PART III.— EXTRACTS FROM LAWS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE 



TO ENFORCEMENT. 



The third part of this bulletin contains extracts relating to the 

 enforcement of the game laws of all the States and Territories. These 

 extracts have been carefully compared with the original statutes and 

 have been brought down to date by inclusion of the amendments of 

 1907 a . By the use of side heads in black-faced type the general con- 

 tents of each section have been indicated so as to facilitate ready 

 reference to any particular topic. The statutes are arranged chrono- 

 logically and the sections in regular order except in Alabama, Illinois, 

 Maine, and three or four other States in which the provisions relating 

 to State officers are given first. Provisions not closely connected 

 with the subject-matter of enforcement or immaterial to it, and such 

 as relate solely to fish or their propagation, have been omitted. Such 

 omission is indicated by three stars (***). Amendments to the 

 original acts are plainly indicated, usually at the beginning of each 

 section, and in several instances the text has been annotated by refer- 

 ences to decisions of the courts involving the provision in question. 

 Statements in the first part of the bulletin can, in most cases, be 

 readily verified on referring to the proper paragraph under the corre- 

 sponding State in Part III. 



In selecting the matter here presented the three main objects in view 

 have been (1) to furnish a convenient compilation for the use of those 

 who do not have access to the statutes or who encounter difficult}" in 

 finding a particular provision in the mass of other matter usually con- 

 tained in the laws, (2) to place at the service of wardens and others 

 actively engaged in enforcement of the laws the provisions under 

 which they may act, and (3) to bring together in compact and con- 

 venient form the provisions of the statutes of each State which have 

 been found effective in order that persons interested in new game 

 legislation may know the provisions in operation in other States. 



ALABAMA 



Laws of 1907, No. 18, p. 12. 



State game and fish commissioner, election, salary : Sec. 17. That the mem- 

 bers of the seoate and house of representatives of this State shall meet in joint 

 session as soon as practicable after the approval of this act, and in such joint session 



« Except those of Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, and Nevada, which have not yet 

 been received. 



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