142 GAME COMMISSIONS AND WARDENS. 



ants shall have all powers and authority of sheriffs to make arrests for violation of 

 such laws throughout the territory. 



(2) To import the spawn or ova of fish suitable for food. 



(3) To provide for the distribution and protection of game birds imported into 

 this territory for the purpose of propagation, and also birds that are natives of this 

 territory. 



Posting" lands; Penalties: Sec. 175. They may cause notices to be posted upon 

 private grounds at the request of the owner or lessee of such grounds, that shooting 

 or fishing therein is prohibited, and when such notices are posted by authority of 

 such commissioner, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to shoot or fish on 

 such grounds, without the permission of the owner or lessee of such grounds, and 

 punishable as misdemeanors are punishable in the Penal Code, and fines collected 

 on conviction therefor shall, after deducting the expenses of the court, be paid over 

 to such commissioners, to be by them expended in carrying out the objects of this 

 chapter. 



Laws of 1905, chap, 25, p. 29. 



Prima facie evidence : Sec 8. Proof of possession of any game or fish mentioned 

 in this Act,« which shall not show evidence of having been taken by means other 

 than a net, snare, trap or pound, shall be prima facie evidence in any prosecution 

 for violation of the provisions of the preceding section [prohibiting netting, trapping 

 and snaring game] that the person in whose possession such game or fish is found, 

 took, killed or destroyed the same by net, snare, trap or pound. 



License fees: Sec. 24. * * * The moneys received from the sale of nonresi- 

 dent licenses shall be used by the Fish and Game Commissioners in the proper dis- 

 charge of their duties; provided, that the Fish and Game Commissioners shall 

 include in their biennial reports a statement of all licenses issued under this section, 

 and an itemized statement of all moneys expended, and the surplus, if any there 

 shall be, shall be remitted to the Territorial Treasurer and placed in the General 

 Fund. 



Arrest: Sec 25. A Fish and Game Commissioner and his deputies shall have 

 authority to arrest without writ, rule, order or process any person in the act of com- 

 mitting a crime in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, and they are hereby 

 made peace officers of this Territory for that purpose. 



Peace officers: Sec. 26. * * * It is hereby made the duty of any peace officer 

 to arrest any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Act, and to 

 take them before any civil authority competent to try the offense. Any peace 

 officer, game commissioner, or deputies, who shall see, or be informed of, or become 

 cognizant of, any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Act, and 

 who shall fail to perform his duty as prescribed in this section, shall, upon convic- 

 tion thereof, be fined in the sum of twenty-five dollars. One-half of all fines col- 

 lected under the provisions of this Act shall go to the person or persons upon whose 

 testimony such conviction is secured; the remaining one-half shall be paid into the 

 school fund. 



Approved March 4, 1905. 



ARKANSAS. 



Digest of the Statutes, 1904, Chap. LXIX, p. 828. 



Peace officers; Arrest; Penalties: Sec 3622. The sheriff of each county, or 

 any constable thereof, is hereby constituted ex officio game warden for his respective 

 county, and his deputies shall be deputy game wardens, by virtue of their appoint- 



«Deer, elk, sheep, goat, antelope, quail, partridge, grouse, pheasant, wild turkey, 

 snipe, and rail. 



