, 1899-02-27
SESSION LAWS, 1899.
CHAPT ER 10.
House Bill No. "a.
GAME AND FISH.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the stute of Wyoming:
Section. 1. The Governor shall appoint a suitable per
son to serve as State Game Warden, whose duty it shall be
to protect the game and fish o. this State, and to enforce the
laws relating thereto. The State Game Warden shall hold
ms Office for four years and until his successor is appointed
III quallhed. Before entering upon the duties of his office,
the State Game Warden shall execute a bond to the State of
wyoming in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, condi
toned for the faithful performance of his duties, and his
bond shall be approved by the Governor. The Governor
shall have power at any time to remove the State Game
Warden for misconduct, or neglect of his duties. upon writ.
ten charges duly preferred; but the said State Game War
den shall be heard in his own defense. He is hereby author
lied to arrest without warrant, any person or persons found
violating any of the provisions of the game and fish laws,
when detected in the act, or found with game or fish in their
possession, at the time of arrest.
The State Game Warden shall be an active executive
officer, and shall at all times when possible, take the field
in person, in the performance of his duties. During the
open season for the hunting and killing the large game of
this State, he shall personally supervise the protection of
the said large game, and the detection and punishment of
Vlolators of the game and fish laws.
Sec. =. The State Game Warden shall have power to
appoint such assistants as are necessary. in the various
counties of this State to properly enforce the laws; and he
is hereby authorized and directed to appoint one or more as
sistants, as the emergency may demand in any county of this
State, whenever he shall receive from such County, a peti-
ton, signed by fifty or more resident tax payers, asking for
the appointment of such Assistant Game Warden. Such
Assistant Game Nardens shall execute a bond to the State
of Wyoming, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, con
ditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, and
they shall have the same power to make arrests as the State
Game Warden. Their commissions may be revoked at any
time, for good and sufficient cause, by the State Game
Warden.
Provided, that persons employed in this state by the
Federal Government for the protection of the various forest
reserves, and known as Forest Rangers may be employed
as Assistant State Game Wardens without petition, and at
the pleasure of the State Game Warden. and such Forest
Rangers shall not be required to give a bond to the
State, when serving as Assistant Game Wardens, and
it is hereby declared by the Legislature of the State
of Wyoming that the Offices of Forest Rangers under
the Department of the Interior of the United States
shall not be Incompatible with the Office of Assistant
State Game Warden within the meaning of Section
10 of Article VI of the Constitution of the State of
Wyoming and provided, that such Forest Rangers shall not
receive more than one dollar per day from the State Game
Fund when serving as Assistant State Game Warden.
The State Game Warden shall file with the Governor a
list of all Assistant Game Wardens appointed by him.
Sec. 3. Any officer authorized to enforce the fish and
game laws of this State, with or without process shall
arrest any vioIator of any of the provisions of this Act, and
such officer shall with diligence cause such person to be
taken before the proper court for trial or examination, which
trial shall be had upon complaint or information as now pro-
vided by law.
Sec. 4. The Justice of the Peace shall in all cases of
part OF the Judgment of the court that the offender shall be
committed to Jail, there to remain, until said fine and the
costs are fully paid or otherwise legally discharged.
Sec. 5. Any Game Warden, Sheriff, Constable or other
officer of the law may at any time seize and take into his Gus
tOdy any game or fish or any carcass thereof, or any portion
of the same which he may find at any time in the possession
of any person or corporation during the period when the cap
ture of such game or fish is not permitted by the laws of this
state; provided, That this Section shall not apply to any
stuffed carcass, or stuffed head, or skins of animals which
were taken or captured during the season allowed therefor.
Sec. 6. The wanton destruction or the wasting of the
game and fish of this State, during any period of time when
the taking or capture of such game or fish is permitted is
hereby prohibited and declared a msdemeanor; and any
and all persons who shall at any time, TAKE, KILL, A
TURE OR DESTROY ANY GAME OR FISH IN EXCESS
OF THE NUMBER as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdeneanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more
than one hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution, to.
which may be added a sentence of not more than thirty
days in the County Jail.
Sec. Z. No person shall catch or take, or have in his pos
session, from any lake, river, or stream of this State, by any
means whatever. any Speckled Trout, Land Lock Salmon,
Grayling or California Trout, during the months of Novem-
Der, December, January, February, March, and April, or
either of said months in any year, and the possession or sell
ing, or offering for sale of Trout or other food fish during the
months above mentioned shall be prima facie evidence of
the violation of the provisions of this Section, and the per
son or persons so found shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars
and cost of prosecution, or shall be imprisoned for a period
of not more than three months, or by both such fine and i'm
%prisonment.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be unlawful to kill or destroy, or have in
possession for any purpose at any time, any Trout or Black
Bass less than six inches in length taken from any of the
waters of this State, and the possession shall be prima facie
evidence of the violation of the provision of this Section,
and any person violating the provision of this Section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor
more than twenty-five dollars and cost of prosecution, or
shall be imprisoned for a period of not more than thirty
days, or by both such fine and Imprisonment.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be unlawful for the owner of any saw
mill, reduction works, smelters, refining or concentration
works, or any of the employees thereof, or any other person
permit to pass into any natural stream or any lake wherein
are living fish, any saw dust, chemicals, or other substance
that will or may tend to the destruction or driving away
from such waters. any fish. or kill any fish by the use of any