The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-12

Tn preparation for the active enforce ment of Alabamas new game law, Game and Fish Commissioner John H. Wal lace, Jr. is actively at work in the nam ing of wardens for the various counties, and in replying to the innumerable re- quests for information on the new law.
 In many of the counties there are aot- i've contests on, and the settlement Of these contests occasion considerable thought and investigation. Commission CT Wallace yesterday afternoon made public the longest list of appointments of game wardens yet announced. Un- der the law, theappointments of county wardens are made with the consent and approval of the Governor.
 In discussing the new game law, MT. Wallace said: t.94
 Tt Is source of pride and pleasure to the people of Alabama who have for years labored for a uniform State game and fish law, to recognize that we have upon our statute books law that stands, at the very forefront among the statutes of its kind.
 |" The inspiration for the passage of this law was, that the people realized that many of our most valuable spe- cies of game birds and animals were nearing the point of extinction; song and insectivorous birds were being slaughtered by vandals just for sport. regardless of their great economic value to the farmer and agriculturist. "The pot hunter in Alabama was In his glory, for he killed birds for the market and shipped them out of the State by the thousands. The negro pa trolled the fields from September until l April. eager to destroy every thing that wore fur or feather.
 The new game law has effectually | put this class of people out of business and hunting Is now regulated under the | administration of the Department of | Game and Fish.
 Every one who hunts outside of the | limits of the voting precinct in which | he resides, or hunts on lands other than | he owns or rents, must pay $1 per year | to hunt in the county he lives in, and l ss per year to hunt outside his county. while non-residents must pay $15 per ! year to hunt in Alabama Under the law. the trapping, netting, | shipping and sale of all game Is prohib- ited. This will save for the people of ! the State not less than 500,000 quails per year.
 Must Enforce the Law. '"The farmer who owns the land over which hunting is done is accorded | special consideration, for under Sec- | ton A of the act, no one can hunt on l the lands of another without first pro- | curing written permission to do so. It | is hard to conceive how any sportsman would care to shoot game on the lands of the husbandmah without having hfs consent This will shut out, in connec- tion with the license feature, not less than 1000 negroes every hunting day
 "If it Is right to enact law for the protection of game, 1t Is therefore proper to enforce the law, and have gone slow in /the matter of the ap- I krv axs6n the real success of the law depends l upon the quality of service the various County wardens render. To them is committed the actual enforcement of the law, and I have endeavored to se- lect only those skilled In matters re- lating to game and fish and who are loyal friends to the cause of game and fsh preservation.
 Under the law, every sheriff, depu' ty sheriff and constable is an ex-of- icio deputy game warden. With these acting in concert with the County wardens, a most efficient constabulary Is had for the enforcement of gam' and fish laws to the very letter.
 All judges organizing grand juriei tn this State are required to give thu provisions of the game law strictly il l their charge, and to urge diligant in quiries into infractions thereof. cannot contemplate a better nor mor' learned means of informing the peo pie of the contents of a new law.
 License blanks. copies of the gam law, etc, have already been sent to tn probate judges, and since all licenses | expire on December Slst, our friend who hava- so materially assisted Us il developing the sentiment that resulted in the enactment of our law shoul' procure at once hunters license, an by theiI example animate to others t l live hereafter within the restriction of the law"
 List of New Wardena. Commissioner Wallace has appointe County game and fish wardens as fol lows:
 Barbour, N. B. Coles, Clayton.
 Bibb. C. L. Cleveland. Centerville.
 Cherokee, Ed. R. White, Centre. Choctaw William B. Gilmer. Jr. But f Ter. | Clarke Clarence E Doyle, salitpa. , Coffee, L. P. Hutchison, Enterprise
 Coosa, 5. A. Thomas, Nixburg. Covington, J. N. Barron, Andalusia Q Dallas, W. H. Craig. Selma. . Fillmore, A. E. Critchberg, Eclectic
 Geneva, c. W. Davis, Hartford. Henry, W. c. H. Vann, Abbeville. .. Jackson. Harry M. Henderson Scottsboro.
 . Lauderdale. Jesse A. Dowdy. Flor ence
 Lee, husseli h. Cole' Opelihas
 Macon. c. l.. Worrell, Tuskegee.
 Madison, Edmond Toney, Triana.
 Marengo Willard Lipscomb. Demopo lis.
 Marshall. J. Grover Putnam. Albert vile
 Mobile, A. Sid CHI, Mobile.
 Monroe, T. W. Russell. Monroeville
 Montgomery, A. Campbell Jones | Montgomery.
 Morgan. V. M. Grubbs, Decatur.
 Pike, Frank Walters, Troy
 Russell, s. R. Boykin, Scale.
 St. Clair. C. B. Alverson, Pell City
 Tallapoosa, W. R. Dawson, Caml H.H
 Walker, John W. Crocker, Jasper
 Wilcox, w. S. CapelI, Camden.
 Hale, P. IT. Waller. Greensboro.
 TalIa 1ega. E. L., Miller, Talladega.