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or fishing appliances or apparatus seized by the said game and fish warden shall be 

 disposed of in such manner as may be directed by the court before whom the offense 

 is tried or by any court of competent jurisdiction. Said game and fish warden shall 

 not be liable for damages on account of any search, examination or seizure, or 

 the destruction of any nets or fishing apparatus of any kind, in accordance with the 

 provisions of this act. 



Process; Arrest: (5756) Sec 4. Said gameand fish warden shall have the same power 

 to serve criminal process as sheriffs, and shall have the same right as sheriffs to require 

 aid in executing such process. Said warden may arrest, without warrant, any person 

 caught by him in the act of violating any of the aforesaid laws for the protection or 

 propagation of birds, game or fish, and take such person forthwith before a justice 

 of the peace, or other magistrate having jurisdiction, who shall proceed without 

 delay to hear, try and determine the matter, and the same proceedings shall be had 

 as near as may be, as in other criminal matters triable before a justice of the peace, 

 or other magistrate having jurisdiction. Such arrests may be made on Sunday, in 

 which case the person arrested shall be taken before a justice of the peace, or other 

 magistrate having jurisdiction, and proceeded against as soon as may be, on a week 

 day following the arrest. 



Report to auditor-general: (5757) Sec. 5. Said warden shall, in the month 

 of December in each year, file in the office of the auditor-general, an account in writ- 

 ing, stating the days and parts of days spent in the discharge of his duty, the kind 

 of service rendered and the places where rendered, and the expenses paid or incurred 

 in the time of the discharge of such duties, which account shall be verified by the 

 oath of said warden stating that the same is correct and true in every particular. 



Report to secretary of state: (5758) Sec 6. [The warden shall report in writ- 

 ing to the secretary of state, at the close of each month, a full account of ad he has 

 done, and he shall not receive any payment for his services until such report- is 

 made. The secretary of state shall transmit this report to the legislature.] 



Deputies; County wardens; Resisting 1 officer: (5759) Sec 7. The said game 

 and fish warden shall have power to appoint deputy game and fish wardens, who 

 shall have the same power and authority herein provided for the game and fish 

 warden himself, subject to the supervision and control of and to removal by the 

 game and fish warden. Said deputy game and fish wardens shall receive three dol- 

 lars per day for each day actually spent in the discharge of their duties, under the 

 direction of the game and fish warden, and their actual expenses necessarily incurred 

 when so employed; said three dollars per day and expenses to be paid monthly on 

 the warrant of the Auditor General, on the approval of itemized vouchers thereof, 

 verified under oath and certified by the game and fish warden; but the number of 

 deputy wardens shall not exceed ten and the total amount certified by the game and 

 fish warden and approved by the Auditor General for compensation and expenses of 

 deputy wardens in any one year shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. 

 Said game and fish warden shall also have power to appoint in each county not to 

 exceed three residents thereof as county game and fish wardens, who shall have the 

 same powers in their respective counties as is herein provided for the game and fish 

 warden himself, subject to the supervision and control of and to removal by the 

 game and fish warden. The said county game and fish wardens may be employed 

 by individuals, clubs and corporations interested in the enforcement of fish and 

 game laws, and shall receive such other compensation as may be allowed and pro- 

 vided for by the supervisors of their respective counties, * * * Any person who 

 hinders, obstructs or interferes with, or attempts to hinder, obstruct or interfere with 

 the said game and fish warden or any deputy or county warden in the discharge of 

 any of his duties, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. * * * 



Disposition of license fees: (5797) Sec 6. [As amended by Laws of 1905, No. 225.] 

 Such [county] clerk shall retain for his own use out of the moneys received for each 

 [resident and nonresident deer] license issued the sum of twenty-five cents, which 



