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$1,800 per annum and necessary expenses, paid from game protection fund; bond, 

 $5,000; must take oath of office. 



Deputy game, fish, and oyster commissioners. — Appointed by commissioner; compen- 

 sation $3 a day and necessary expenses while actually employed ; have same powers 

 as commissioner. 



(3) Game protection fund: Hunting license fees constitute fund in State treasury 

 for payment of $700 of salary of commissioner and salaries and expenses of his 

 deputies. 



(4) Administrative provisions: Seized game must be disposed of as court may 

 direct; agents and employees of carriers and express companies are empowered 

 by the game law to examine any package delivered to them for transportation to 

 ascertain whether it contains game; each illegal shipment of game a separate offense; 

 possession of game in close season is prima facie evidence of a violation of law. 



Prosecution must be begun within two years. 



UTAH. 



(1) Officers: State fish and game commissioner; office established in 1899; term 

 two years; bond $5,000; salary $1,200 per annum; contingent and traveling expenses 

 $300 per annum; must take constitutional oath of office. 



Duties and powers. — Eequired to supervise protection and distribution of game and 

 fish; issue licenses, and to report to the legislature each session; authorized to take 

 game and fish for purposes of propagation, cultivation, distribution, and scientific 

 investigation. 



Chief state fish and game wardens. — One for each county, appointed by commissioner 

 with approval of county commissioners; term two years; bond $1,000; salary fixed 

 by governor, but not to exceed $600 per annum; required to report in detail annually 

 to commissioner. 



Commissioner and chief wardens required to see that game laws are enforced; 

 vested with powers and authority of sheriffs and constables; required to seize game 

 taken, held, or transported contrary to law; to arrest with or without warrant any 

 person they have reason to believe guilty of a violation of law, and if without war- 

 rant, to hold him till one can be obtained; to search, with or without warrant, any 

 car, stage, pack, warehouse, store, outhouse, box, barrel, and package where they 

 have reason to believe game taken or held contrary to law is to be found and to seize 

 such game, if without warrant, to procure one soon as possible afterwards. 



(2) Other officers: Sheriffs and constables required to enforce game laws in like 

 manner and with same authority and powers as wardens. 



(3) Game protection fund : All hunting license fees and proceeds from sale of 

 confiscated game are paid into State treasury to credit of the fish and game fund. 



(4) Administrative provisions: Any person giving information leading to con- 

 viction entitled to one-half the fine; game taken or held unlawfully or shipped or 

 consigned for shipment out of State to be seized and sold; possession of any part of 

 game in close season prima facie evidence of illegal taking, killing, or possession. 



Prosecution must be begun within two years, when offense is triable by justice of 

 the peace or police court; otherwise within three years. 



VERMONT. 



(1) Officers: State fish and game commissioner (from 1892 to 1904 a fish and game 

 commission); present office established December 7, 1904; term two years; salary, 

 $1,000 per annum; allowance for actual necessary expenses while absent from home 

 on official business, for a clerk at $365 per annum and for necessary printing, postage, 

 stationery, and blanks. 



Duties. — To enforce the game and fish laws; to prosecute violations of the law and 

 to issue deer licenses. 



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