The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13
MORE WORK
 !. FOR CONSTABLES
Are Asked to See That the
 Game Laws Are Kept
ISSUES GENERAL CALL
Wonderful Increase in Game and Fish Since Enactment of Laws and Hunters Have Scant Chance
 of Escaping Uncaught

Monteomerv, November 12.--(SpeclaD.-
 Determined to call into action the ser vices of those who under the law are declared deputy game and fish wardeh5' l.State Game and Fish Commissioner Jonn H. Wallace Jr.. has addressed com nunication to all the constables in Ala bama, whose names he had been able 10 lgob.ain directing their attention to thoir
 duties under the law, and asking Tor tneir cordial cooperation In securing a. strict enforcement of the statutes for the Nre-
 servaton of birds, game and fish. There has been a wonderful increase in game and fish since the enactment Of the game and fish laws, and MT. Wal lace is determined not only to hold the ground which has already been gained but to press the work of conservation still further. A hunter who violates the game laws will stand scant chance of es- caping uncaught
 The address of MT. Wallace to the con- stables of the state of Alabama is as fol-
 lows
 Holding as you do the office of con- stable you are declared under section 673 of the code of Alabama to be an eX- officio deputy game and fish wardens; therefore l have the honor to invite your cordial and active cooperation to the end that every provision of our statutes for the protection and preservation of birds. game and fish may be strictly en- fcrced.
 "The economic value of the wild lire of the state constitutes a vast asset to the people of Alabama; the laws for its preservation are not for the purpose of depriving sportsmen from enjoying re-
 creation afield, but were enacted to re- strain the reckless hands of the vandals. the pot hunters and the game hogs, so that not only the members of the pres ent generation might enjoy healthful out- ings and an elegant article of food. but that there may be transmitted to pos terity a sufficient number of game birds and animals so that they might revel in the sport enjoyed by primeval Nimrods.
 You can be of great service to the
 people of Alabama, and likewise be a
 strong arm to this department, by care
 fully studying the game and fish laws so
 as to be sufficiently versed therein that
 you may detect at a moments notice
 when an offense under these statutes has
 been committed When so convinced you
 should immediately swear out a warran,
 before a justice of the peace and vigor-
 OuSly prosecute the acCuSeu
 You should challenge all those found
 hunting and require all hunters, who
 under the law, should have a hunters H.
 cense to exhibit such license to you for
 inspection Gall hunters licenses expire December 31); likewise the written per- mission to hunt on lands of others if the hunter is doing this.
 | ''See to 1t that no game is sold nor ship | ped; that the bag limit is not violated; l that no game is shot out of season; that | no trap, baited fields or other devices be used to take game: that no game nor birds be in the possession of persons out of season: that no doe (female deer), CT wild turkey hen is killed; that no sons
 or insectvorous bird is captured or kill ed at any time.
 By repairing to your railroad station and meeting the incoming and outgoing trains, you can frequently apprehend hunters who have been hunting without
 licenses, and who likewise have violated
 the bag limit
 You will confer a great favor upon
 the department of game and fish by ex-
 erting every reasonable energy you pos
 sess toward securing strict enforcement
 of the game and fish laws of Alabama"