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fish and game warden, or a deputy fish and game warden, or a police officer, or a 

 constable, or a member of any incorporated fish and game protective association, or 

 the fish and game protector of this state. 

 Approved March 29, 1897. 



Acts of 1902, chap. 207, p. 657. 



Search; Seizure; Disposition of game; Nonliability: Sec. 1. The fish and 

 game commissioners, the fish and game protector and the fish and game wardens of 

 this state shall have power, without warrant, to search and examine any boat, con- 

 veyance, vehicle, fish-box, fish-basket, game-bag or game-coat, or other receptacle 

 for game and fish, when they have reason to believe that any of the laws for the 

 protection of game and fish have been violated; and the said fish and game commis- 

 sioners, fish and game protector and fish and game wardens shall, at any time, seize 

 and take possession of any and all birds, animals or fish, which have been caught, 

 taken or killed at any time in a manner or for a purpose, or had in possession or 

 under control, have been shipped or are about to be shipped, contrary to any of the 

 laws of this state; justices of the peace, district courts and police magistrates, upon 

 receiving proof of probable cause for believing in the concealment of any bird, 

 animal or fish caught, taken, killed, had in possession, under control or shipped, or 

 about to be shipped, contrary to law, shall issue a search warrant and cause a search 

 to be made in any place, and to that end may, after demand, and refusal, cause any 

 building, enclosure or car to be entered, and any apartment, chest, box, locker, crate, 

 basket or package to be broken open and the contents thereof examined by said fish 

 and game commissioners, fish and game protector or fish and game wardens; all 

 birds, animals or fish, or net or fishing appliance or apparatus, seized by the fish and 

 game commissioners, fish and game protector or any of the fish and game wardens, 

 shall be disposed of in such manner as may be directed by the justice of the peace, 

 district court or police magistrate before whom the offense is tried; and such fish 

 and game commissioners, fish and game protector or fish and game wardens shall 

 not be liable for damages on account of any such search or the destruction of any nets 

 or fishing apparatus of any kind in accordance with the provisions of this act. 



Pleading's: Sec. 2. [No further pleadings than the filing of complaint and issuing 

 of warrant shall be necessary on the part of the prosecutor; said complaint shall 

 specify the section and the title of the act charged to have been violated, and the 

 time and place of violation.] 



Approved April 9, 1902. 



Acts of 1902, chap. 263, p. 780. 



License: Sec. 1. [Requires nonresidents to procure hunting licenses. Fee $10.] 

 Production of license; Arrest; Seizure; Sale of implements: Sec. 2. Any 

 game protector or game warden shall have the right, after demand and refusal or 

 failure to exhibit such certificate, to arrest, without warrant, any non-resident person 

 or persons found hunting, or whom said protector or warden shall have reasonable 

 cause to believe to have been hunting within this state (and for the purpose of this 

 arrest any person who shall refuse to state his place of residence, upon demand of 

 such officer shall be deemed a non-resident) and to take him or them forthwith 

 before any justice of the peace, district court or police magistrate of the county 

 where the arrest is made, and to proceed against him or them in the manner pre- 

 scribed by an act of the legislature of this state, [Act of 1897] and also to seize any 

 and all gun or guns or shooting paraphernalia in the possession of such person or 

 persons so arrested, and to hold the same subjected to the payment of the fine or 

 fines which shall be imposed upon such person or persons, together with the costs 

 of prosecution; and in case such person or persons shall be convicted and shall fail 

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