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hindering or obstructing wardens guilty of misdemeanor; arrests may be made on 

 Sunday when law is violated on that day; in prosecutions in justice's court fee of 

 $10, and in district court lee of $25, taxed as costs against defendant, to be distributed 

 equally between Territorial game warden and county warden; possession of game 

 prime facie evidence of killing within Territory, and fact that game protected by 

 Oklahoma was killed elsewhere prima facie evidence that it was killed there unlaw- 

 fully; county attorney required to institute suit against common carriers for violation 

 of transportation laws, and a fee of $100 to be taxed as costs, to be paid to such attor- 

 ney; fee of $10, taxed against defendant in case of sale of game, to be paid county 

 attorney prosecuting; in prosecutions for violating law against transportation of game 

 informer entitled to one-half of fine, and a fee of $50, to be taxed as costs in such 

 case, to be paid to county attorney conducting prosecution. 

 Prosecution must be begun within three years. 



OREGON". 



(1) Officers: State game and forestry warden; office established February 18, 

 1899; term, four years; bond, $5,000; salary, $1,200 per annum and expenses not to 

 exceed $500 per annum. 



Duties and powers. — Eequired to enforce game laws; bring or cause to be brought 

 actions and proceedings to recover fines and penalties, or to inflict punishment; to 

 issue market hunting licenses; to report annually on the 1st of December to the gov- 

 ernor; to seize, with or without warrant, game unlawfully taken, killed, shipped, or 

 possessed; authorized to search, w T ith or without warrant, boats, conveyances, vehi- 

 cles, game bags, coats, and other receptacles, cold storage rooms, and packages or 

 boxes held for shipment or storage believed to contain evidence of a violation of law 

 without liability for such search and seizure; authorized to search any person who 

 he has reason to believe has in his possession evidence of violation of game laws. 



Special deputy game and forestry wardens. — As many as may be necessary, appointed 

 by State warden, for such time as he designates, and vested with same powers given 

 him; compensation fixed by State warden, not more than $2 per day for time actu- 

 ally employed, necessary expenses, and one-third of fines in certain cases where they 

 prosecute. 



All wardens have authority to arrest, without warrant, persons found by them 

 violating the game laws and to take such persons before any court having jurisdic- 

 tion for trial. 



(2) Other officers: Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and constables are ex officio game, 

 fish, and forestry wardens and have powers of such wardens; required to report under 

 oath to the circuit court at every term any violations known to have occurred within 

 the county; entitled, in addition to all other fees, to one-third or one-half, accord- 

 ing to law violated, of the fine in cases prosecuted by them. 



(3) Game protection fund: License fees and fines collected for violation of hunt- 

 ing license laws constitute a game fund. 



(4) Administrative provisions: Proof of probable cause for believing that game 

 illegally possessed has been concealed is ground for issue of a warrant to search any 

 building, inclosure, car, boat, compartment, chest, box, crate, basket, or package; 

 seized game to be disposed of as court before whom offender is tried, or any compe- 

 tent court, may direct; possession of game in close season prima facie evidence such 

 game was taken in violation of law; interference with an officer searching for evi- 

 dence of violation prima facie evidence that person so doing is guilty of violation of 

 law; district attorney to prosecute violations on order of State warden; informers 

 entitled to one-half the fine in certain cases, and after payment of expenses of trial 

 the remainder, if any, to be paid into general fund of State; licensee required to 

 exhibit license upon demand to any officer charged with enforcement of game laws 

 or to any person upon whose lands he may be hunting. 



Prosecution must be begun within two years. 



