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commissioner corresponds with that of the governor appointing him, 

 and the term of the governor is four years. One of the longest terms 

 assigned by law for any game official in the United States is that of 

 the game, fish, and forestry warden of Tennessee, which is eight years. 

 Several States provide that the State official may be removed by the 

 governor for good cause, but the Wyoming act declares that before 

 removal the State game warden shall be heard in his own defense. 



Bond. — Unlike members of game commissions, the single officers 

 in charge of game departments, except in a few instances, are re- 

 quired to give bond, conditioned usually upon proper and faithful 

 discharge of their duties and accountability for any funds coming into 

 their hands. In Michigan the liability upon the State game and fish 

 warden's bond extends also to indemnity for all wrongful acts of the 

 warden and his deputies while acting officially. The amounts of these 

 bonds vary from $10,000 to $500; New York, $10,000; Alabama, Colo- 

 rado, Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, $5,000; Mon- 

 tana and Wyoming, $3,000; Indiana and New Mexico, $2,000; North 

 Dakota, $1,000, and Tennessee, $500. No bond seems to be required 

 in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, Vermont, West Virginia, 

 and Wisconsin unless by general statute or constitutional provision. 



Compensation. — In every State and Territory except North Dakota, 

 Oklahoma, and Tennessee, the State or Territorial warden or the execu- 

 tive officer of the commission receives a salary usually commensurate 

 with the services rendered. (See PL IV. ) North Dakota allows the dis- 

 trict game wardens 30 per cent of the hunting license fees collected in 

 their respective districts. a Oklahoma allows the Territorial warden 

 one-half of the fees ($25 in district courts and $10 in justice courts) 

 taxed as costs against defendants in every conviction; but in Tennessee 

 the State warden not only serves entirety without salary, but advances 

 the money necessary to carry on the office. b New York, on the other 

 hand, pays the forest, fish, and game commissioner $5,000 a year and 

 necessary expenses. In ten other States the salaries of the chief game 

 officials are $2,000 or more — $2,500 in Alabama, Illinois, Minnesota 

 (executive agent), Massachusetts (chairman), and Texas; $2,400 in 

 Montana; $2,000 in Maine (chairman), Michigan, Missouri, and 

 Washington. In four other States — Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, 

 and Wisconsin — the salaries are $1,800; in three — Kansas, Nebraska, 

 and Wyoming — $1,500; in five — Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Oregon, 

 and Utah— $1,200; and in two— Vermont and West Virginia— $1,000. 

 Nearly every State and Territory allows its warden an amount for 

 expenses. The following table shows the titles of the officials, their 

 terms of office, salaries, and amount and character of expenses allowed. 



« The amount collected in the two districts in 1905 was $12,290. 



&In his report to the legislature of 1907 the warden states "the facts are that your 

 State warden has served the State for four years without salary and in the meantime 

 advanced from his private means . . . the sum of $5,000." 



