Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-09-03

TEE Escg-d las received = printed
s..atener. f.gm tie North DaEeis
Gxne xnd Fish Protective Asstcia-
t5on. Of Fargo, giving the nc-ntsY q
resident and non-fesiden. hunting
permits lssusd III ls.J.. znc also The
to.1l amount recei;es III the ISSUANCE
~ suct, permits. I'3e statement
.i,oxs thu, this s8m ~, ysar .as
sln s2s.z5 The presen, & .ms az MS
passed 10 ls.g. and tiie 1msg'ss re-
csiYed from permit. uGder islat "A = IS u
foIloas: IN ly13. FL .7s:,5-,J 1914. :ii.
~. 1896, az, 2st -. 1906. si.. ~, ssr
lyt7. 1912. u. Tire TOTAL 4 tiis~
receipts Is ay;,-:i ., No ose caa
reasonably objec. to the cDri>e satiJ'i
~ the game birds and the 'e~ ssfne
quadrupeds remaining in North Ia
kDta. But our present game n"
fails to serve tile purpose. In t'i.-
Older and more populous cognfss< -
the state there III enough ir.cyne ~ n
hunting licenses ~ make II sinething
Of an object for the county watcsta-
tu give part ~ their attenti9n 10
seeking for violations ~ the law. But
In the less populou, counties AMI n
these 4 large prcpotlo II the game
Is found there iai.'f enough II p;,et
taken IN tor permit, to enable ttle
Wardens to lose much ifDe after ~
tenders. In Einmons county. for in
Stance. last year, the Statement shows
that the total receipts from permits
was $l3s.JO OF the total receipts. ~
per cent goes u the state: 30 per cent
tn the district warden, the state being
divided into two districts: ~ per cent
~ the county wardens, and 10 per e nj
10 the county auditor, IN doing
little extra work that the general
salary OF his Office ought 10 cover. The
legal allowance 10 the two game var
dens Of this county last year was
go AZ 1890 each. Oi course. no one
expects the county wardcps To drive
about the county, furnishing Their
Own rigs, seeking breakers u the game
law. They simply can't be expected
to do " for the price. Now, In Ramsey
county, for instance, the total income
from licenses last year was sl,3s9.5O.
Forty per cent ~ this IL S5,5555.sO
enough TO Justify the two county
wardcns In going to some expense In
enforcing the law. In the meantime
the district wardens last year received
S4,02s.47, which, divided between the
two district wardcns, would give 81,
4Gl.23 and fraction. But the fees
arc not equally divided, as each dist riot
warden gets the commission on fees
from the counties In his district. The
southern district, In which Emmons
county Is situated, last year received
but $6,ll7.OO, while the northern dis
trtct fees amounted to siO,3ll.25. IL
Is u well known fact that the district
Kamcwardcnships are political plums,
pure and simple. Whatever work is
done Is done by the county wardcns,
and In most u the counties Of the
state the counties where there Is the
mort game W protect there Is prac-
tically NJ income for the men who are
expected 10 enforce the law. The next
session ~ the legislature ough, 10 |
femedy this matter by abolishinY the |
district game warden sinccufes. max
ing ttie County ~asde,s responsible 10
some state officer, with their reports
uade W tiim direct and giving p,ac-
l'ctily 81 ~ ths fees from hunting
iicstlsss 10 ahs men WHO d. the work. /