St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-19

the credit of said Board of
Commissioners for the Protec-
lection of Birds, Game and
Fish"
Section 5. Be it further en-
acted, etc., The said Board shall
have full power to fix the
amount of salaries of the chief
warden and other wardens and
of all it's clerks and employees;
provided that none of the game
and fish wardens shall be paid
an annual salary in excess of
eight hundred dollars, and shall
have power TO require any or all
of its employees to give bond
with solvent security for such
amounts as it may deem fit.
Section 6. Be it further enact
ed, etc., All salaries and other
expenses of said Board are to be
paid by the State Treasurer on
warrants issued by said Board of
Commissioners, from a fund kept
by him of moneys received from
the sale of State Hunting Lii
censes, fines for violations of the
bird, game and fish laws, from
the forfeiture of bonds, as pro-
vided in Section a" of this Act,
and from moneys which may be
appropriated by the General AS
sembly or the Police Juries of
any of the parishes of the State.
If the Police Jury of a parish ap-
propriates money for the pro-
lection Of game or fish, the same
shall be used exclusively in such
parish and be paid out by the
proper parish official on war
rants issued by the Board of
Commissioners for the protec-
ton of Birds, Game and Fish.
Section 7. Bel further enact
ed, etc., Said warden shall have
power to search and examine
any cold storage, warehouse,
boat, store, car, conveyance, We
hicle, game bag, game coat, fish
basket, or other receptacle, for
birds, game and fish, when they
have good cause to believe that
any laws for the protection of
birds, game and fish have been
violated; and the said Wardens
shall at any and all times, have
the right to seize and take pos
session of any and all birds OK
animals or fish or parts thereof,
which have been caught, taken
or killed at any time, in any
manner, for any purpose, or had
| in possession or under control,
or have been shipped contrary
to the laws of the State. All
birds, game or fish seized by the
wardens shall be disposed of by
gift to the nearest hospital,
charitable institution, or in de.
fault thereof, to be distributed
to the destitute sick.
Section s. Be it further en-.
acted, etc., It shall be the duty
of said game and fish wardens
to see that every person hunting
in this State has in his posses
sion an official hunting license,
except in the case of a resident
hunting on his own land.
Section 9. Be it further enact
ed, etc., The Auditor of the
State of Louisiana shall, during
the month of June of each year,
issue to the tax collector of each
of the parishes Of the State a
book or books, containing a regu-
larly numbered series of official
hunting licenses, which licenses
are to be issued by the said tax
collector to all persons applying
for same, at the rate of 81 for
all residents and $25 for all non
residents and unnaturalized for
eign born residents, who may
desire to hunt. On demand, the
tax collectors shall return to the
Auditor of the State Of Louisl-
ana all unused licenses, with q
full statement of all licenses is
sued, together with cash remit:
lance, in full settlement for al
licenses that have been issued,
less 5 per cent of the sum col.
lected, which amount is to be
; deducted in full payment fol
their services in issuing said Il.
; censes, and at the same time
} said tax collectors must forward
, to the State Treasurer and te
said Board of Commissioners fol-
: the Protection of Birds, Game
= and Fish" duplicate copies Of
} said statement.
l Section 10. Be it further en-
: acted, etc., In order to carry ou1
the purposes of this Act, the
Commissioners shall receive tray
cling expenses while attending
I to all matters connected witt
i said Commission and in further
e ance of the objects for which
d said Board has been created, ane
e shall have power to incur tht
t expenses of any of it's employees
: engaged in like duties, boil
e within and without the State