. I would also express the gratitude of the Department for 

 the assistance which is rendered by the express companies, which are ever ready 

 to assist in detecting violations by persons who persist in illegally shipping 

 fish and game. 



Respectfully submitted. J. Warren Pond, 



Chief Game Protector. 



