The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-01
GAN AND FISH
Information otnterest to the Public
and It's Appltion to the Game and
Fish ConnniSn.

Fish ConnniSn.
The Picayun has received the fol-
lowing.
l would appiiate your paper giving
me some infontion in regard to the
game laws of d State of Louisiana.
By what law the Game Commission
vested with til authority to increase,
| decrease or ehae the close seasons for
fishing or huntg
By what law Hhe Game Commission
vested with theluthority to include
game not specific in Act of 1905, under
closed season. instance, say rabbits !?
When does le license for hunting
expire, and isE discretionary for the
Game Commissn to fix the life of these
licenses, or dos the law?
By what laws the Game Commission
vested with th{authority to employ an
attorney, and nat law fixes his salary
and duties? II not the Attorney Gen
eral or districtltterney the attorney Of
the Game Commission in default of a
special authorization to employ an at
torney?
What authory has the Game Com
mission to divst its funds from pur-
poses set down1n the Act?
What salary pes Mr. Miller, Game
Commissioner; Nr. Jacobs, secretary,
and Mr.. Ponde, attorney, draw?
Is not the Cine Commission created
for the purposdof seeing that enacted
laws are carriel out, and not for the
purpose of polfics or to change the
laws to fix conditions as they might ap-
pear to the commission?
In its issue May 81 the Picayune
says:
In reply, the Game Commission as
now constituted was created by Act
278 of the reguhr session of the Legis-
lature of 1908 IL provides for the ap-
pointment by the Governor, with the
consent of the Senate, Of three commis-
sioners, who ars to seceive no salaries
but shall receive travelling expense:
while engaged iii the business for which
the board was created
The said law authorized the board i,
each parish of The State, one or NOR
(nunber not lirHitedl to appoint coz
petent men to Enforce. thes-ss-----..- ~
Measure of the board and to receive an
nual salaries not to exceed $500. 1h'
said wardens are to give bonds each Il
the sum Of $1,000 for the faithful per
foruance of duties and for good be
havior.
The said board and its said warden
are given no authority whatever to max
laws or to change the existing laws a
TO what animals, birds and fish are t
receive protection or as to lengthenifl
or shortening the closed season OF an
creature protected by law.
The licenses issued to hunters must
upon printe dforns sent out by the ota
Auditor to the tax collectors IN eat
parish, and these licenses are issued
1.-THE tax collectors to persons who a
Ioualifed to receive-them upon PAYNE
of the required amounts. The said t;
collectors must account to the Audit
for the money
Each license shall be good for I
| omen season for which it shall be ISSUE
/ In answer to inquiries, rabbits
provided for in Act 65, section 8,
1oo2. the open season beginning \
yember / and ending April I.
4 The law (Act 278 of Ioo8) ereat'
the Game Commission is perhaps M
loosely drawn than any that ever
Through the Louisiana Legislature.
Inrovides for a board of three ga
commissioners, but no chairman, no
: torney and no clerk The only enplo
{ authorized, and. the only salaries nan
Iare the game wardens and their &
nensation. The function Of the G
mission is to execute the laws made
the Legislature.
RI But it should be remembered that
vi is a tsnal and police law, and car
a brought up only in the criminal -ou
z.IIt IS held that there is no Grim
e. Louisiana unless the act IN questio
particularly prohibited. All the pro-
i'd t;ons in the Act are against the pc
i'd as a mass. None are declared ag;
d. 1.-THE board. Its powers are, appare
not limited, and in the absence OF
ID prohibitions it may, do almost anyt
48 within its purview. Either the po
m lof the board should be specified W
definite liitations or the great boo
the citizens against which it ope
should have particular protection
No blame can attach to the
md Commission III tue iiia''ei - e0''ip
entered above. But serious
must be charged TO the Legislator
al lcreating a commission for any pu
inI with unlimited powers.
Xxi The Picayune has answered
has well, but what of the salaries dra'
f. Tn,o1o n,ad Mr.