Game Commissions and Wardens

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Excerpt from Game Commissions and Wardens: Their Appointment, Powers and DutiesIn 1868 New York followed the example set by the New England States and created a fish commission, and three years later, in 1871, adopted the Maine plan of placing the protection of game in the hands of a special Officer. Boards of county supervisors were authorized to hold elections in each town for a game constable' to serve a year and receive as compensation half the fines recovered in prosecutions under the game laws and in addition such fees as were allowed constables. In the next two years provision was made for special officers in two other States, but modified to suit local conditions: In 1872 Maryland established a board of ducking police' to enforce the ducking laws on the Susquehanna Flats, _at the head of Chesapeake Bay, and in 1873 New Jersey, under a statute authorizing the incorporation of a game pro tective association, granted certain police powers to members of such associations, with authority to enforce the game laws in certain counties.Meanwhile the laws of ~maine had been extended to include game birds as well as big game, and in 1878 the duties of the warden were sim ilarly extended under the new title of county moose and game warden.' In the same year ocirred the. Reorganization of the New Hampshire fish commission as a board of fish and game commissioners. Finally, in 1887 Minnesota established the office of State game warden, and in 1888 New York that of chief game and fish protector. Thus within fifty years after the appointment of fish wardens in Maine the benefits Of warden service had been recognized in half a dozen States by the successive creation of the moose warden in Maine, the game constable in New York, the ducking police in Maryland, the association member with the authority of a constable in New Jersey, the fish and game commissioner in New Hampshire, and the State game warden in Min nesota.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.