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ment, appoint not less than ten nor more than twenty special fish and game pro- 

 tectors for said county, to act under him, who shall hold office until removed by the 

 warden appointing them or by his successor or by the commissioners of fisheries and 

 game. Said warden may deputize another person to assist in detecting and arresting 

 any person who may be violating any law relating to fish and game. Each warden 

 shall take the oath of office and shall report to the commissioners of fisheries and 

 game on the first days of January, April, July, and October in each year, and shall 

 enforce all laws relating to fish and game. The warden for any county, his deputy, or 

 any special protector, shall have free, access, at all reasonable hours, to search, without 

 such warrant, places or receptacles of any kind which said officers have reasonable 

 ground to suspect are used for keeping, carrying, or covering game or fish taken or 

 possessed contrary to law. 



Powers of special protectors: [Sec] 3099. Special protectors of fish and game 

 shall have, the same powers as other officers to arrest for the violation of any law rela- 

 ting to fish and game. They shall enforce all laws relating to fish and game, and 

 each protector shall report to the warden appointing him as often as required by 

 said w r arden. 



Fees: [Sec] 3100. In all prosecutions for the violations of any law for the pro- 

 tection of fish and game, the fish and game warden, his deputy, special protector, or 

 other officer making the arrest, shall be entitled to a fee of twenty dollars in each 

 and every case where conviction is had, which fee shall be taxed by the court as 

 costs in the case against the defendant, and said fish and game warden, his deputy, 

 special protector, or other officer shall be paid said sum; provided, that the court 

 taxing the costs in any additional cases shall do so only as justice may require. 

 Fish and game wardens and special protectors shall not receive any other fees for 

 their services. 



Scientific collecting-, propagation, etc.: [Sec] 3109. The commissioners, or 

 any person duly authorized by them, may take fish, crustaceans, birds, a or animals, 

 at any time and place and as they choose, for the purpose of science, cultivation, and 

 dissemination. 



Powers of justices of the peace: [Sec] 3111. In all complaints for the violation 

 of any law made- for the propagation, preservation, or protection, of fish or game, 

 the justice of the peace, before whom the same shall be tried, shall have jurisdiction 

 and power to render judgment therein, and issue process of execution and mittimus 

 thereon w T here such fine, forfeiture, or penalty, imposed, shall not exceed one hun- 

 dred dollars, or imprisonment of more than thirty days, or both; but the defendant 

 shall have the right to appeal as in other cases. 



Revised Statutes, 1902, Chap. 191, p. 786. 



Prima facie evidence: [Sec] 3125. * * * The reception by any person or 

 common carrier within this state, of any such bird or birds [quail, woodcock, and 

 ruffed grouse] for shipment in an unmarked package or addressed to a point without 

 the state shall be prima facie evidence that said bird or birds were killed within the 

 state for the purpose of carrying the same beyond its limits. 



Destruction of appliances: [Sec] 3130. [Prohibits trapping protected birds.] 

 Any such net, trap, snare, or similar device may be destroyed by any person. 



Certificates for collecting nongame birds for scientific purposes are issued by the 

 president of the board, upon endorsement of applicant for same by two well-known 

 scientific men, payment of $1 fee, and execution of sufficient bond for compliance 

 with the law. 



