River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

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4065k of the statutes are amended to read
Section 149S. 1. The governor shall APP
with the advice and consent of the senate.
who shall hold his office for the term OF
two years from the date of his appoint
ment and until his successor is :
= removed by the governor for
misconduct, inefficiency, or neglect OF
duty; and any vacancy occurring during
said term shall be filled by the governor
for the residue of the term. 1t shall be
the duty Of said warden to secure the en-
forcement of the law for the preservation
or fish and game and to bring or cause to
be brought actions and proceedings In the
name of the state to recover any and all
fines and penalties provided for. he shall
also perform the same duties as are In
section 1850, as amended by chapter 1853,
laws OF 1899, prescribed for fire wardens,
and shall further report to the land COM
missioners any Information relating to the
state lands as shall from time to time be
required and concerning any trespasses
thereon which may come to his knowledge.
2. Such warden shall devote all his time
to the duties of his office and shall receive
a salary of two thousand dollars
per year and his actual expenses and dis
bursements to be paid upon vouchers there
for approved by the governor to be paid
out of the fund known as the hunting IL
cense fund.
8. Before entering upon his duties, the
state fish and game warden shall execute
bond to the state Of Wisconsin In the
penal sum of five thousand dollars for the
faithful performance of his duties, and his
bond shall be approved by the governor !;
and each deputy warden snail give bond In
the sum Of two hundred and fifty dollars
conditioned for the faithful performance OF
his duties, and his bond shall be approved
by the state fish and game warden. The
cost of said bond If any, to an amount not
exceeding one-fourth Of one per cent OF the
amount Of said bond shall be paid from
the hunting license fund.
Section 149Sa. The state game
warden shall appoint sixty deputy game
wardens; he shall appoint one from each
senatorial district in the state and the
others from the state at large to be dis
tributed in such manner as to promote the
best interests of the service Each such
deputy warden shall be selected from q
service commission, and to that end a sep
arate list of eligibles shall be prepared for
each senatorial district. Such deputies
when appointed shall hold office during
good behavior, and shall In all respects be
subject to the provisions of the civil serv-
Ice law. The state game warden may as
sign work to any deputy warden anywhere
within the boundaries of the state. The
state game warden may, from tin1e to time
as the needs of the service require and
the condition of the fund Will permit, APP
point additional special deputy wardens for
temporary or occasional service from an
eligible list selected from the state st large.
Nothing In this section shall be deemed to
affect the tenure or eligibility of persons
now in the service.
Section 149sb /. whenever the coun-
ty board Of any county shall by resolution
authorize the appointment Of county war
dens, and shall fix the number of the same,
1T shall be the duty Of the county judge,
district attorney, and county clerk, acting
as a board of appointment to select the
persons for such positions and certify their
names to the state fish and game warden,
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will make competent and efficient deputy
wardens, issue commissions as deputy war
dens to such persons so designated. The
compensation of each of said deputy war
fixed by the board appointing the same,
and be paid out of the county treasury the
same as salaries of other county officers.
g All deputy or special
wardens shall make to the state
fish and game warden full ana complete re-
ports of their transactions as such, accord
Ing to the demand of the state fish and
held subject to his IS direction and
control in the performance Of their duties.
They shall also gather and transmit to the
state fish and game warden any and all
statistical information relative to fish and
game as said fish and game warden shall
from time to time call for. They shall
also promptly make reports concerning for.
est fires and any treSpaSSeS upon the pubic
lands that may come to their knowledge
The state fish and game warden shall make
a printed report of work done annually.
lf' Section 1880. /. The warden and his
execute and serve all warrants and pro-
cesses issued by any justice Of the peace or
police magistrates or by any court having
jurisdiction under any law relating to t1sh
and game, In the same manner as any con-
stable may serve and execute such process,
and arrest without warrant any person by
him detected In actually violating any OF
the provisions of the law relating to fish
and game, and may take such person so
offending before any court and make proper
complaint.
2. 1t shall further be the duty Of such
warden and his deputies upon receiving In
formation that any law relative to fish and
game has been violated, to Immediately
cause a thorough investigation to be made
and proceedings to be instituted II the proof
at hand warrants. Such warden and his
deputies may seize and forthwith destroy
any and all apparatus designated by any
law relating to FISH and game to be a pub
lie nuisance
8, It shall be their duty to seize and
confscate in the name Of the state any
Bsh or game caught, killed, or taken in vio-
iation of any law or had In possession
contrary thereto. to sell the same at
highest market price, and pay the proceeds
to the state treasurer less the expenses or
such seizure and sale.
A. 1t shall also be their duty to seize
and hold subject to the order of the court
all apparatus, appliances, or devices which
either Of them shall have reason to beieye
Is being used In VIOLATION OF rno
fish and game law, and which is not desig.
mated BY law as public nuisance; and II
it be proven that the same Is or has been.
within SIX months previous to such seizure,
used In violation of law, the court before
which the said apparatus, appliance. or de-
Vice is taken may order the destruction
or sale of the same to the highest bidder,
after having declared It confiscated to the
state. If sold to the highest bidder the
warden or deputy selling 1t shall remit to
the state treasurer the amount received
therefor, less the expense of seizure and
sale. When under pay OF the state all
wardens shall devote their time exclusive
Iy to the performance of the duties OF their
Office.
wardens appointed -" as provided
in section 149Sa, shall each receive per
diem to be fixed by the state warden, by
and with the approval Of the governor,
which per diem shall include pay for such
days as each such deputy shall be. under
the direct order Of the state warden TO
perform services in the enforcement or the
fish and game laws, and upon certincate OF
said warden that such services have been
actually rendered at his instance and under
his direction. In addition to the per diem
provided for such deputies snail receive
their actual necessary expenses incurred
while working under the direction OF the
state warden, which expenses shall be paid
upon vouchers therefor approved Dy the
governor and countersigned by said state
Ash and game warden.
Section 1891 On or before the thirty
first day of December in each year the
state Ash and game warden shall report TO
the governor the transactions OF his depart
ment, including the work. OF himself and
DEPUTIES, and such other information as
NAV be valuable to the state concerning
fhe enforcement Of the fish and game laws
during the year preceding, which report
shall contain an itemized statement Of re-
cefpts and disbursements.
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