Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21

456oa.-4. 456Oa-6, 456oa-7, 4560a-
1. subsecticns and b of section 4360a-,oo'
456oa-16, 456oa-17, 456oa-2o. 4oSoa1 .
/ 90, 456Oaz-3S, 4560d, 4560d-1, 4560g-2;
| 4562d, 1929, 4562f, 4563b-1, 450oe, aso
| 4565k of the statutes are amended TO reao :
| Section 1893. /. The governor SHAH ap,
| point a state fish and game warden by anu
! with the advice and consent of the senate:
| who shall hold his Office for the term OF
ment and until his successor is
appointed and qualified unless
| removed by the governor governor io OF
nnd anR vacancy occurring during
| said term shall be filled by the governor
! for the residue OF the term 1t shall De
! the duty of said warden to secure the en-
| forcement of the law for the preservation
! of fish and game and to bring or cause TO
| be. brought actions and proceedings IN the
name of the state to recover any anu al
| fines and penalties provided for. he snail
| also perform the same duties as are IN
! section 1885, as amended by chapter 800
| laws of 1899, prescribed for fire, waroens'
| 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 tnere-
| for approved by the governor to be paid
out of the fund known as the hunting IL
| cense fund
g. Before entering upon his duties, the
| state fish and game warden shall execute
a bond to the state of Wisconsin In the
penal sum of five thousand dollars TOT tne
faithful performance of his duties, ana ms
bond shall be approved by the governor {;
and each deputy warden snail give bono 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.
warden shall appoint sixty deputy game
wardens; he. shall appoint one from eaeh
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
list of eligibles furnished by the state civil
service commission and to that end sep
arate list of efigibles 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. Inc
state game warden may. from time to time
as the needs of the service require ana
the condition of the fund will permit, ap-
point additional special deputy wardeDs for
Temporary or casional service from
eligible list selected from the state ar large
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to
affect the tenure or eligibility of persons
now in the service.
Section 149sb. 1. 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 ing
persons for such positions and certify their
names to the state fish and game warden,
who shall, if in his Judgment such persons
will make competent and efficient deputy
wardens issue commissions as deputy war
dens to such persons designated. The
compensa ton of each of said deputy war
dens so appointed for such county shall be
fixed by the board appointing the same,
and be paid out of the county treasury the
same as salaries of other county officers
2. All deputy or special
wardens shall make = to the state
fish and game warden full and complete re-
ports of their transactions as such, accord
Ing to the demand of the state fish and
held subject to his 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 ard
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 DHbllc
lands that may come to their knowledge
The state fish and game warden shall make
a printed report of work done annually.
Section 1896. 1. The warden and his
deputies shall each have full authority to
execute and serve all warrants and pro-
eesses issued by any justice of the peace or
police magistrates or by any court having
Jurisdiction under any law relating to fish
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 f1sh
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
and proceedings to be instituted If the proof
at hand warrants. Such warden and his
deputies, may seize and forthwith destroy
law relating to fish and game to be pub
lie nuisance.
g. It shall be their duty to seize and
fish or game caught, killed. or taken in vfo-
lation Of any law or had in possession
contrary thereto to sell the. same at
highest market price, and pay the proceeds
such seizure and sale.
f. 1t shall also be their duty to seize
all apparatus, appliances, or devices which
either of them shall have reason to believe
is being used in violation of the
fish and game law, and which is not desig
mated by law as a public nuisance; and If
1t 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 1t confscated to the
state. If sold to the highest bidder the
warden or deputy selling It shall remit to
the state treasurer the amount received
therefor, less the expense Of seizure and
sale. When under pay of the state all
ly to the performance Of the duties Of their
Office.
Section 149sd The deputy
wardens appointed as provided
In section 1498a, shall each receive a 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 of the
fish and game laws. and upon certificate 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 shall receive
their actual necessary expenses incurred
while working under the direction of the
state warden, which expenses shall be paid
upon vouchers therefor approved by the
governor and countersigned by said state
fish and game warden.
Section 1881. On or before the thirty
first day Of December In each year the
state fish 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
may be valuable to the state concerning
the enforcement Of the fish and game laws
during the year preceding which report
snail contain an itemized statement Of re-
CENTS and disbursements.
Section 149Sb-1. 1. All dep
uty fish and game wardens shall before