4 FISH AND GAME LAWS. 
sioners,” appears in this code or in any of the 
codes of California, or in any of the statutes of 
California, such title or term shall be deemed to be, 
and shall be read, “Fish and Game Commission,” 
or “Fish and Game Commissioner,” or “Fish and 
Game Commissioners,” or “Board of Fish and 
Game Commissioners,” or “State Board of Fish 
and Game Commissioners,” as the case may be, and 
all of the rights, powers and duties now granted to 
or imposed upon the Fish Commissioners shall be 
imposed upon and accrue to the Fish and Game 
Commissioners. [Enacted 1909.^ 
Political Code § 643. The commissioners re- 
ceive no compensation. [Enacted 1872;]' 
DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS. 
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Political Code, § 642. It is the duty of the 
Pish Commissioners : 
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1. To see that the laws for the preservation of 
fish and game are strictly enforced ; and for that 
purpose they may, from time to time, employ such 
assistants as they shall deem necessary, which 
persons so appointed as assistants shall be public 
officers and shall have all the powers and authority 
of sheriffs or other peace oflScers to make arrests for 
violation of such laws, and to serve all processes 
and notices throughout the state. 
The Fish Commissioners or their assistants shall 
seize and take possession of any and all game or 
fish or any part thereof which have been caught, 
taken, killed, or had in possession, or under control^ 
or sold or offered for sale, or shipped or offered for 
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