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fully apprehend violators of the law. He must be a man who 

 understands what constitutes evidence, and what is its value in 

 relation to the law under which he is operating. Due weight was 

 given to the number of days on which he successfully performed 

 services for the State as a protector; the number of cases which 

 he successfully prosecuted during the fiscal year; the costs of 

 recovery in each case, also the performance of his duties in serving 

 warrants, subpoenas, etc., defined under the " powers of game 

 protectors," as provided in section 169. 



Recommendations 



Among the more important recommendations that I wish to 

 submit, is, as I have stated before, an increase in the protective 

 force to at least 200 men. 



Guides License 

 A guides' license similar to the Maine guides' license is recom- 

 mended, as I believe this would effectually stop some of the illegal 

 killing of deer in the Adirondack mountains, particularly if there 

 was a penalty attached providing that a licensed guide who vio- 

 lated or countenanced a violation of our Conservation Law relat- 

 ing to fish and game, would be disqualified as a guide for a period 

 of at least one year. This should be controlled by the Commission. 

 The law should provide that all persons who wish to guide should 

 make an application to this Department, and in said application 

 should give the name, the home address, age, where the applicant 

 was born, length of time he has resided in the State, if a resident 

 of the State, length of time he has guided, occupation, whether 

 he wishes to guide for inland fishing, or whether he wishes to 

 guide for forest hunting, whether he is competent to handle a boat 

 or canoe, pilot parties through an unblazed forest, care of camp 

 fires, extinguishing of the same, whether he is a naturalized citi- 

 zen, and whether a taxpayer in the State. 



Fishways and Dams 

 It is a well established fact that certain species of game fish 

 found in the waters of the State seek the deeper waters during 

 the winter months, and therein hibernate ; and in almost e T ery 



