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Officer of another State; Laws: Sec. 24. Any officer of any other state who is 

 by the laws of said state authorized or directed to enforce the fish and game laws of 

 said state is hereby designated and declared an agent of said state within this state. 

 And it shall be lawful for said officer to follow any fish or game unlawfully shipped 

 or taken from his state into this state and seize the same, and convey the same back 

 to his own state, and so far as concerns said fish or game so shipped or brought from 

 said state into this state, the laws of the state from which the same was brought into 

 this state shall be declared to be and are hereby constituted the laws of this state 

 concern [ing] such fish or game. And transportation companies are hereby author- 

 ized to deliver to such officer of another state, upon submission of proper proof of 

 his official capacity, any fish or game so demanded or seized by him, and he, the 

 said officer, is hereby authorized to take with him such fish or game to his own state. 

 Or the said agent may dispose of said fish or game within this state, in accordance 

 with the laws of the state from which the same was shipped, such disposition to be 

 made under the supervision of an officer of this state authorized and directed to 

 enforce fish and game laws, and the expenses of such officer for his assistance shall 

 be made a lien upon such fish or game, or the proceeds thereof. 



Cold storage warehouse : Sec 25. [Prohibits possession of game out of season] 

 and it is hereby made the duty of any owner or occupant of any cold-storage ware- 

 house or building used for the storage or retention of fish or game to permit the entry 

 and examination of the premises by any officer authorized to enforce fish and game 

 laws. And the said owner, occupant, or agent, or servant, or employe thereof, shall 

 deliver to said officer or* agent any fish or game in his possession during the close 

 season therefor, whether the same shall have been taken within or without this 

 state, and whether the same shall have been taken lawfully or unlawfully. Any 

 person who shall have in his possession or under his control any fish or game pro- 

 tected by the laws of this state, or who shall refuse to permit any officer charged 

 Avith the enforcement of fish and game laws, entry into any cold-storage warehouse, 

 and possession of any fish or game therein contained, during the close season for 

 such fish or game, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more 

 than one hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less 

 than sixty days nor more than four months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Officers of other States: Sec. 27. The state game warden of every other state, and 

 his deputies and all other officers charged with the enforcement of fish and game 

 laws are hereby designated the agents of this state for the taking possession of, seiz- 

 ing, holding and disposing of any fish and game protected by the laws of this state. 



Seizure of game illegally transported: Sec. 28. It shall be unlawful and is 

 prohibited for any person, firm or corporation or common carrier to ship into, or 

 through this state from any other state any fish or game prohibited by the laws of 

 said state to be shipped or transported and it shall be the duty of the state fish and 

 game warden of this state or his deputy, to seize, hold, and dispose of, according to 

 the laws of this state, any fish or game brought into or shipped into this state, or 

 carried through, or attempted to be carried through this state, prohibited to be so 

 shipped or transported by the laws of any other state, and further to dispose of the 

 same according to the laws of this state. * * * 



License fund: Sec 29. All such [hunting] license money so received shall be set 

 aside by the state treasurer and shall constitute a fund for the payment of the special 

 deputy game wardens. The liability of the state for per diem salaries and expenses 

 of deputy game wardens appointed under this act or otherwise and for all other 

 services and expenses incurred, for any purpose under or in consequence of this act 

 shall be limited to the license fees paid in pursuance of this act, and in no event 

 shall the state pay any such salaries or expenses or be liable in any manner therefor, 

 except to the extent of such license fees received by it under this act, any contract, 



