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(1) Officers: State fish and game warden; office established May 5, 1891; term, 

 two years; salary, $1,800 per annum and allowance for actual expenses. 



Duties. — To secure enforcement of game laws and bring or cause to be brought 

 actions and proceedings to recover penalties or fines for violation thereof; to devote 

 his entire time to duties of his office; to report the transactions of his department to 

 the governor in December of each year. 



Special deputy wardens. — Two for each Congressional district, and as many 

 additional deputies as are necessary, may be appointed by State warden, with 

 approval of governor; receive actual expenses and a per diem payable from game 

 fund only, fixed by warden, with approval of governor, for such time as they actu- 

 ally serve under direction of State warden; must carry an identification card issued 

 by State warden. 



County wardens. — Number determined by county board of each county, selected by 

 a board of appointment, and appointed by State warden; compensation to be fixed 

 by appointing board and paid out of county treasury like those of other county 

 officers. 



Selection of deputy wardens is made from those qualified by competitive civil- 

 service examination. 



Warden and deputies have authority of constables to execute and serve all war- 

 rants and processes issued by any court having jurisdiction of offenses under game 

 laws; to arrest, without warrant, any person detected in act of violating any game law 

 and to take such person before proper court and make complaint against him; upon 

 receiving information of violation must cause thorough examination and institute 

 proceedings if warranted by evidence; may seize and confiscate game illegally cap- 

 tured, possessed, or shipped, and sell same and pay proceeds, less expenses, into 

 State treasury to credit of hunting license fund; authorized to examine at any time 

 record of licenses issued by county clerks; to examine and open any package in 

 possession of a transportation company suspected to contain game or to be falsely 

 labeled; exempt from liability in performance of their legal duties. 



(2) Other officers: Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, coroners, and police officers are ex 

 officio deputy fish and game wardens and are required to assist State and deputy 

 wardens in enforcement of game laws; game officers of other States are declared 

 agents of those States in Wisconsin and are authorized to follow game unlawfully 

 shipped from their States into Wisconsin, seize same, and take it back into their 

 State or dispose of it in Wisconsin according to laws of their State, such disposition 

 to be made under supervision of an officer of Wisconsin; officers of other States are 

 designated agents of Wisconsin for taking possession of, holding, and disposing of 

 game. Attorney-general and his assistants required to advise State warden as to his 

 duties, assist him in enforcement of law, and in prosecution of cases when warden 

 deems it necessary; district attorneys required to prosecute actions for violation 

 of game laws when wardens make complaint, if magistrate deem their presence 

 necessary. 



(3) Game protection fund: Fees from hunting licenses, permits to collect for 

 scientific purposes, and proceeds from sale of confiscated game (if sale not prohib- 

 ited) and devices constitute a 'hunting license fund' in the State treasury for the 

 payment of salaries and expenses of State and deputy game wardens; one-third of 

 fines for violation of game laws retained by county treasurer as a fund to reimburse 

 county for expenses in enforcement of game laws. 



(4) Administrative provisions: Apparatus or device not designated a public 

 nuisance may be seized by warden and, after finding of illegal use, may be destroyed 

 or sold as directed by court; those designated public nuisance shall, upon a finding 

 of such unlawful use, be immediately destroyed; affidavit before a magistrate author- 



