250 GAME COMMISSIONS AND WARDENS. 



dogs or guns forfeited, and pay the proceeds of the sale to the county treasurer, to 

 be placed in the game fund, and the possession of the officer so seizing the same, and 

 that of any one who shall thereafter purchase the same, shall be deemed lawful. 



Resisting officer: [Sec] 3074. Whoever shall resist or obstruct any officer by 

 force, threat, or otherwise in the discharge of his duties under this article shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor 

 more than' fifty dollars for such offense. 



Limitation: [Sec] 3075. All prosecutions under this article shall be commenced 

 within one year from the time the offense was committed. 



Jurisdiction; Prosecutions; Costs; Imprisonment: [Sec] 3076. All justices of 

 the peace and police justices within their jurisdiction shall have concurrent jurisdic- 

 tion with the circuit court to try and determine all offenses arising under the pro- 

 visions of this article and of all the laws of this state for the protection of game. All 

 prosecutions shall be in the name of the state and shall be instituted and prosecuted 

 in accordance with the provisions of the law for criminal procedure in the courts 

 where the prosecution is had. In all convictions the costs of the prosecution shall be 

 taxed against the defendants as in other criminal cases and the court shall order as a 

 part of the judgment that the defendant shall stand committed to jail until the fine 

 and costs shall be paid. Provided, the term of imprisonment shall not exceed thirty 

 days in any one case. 



Political Code, Art. 24, p. 558. 



[Big game.] 



County warden; Salary: [Sec] 3077. [As amended by Laws of 1905, chap. 116.] 

 On petition therefor, signed by not less than ten citizens of any county of the state 

 where large game exists, the governor may in his discretion appoint a suitable person 

 as game warden for such county, whose jurisdiction shall extend to any county in 

 the state, who shall hold such position until a successor is appointed by law. The 

 appointment of a successor shall operate as a termination of the term of office of any 

 one previously appointed warden. Such game warden shall receive a salary of 

 seventy-five ($75) dollars per month, which shall be paid from the game fund of the 

 county. But in no case shall such salary be a charge upon or obligation of the county 

 or state. 



Bond: [Sec] 3078. [Requires warden to give $500 bond and take oath of office.] 



Powers; Duties; Information; Arrest; Seizure: [Sec] 3079. [As amended by 

 Laws of 1905, chap. 116.] The game warden shall at all times personally supervise 

 the protection and preservation of the large game hereinafter mentioned [buffalo, 

 elk, deer, mountain sheep] , within the state, and shall make information before a 

 justice of the peace or other proper officer against offending person, persons or cor- 

 poration, of any violation of the provisions of this article, of which he has, or may 

 receive creditable [sic] knowledge. He shall be an executive officer, and is hereby 

 authorized and it is made his duty to arrest, without a warrant, any person or per- 

 sons, found violating any of the provisions of this article, when detected in the act of 

 such violation. When any arrest is made for the violation of any of the provisions 

 of this article, it is the duty of the officer making such arrest to receive and take into 

 his custody any carcass or parts of a carcass of any game in this article mentioned, 

 found in the possession of such person or corporation at the time of such arrest, and 

 at the same time to seize and take into his custody any gun or guns found in the pos- 

 session of such person or corporation. The game warden shall at all times when 

 possible, during the months of September, October, November and December, take 

 the field in person in the performance of his duties. 



Liability: [Sec] 3080. Whenever the attention of any game warden is called to 

 a violation of any of the provisions of this article within his county, or whenever 



