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destruction of wild birds and their eggs; to secure the enactment and enforcement 

 of proper and necessary laws for the protection and preservation of birds and game 

 of the state; to provide for the naming of special officers and investing them with 

 necessary power, who shall work under the direction and control of the Audubon 

 Society of North Carolina, looking to the rigid enforcement of the game and bird 

 protective laws of the state; to distribute literature bearing on these topics among 

 the members of the society and other persons, and to raise and provide funds for 

 defraying the necessary expenses of the society in the accomplishment of the pur- 

 poses herein named. 



Treasurer; "Wardens: [Sec] 1867. The Governor, upon the recommendation of 

 the Audubon Society of North Carolina, shall, from time to time appoint bird and 

 game wardens, and the treasurer of the society, whose terms of office, unless other- 

 wise provided for, shall be during good behavior or until their successors are 

 appointed. The governor shall issue to the treasurer of the Audubon Society, and 

 to each person appointed as warden, a commission, and shall transmit such commis- 

 sion to the clerk's office of the superior court for the county from which the pros- 

 pective treasurer or bird and game warden is appointed; and no tax or fee shall be 

 charged or collected for said commission. Any of the said wardens may be removed 

 by the governor upon proof satisfactory to him that they are not fit persons for said 

 position. The compensation of said wardens shall be fixed and paid by the said 

 society. 



Oath; Bond; Badge: [Sec] 1868. Every person appointed as warden shall, before 

 entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe before the clerks of the 

 superior courts of the county in which he resides an oath to perforin the duties of 

 said office, together with the other oaths prescribed for police officers, and execute 

 a bond in the sum of one hundred dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties, and 

 the said oath and bond shall be recorded by the clerk in his office, and the wardens 

 so qualified shall possess and exercise all the powers and authority held and exercised 

 by the constable at common law and under statutes of this state. The clerk shall 

 not charge more than fifty cents for taking and recording said oath. The bird and 

 game wardens, when acting in their official capacity, shall wear in plain view a 

 metallic shield with the words "Bird and Game Warden" inscribed thereon. 



Search; Prosecution; Enforcement: [Sec] 1869. Duly appointed and qualified 

 game and bird wardens shall, upon making an affidavit before a justice of the peace or 

 any court of the state that there exists reasonable grounds to believe that any game or 

 birds are in the possession of any common carrier in violation of the law, be entitled 

 to a search warrant and to open, enter and examine all cars, warehouses and recep- 

 tacles of common carriers in the state, where they have reason to believe any game 

 or birds that have been taken or are held in violation of the law are to be found, 

 and to seize such game or birds. It shall be the duty of said game and bird wardens 

 to prosecute all persons or corporations having in their possession any bird or game 

 contrary to the bird and game laws of this state. It shall be their duty to see that 

 the bird and game laws are enforced and to obtain information as to all violation of 

 said bird and game laws: Provided, that in Currituck county it shall be the duty of 

 said wardens to also see to the enforcement of all laws relating to fishing in said 

 county. 



Contraband game; Disposition: [Sec] 1870. Any bird or animal caught, taken, 

 .killed, shipped, or received for shipment, had in possession or under control by any 

 person or corporation contrary to the provisions of law, which may come into the 

 possession of the bird and game warden, shall be sold at auction, and the bird and 

 game warden disposing of the same shall issue a certificate to the purchaser certify- 

 ing that the said birds or animals were legally obtained and possessed, and any one 

 so acquiring said birds or animals can have the right to use them as if the same had 

 been sold, killed or possessed in accordance with the law. The money received 



