56 GAME COMMISSIONS AND WARDENS. 



power of seizure he should be certain that he has the statutory right 

 to do so. Such right, however, has been bestowed upon officers by 

 the game laws of nearly all the States. Usually game alone may be 

 seized, but a few of the States provide for seizure of guns, ammuni- 

 tion, and any contrivance with which game has been illegally killed or 

 taken. In the table on pages 46-49 will be found a list of the States 

 permitting seizure without warrant. (See also PI. VI.) This power 

 is exercised also in a few States not mentioned, and is doubtless 

 justified under the language and context of the game acts of those 

 States. 



The objects of seizure ma}' be several, but the most usual are pre- 

 venting consummation of an illegal transit, sale, or other disposition 

 and securing evidence of a violation of the game law. Under this 

 authority some very large seizures have been made; thus in the prose- 

 cution of Robert Poole and William Kerr in Minnesota (State v. Poole, 

 100 N. W., 647) 2,498 ducks were seized. 



DISPOSITION OF SEIZED GAME. 



Twenty-eight States and one Territory prescribe what shall be done 

 with game which has been seized and what disposition shall be made of 

 the proceeds when it is sold. (See PI. VII.) The details of these pro- 

 visions are shown in the following statement: 



Colorado. — Sold. Proceeds paid into State game fund if seizure and 

 sale is made by a warden; if by a sheriff or constable, one-half to State 

 game fund and one-half to county. 



Illinois. — Sold. After payment of costs, one-half proceeds to warden 

 making complaint and one-half to State game fund. 



Iowa. — Sold. Proceeds, less expenses, paid to county school fund. 



Louisiana. — Confiscated. Apparently disposed of as court may 

 direct. 



Maine. — Sold. Proceeds, less expenses of sale, paid into State game 

 fund. 



Maryland. — Sold. After payment of costs, one-half to warden and 

 one-half to county school fund. 



Michigan. — Disposed of as court may direct. 



Minnesota. — Sold. Proceeds paid to State game protection fund. 



Missouri. — Donated to some charitable institution. 



Mississippi. — Confiscated. Apparently disposed of as court may 

 direct. 



Montana. — Sold. Proceeds paid to State fish and game fund. 



Nebraska. — Donated to some charitable institution. 



New Hampshire. — Sold. Proceeds paid to game detective fund. 



New Jersey. — Disposed of as court ma}^ direct. 



North Carolina.— Sold. Proceeds paid to bird and game fund. 



North Dakota. — Sold. Two-thirds of the proceeds paid to warden 

 making seizure and sale and one- third to district game warden. 



