138 GAME COMMISSIONS AND WARDENS. 



shall duly proceed to elect some person skilled in matters relating to game or fish, 

 State Game and Fish Commissioner, said person shall be known as a State Game 

 and Fish Commissioner of the State of Alabama, and shall hold his office until the 

 first Monday after the second Tuesday in January, 1909, or until his successor in 

 office is duly elected and qualified. The successor to the State Game and Fish Com- 

 missioner shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at the general election 

 in 1908 and every four years thereafter. The Department of Game and Fish of the 

 State of Alabama, is hereby established and created, and shall be known and termed 

 as such. The State Game and Fish Commissioner shall receive a salary of $2,500.00 

 (twenty-five hundred dollars) per annum, payable monthly out of the game and 

 fish protection fund, in the same manner as other State officers are paid, but the 

 said State Fish and Game Commissioner shall not be allowed any reimbursement 

 for his expenses in travelling over the State in the discharge of the duties of 

 his office. 



Accounts of commissioner, report : Sec. 18. The State Game and Fish Com- 

 missioner shall be provided with a suitable office in the State capitol, and is hereby 

 authorized upon the approval of the governor to employ a clerk when necessary. 

 At the end of each calendar month said game and fish commissioner shall file with 

 the governor an itemized statement, under oath, of all sums of money received or 

 expended by him in the discharge of his official duty, including clerical services, 

 salaries, and expenses of deputies while traveling under special orders as hereinafter 

 provided, postage, stationery, and other necessary incidental expenses. Upon the 

 approval of such accounts by the governor, the State auditor shall draw his warrant 

 for such amount which shall be paid monthly out of the game and fish protection 

 fund and the clerk authorized by this act, shall receive two dollars per day while 

 engaged in such service. The office and accounts of the State Game and Fish Com- 

 missioner shall be audited by direction of the governor in the same manner as the 

 office and account of any other State office are audited. 



Bond, oath.: Sec. 19. [Bond of State Game and Fish Commissioner, $5,000; he is 

 required to take the constitutional oath of office.] 



Report: Sec. 20. The State Game and Fish Commissioner shall keep a seal of 

 office which shall be used to authenticate all papers and documents issued and exe- 

 cuted by him as such officer. In the month of October, in the year 1910, and every 

 four years thereafter, the State Game and Fish Commissioner shall make a report to 

 the governor showing the official business transacted by him. Such report shall 

 show the number of hunter's license issued, together with all fees proceeding there- 

 from. It shall show what moneys have been received by the game and fish depart- 

 ment from other fees and from other sources. It shall show the number of wardens 

 employed under special instructions, and shall give all necessary information con- 

 cerning the affairs of the department of game and fish. Such report to be published 

 in pamphlet form. 



Duties of commissioner: Sec 21. It shall be the duty of the State Game and 

 Fish Commissioner to enforce all laws that are now enacted or that may hereafter be 

 enacted, for the protection, preservation, and propagation of game animals, birds and 

 fish in this State, and to prosecute all persons who violate such law. Such game 

 and fish commissioner shall at any and all times seize any and all birds, animals or 

 fish which have been caught or killed at a time, in a manner or for a purpose or in 

 possession or which have been shipped contrary to the laws of this State. 



Printing-, blanks: Sec 22. [Blanks and necessary printing allowed the Commis- 

 sioner, expense payable from game protection fund.] 



Powers of commissioner and wardens: Sec 23. The State Game and Fish Com- 

 missioner and his deputies shall have the same power to serve criminal processes as 

 sheriffs and constables. 



