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THE GAME BREEDER 



George d. Pratt, 



COMMISaWNCR 



ALEXANpER MACDONALO, 

 OCPUTV COMMISSIONER 



A. s. Houghton, 



fiKCMtTMlrv 



Marshall McLCAti, 



DCPUTV ATTORMCV ocncoa*. 



»N REPLYING PLEASE REFER 

 TO nL£- NUMBER 



State or New York 



DIVISION OP FISH AND GAME 



-LLEWELLYN LEGGE t«.«» ■ 

 DIVISION OF LANPSAND FORESTS 



Cf.n .'Pbl Tl 5. SUPEOlkTENOOO' 



DIVISION OF WATERS 



A H. PERKINS, DIVISION CHtmitm 

 DIVISION OF SARATOGA SPRINGS 



J G' JCNES. sunoiHTTMiKHr 

 SAffATOG* SPRIMCS, n.y 



Conservation Commission 



ALBANY April 11, 1917 



Mr, H. A. Bol99, 



Mlllbrook, N, Y. 

 Dsar Sir: 



Your letter under date of April 9th, addressed to 

 Commissioner Gjorge D. Pratt, has been referred to the writer 

 for reply. 



In view of the fact that the proposition made by 

 the Coiamleslon that the judgment taken against you for $J.O0.0O 

 be reduced to §20.00 is not agreeable to you, we desire to 

 inform you at this time that this proposition 13 withdrawn, 

 and that we shall now insist upon the payment of the original 

 Judgment of 5100.00. 



In view of the stand you are taking In this matter, 

 we are herewith returning the |l.OO, which was to cover cost of 

 license under section 159 sub-division 2 of the conservation 

 law, as we oannot issue you this license under the olrcuastanoes. 



JTM/JTU 



very truly yours, 

 George U. PMtt, Commissioner^ 



/y/ Deputy Chief, D.F.G.CJTcT 



H. A. Boies, Millbrook, N. Y., a small farmer with a family of five children, 

 was told by New York game wardens that he was liable for $285 because he had 

 eight ducks and one pheasant in his possession before he applied for a license. 

 The call by the game wardens was made a week after Mr. Boies applied for and 

 paid for the license. 



Mr. Boies was offered his choice of a settlement or a criminal prosecution. 

 The wardens oflfered to take $100. Later the asking price was reduced to $20 

 since it was evident Mr. Boies could not pay the $100 promptly. 



Still later the price went up again to $100, "Since $20 is not agreeable to 

 you," as appears in the above letter. A jury and magistrate at Millbrook decided 

 that $20 was "not agreeable" to them. Mr. Boies, guilty of a technical violation 

 of law, was directed to pay $10 



