, 1896-12-31
&c TALKS O. lal
A DENVER MAN Descua10 ann
AND FISH LAWS yoA
COLORADO.
Believes That . Game Warden With.
out an A~pproprtattnn Il an Entire,
ly Useless OmGa1-HoM C0unty
officials c0lld Act in . Mann~
More Emcient.

onicFdlS SVIlu ACT IN o M40o0Q
More E1icient.
The discussion Of the game aud Nsh
laws is absorbing considerable stten-
ton among sportsmen and others A,
the present time, and even leg:siu,ors
are looking for light upon The bes,
methods to be adopted In order thai
the taxpayers may receive the very
best run for their money" Thereturs
the following article from the columns
of the Denver Republican will be read
with interest at this time:
The various Suggestions that are o.
fered for the reform Of the Colorado
game protective laws have started 4
general discussion of the Questior
among sportsmen and Others interest
ed in game matters. 1t n the general
opinion that the legislature might aboa-
ish the office Of game warden alto
gether. with some benefit and no ose
to the state at large. Speaking of thaa
yesterday, a veteran Denver sports
man, who is thoroughly eonversan,
with his topic, said:
The proposition to continue the
game warden's department in its pres
ent form is entirely unworthy Of con-
s%lderation. Experience for the past
six years ought to satisfy everybody
concerned that any attempt to enforce
the game laws, no matter how good
they may be, without a fund suflcient
to properly support the game warden
and his deputies is almost worse than
useless. The department. as 1t now
stands. ought to be wiped out OF ex-
~istence. for it is little better than q
farce.
The trouble has been that there
never was money enough to pay the
expenses of the deputy gane wardens,
when they went after vtolstors Of the
law, and as the deputies would NOT
spend their salaries their duties were
neglected of necessity.
MIGHT BECOME EXPENSIVE.
Should the Legislature aboaish the
game warden system, and place the en-
fo.'cement OF the game laws In the
hands of sherifs and their deputies,
care should be taken to regulate the
expenses OF these officers A. shsriR'a
mileage is provided for now. u wou4d
be far too excessive II extended 10 the
game laws. The legisiaturs By spe,
cial enactment should provide for
officers compensation In the matter
of game laws. 70 IS to limit tn mile
age to a certain sum in each eqGe.
The law ought to make Il compui-
sorry on sherifs, deputy sherfns and
constables in every county to pursue
and arrest game law ~violators, and con-
fine their bills within a certain msxi-
mum. In my opinion the county CON-
missioners should not have custody q
the game funds collected from the Anss,
as they now have; this moasy ouDAA
all to go into the state troaoury. n
might be feasible for the le9iakAAxes =
appoint some sort of executive hnad
to have general charge Of the snsee no
tective operations, but I do not know
that such an official is necessary, Z the
county officers do their duty 4 tai4
particular.
DIFFICULTY OVER LINES.
1T must be borne in MID, h con
sidering a possible change from IL
game warden system. that sAssaas And
their deputies ere likely to Aeve a.
c~ulties over the county iinss. TO ~
viate this. the law might asaks Srovis-
ion that county officers Ia pftrsait q
game law violators could pass bey0aA
the limits OF their own counties: t4,faat
a county oficer might be styen tur1s-
diction in game law duties Ill over che
state. irrespective of county bonn-
daries.
THE claim that persons wAo Hi
game illegally in one county mloh1
evade prosecution by alleging thAk ~
offense was committed in ON otsuF
county, where the authorities wsre H
inclined to prosecute such misdemsan-
ants, will not hold water Tor an IN
slant. Possession OF game 1lksn c6nr
trary to law constitutes q bgeoehu q
the statute, NO mat1er where sed61141
was killed or the arrest madA.
This business about cAnESne 4