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removed by the commissioner who may in like manner appoint as uccessor. The 

 terms of office of the commissioners of forest, fish and game now in office, shall 

 terminate upon the appointment and qualification of such commissioner. 



Laws of 1900, chap. 20. 

 Article YIII. 



Office; Secretary; Superintendent of forests; Clerk: [Sec] 154. [Asamended 

 by Laws of 1906, chap. 206.] The commission shall have an office in the capitol at 

 Albany, * * * The commission may appoint a secretary and a superintendent 

 of forests and fix their compensation, * * * and such other clerical assistants as 

 are actually needed. 



Powers; Duties: [Sec] 155. The commission shall have charge of * * * the 

 enforcement of laws for the protection of fish and game and the forests * * * and 

 such other powers and duties as are or may be imposed upon them by law. 



Report: [Sec] 163. [Commission required to report annually to the legislature.] 



Compilation of forest, fish and game law: Sec 164. [Added by Laws of 1907, 

 chap. 282.] As soon as practicable after the adjournment of the legislature in each 

 year, the forest, fish and game commissioner shall make a compilation of the forest, 

 fish and game law, as amended at the date of such compilation, and properly index 

 the same. Twenty-five thousand copies of said compilation shall be printed in pam- 

 phlet form of pocket size, under the direction of the clerks of the senate and assem- 

 bly, and said clerks shall distribute them as follows: One hundred copies to each 

 senator, fifty copies to each assemblyman, and the balance to the forest, fish and 

 game commissioner for distribution. 



Article IX. 



Game protectors: [Sec] 170. [Asamended by Laws of 1907, chap. 519.] The com- 

 mission shall appoint 75 game protectors. One shall reside in each of the counties of 

 Essex, Clinton, Franklin, Saint Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Herkimer, Hamilton, 

 Warren, and Washington and the next eight protectors shall be appointed from said 

 counties. The protectors and assistant protectors shall hold office during the pleasure 

 of the commissioner and the commissioner shall from time to time designate from 

 the protectors a chief game protector and a first, second and third assistant game 

 protector, two oyster protectors, an assistant oyster protector and a protector for 

 the Saint Lawrence River. The commissioner shall also appoint some proper person 

 to be a special assistant oyster protector who shall reside in the borough of Man- 

 hattan, City of New York and shall have the same powers, duties and functions as 

 the assistant oyster protector hereinbefore provided for. The chief game protector 

 shall have general supervision and control of all inspectors. 

 Bonds: [Sec] 171. [Bond of Chief Game Protector $1,000; other protectors $500.] 

 Compensation: [Sec] 172. [As amended by Laws of 1906, chap. 206.] The 

 chief game protector shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars a year 

 and his actual and necessary traveling expenses while in the discharge of his official 

 duties, not exceeding one thousand dollars a year. Any chief game protector who 

 has served as such for upward of five years may by order of the commissioner receive 

 a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars. The first assistant chief protector 

 shall receive one thousand four hundred dollars a year and during such time as he 

 shall be required by the commissioner to reside constantly in Albany he shall receive 

 an additional salary at the rate of fifty dollars per month together with his necessary 

 traveling and incidental expenses while absent from the city of Albany in the dis- 

 charge of his official duties. The second and third assistant chief protectors shall 

 each receive twelve hundred dollars a year and their necessary traveling and inci- 



