Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-13
NEW y1RGINlA GAME LAW.
All sheriffs, Deputies, Policemen and
Other Peace Officers Designat-
ed Ex-O Ofico Wardens.

Vigorous prosecution Of game Law
violations are expected coinciden'
| with the going into effect on June le
of the new game act passed at the
last session Of the legislature.
BY the terms of the new act al
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals,
constables, policemen, members OF
the commission of fisheries, oyster
police captains and oyster police m
spectors or other peace officers OF
the State shall be eX-officers game
wardens. 1t is further provided by the
act that special wardens shall receive
no stated salary, but when acting
under special instruction shall receive
not more than three dollars per day
for their services and necessary eX-
penses while travelling in the dis
charge of their duties. In regard to
regular game wardens the act says
that they "shall be employed for such
a time and receive such salary as the
game commissioner shall fix upon,
not to exceed fifty dollars per month
in counties and cities containing less
than twenty thousand inhabitants and
not exceeding sixty dollars per month
in counties and cities containing more
than twenty thousand inhabitants"
Regarding the cost of prosecution
the act has the following to say:
"When an arrest or prosecution
for violation of the game and fish
laws by the commissioners, or by any
game warden or other officer is had
or instigated, and the defendant is
convicted, there shall be taxed as
costs in favor of the person making
the arrest or instigating the pro-
secution "a fee of two dollars and
fifty cents. No such fee shall be al
lowed in cases of acquittal. And in
addition any special warden or other
officer or other person shall receive
one-half or fifty percentum Of the ac-
tual cash fines collected from the de-
fendant upon conviction to be paid
by the officer making the collection
at the time of payment in each pro-
secution instigated by said warden,
officer or other person, and in addi-
ton thereupon such warden or other
officer shall be paid for serving war
rants, making arrests, and serving
subpoenas and summons, said fees
to be included in the costs taxed
against the defendants and shall be
paid out of the game fund in the
event of failure to convict or if they
cannot be collected from the defend
ant.
Broad authority is given to the
game commissioners and his depu-
ties by the new act. Under its terms
the commissioners and deputies are
empowered to arrest any person
found in the act of violating any OF
the provisions of the forest, game
and inland fish laws heretofore, now
or hereafter enacted, and to seize,
and to search any refrieator, build
ing, vehicle, car, coach, depot, office,
restaurant, cafe, hotel or O7her place
of whatsoever nature in which the
person making, such arrest, as afore-
said, has reasonable ground to be-
lieve that the person so arrested has
concealed or placed any fish or game
which may furnish evidence OF the
violation of game or inland, fish laws
OF his State and such arrest, seiz-
ure or search may be made without
a warrant, and any animal, bird OF
hsh or part thereof, which has been
killed, taken or captured or had in or
proven to nave been in possession OF
any person in violation 'nf the game
prd fish laws of this State shall be
deemed prima facie evidence that the
person in whose possession the same
is found is guilty of having taken
captured or killed such bird, fish OF
animal" The act further provides
that all persons desiring to hunt must
procure a license on or before July
/, for three dollars, which gives hin
permission to hunt in season for {
wear. Each hunter may, under the
terms of the act, be required to eX
hibit his license, and failure to dc
so may be construed as evidence tha'
he is hunting without license.