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 .P5 
 1917 
 Copy 1 
 
 AME, BIRD 
 
 AND 
 
 FISH LAWS OF 
 WYOMING 
 
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 1917-1918 
 
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 NATE P. WILSON 
 
 State Game Warden, Lander, 
 Wyoming 
 
state Game Commission 
 
 Frank L. Houx Cheyenne 
 
 Robert B. Forsyth Cheyenne 
 
 State Game Warden 
 
 Nate P. Wilson Lander 
 
 Fred E. Allen, Clerk Lander 
 
 Assistant State Game Wardens 
 
 Carl Hammitt Cody 
 
 Wm. H. Seebohm Kelly 
 
 C. P. Sorensen Rock Springs 
 
 Chas. T. Snj^der Douglas 
 
 A. W. Webb Rairden 
 
 Frank S. Smith '. Dubois 
 
Game, Bird and Fish 
 Laws 
 
 OF 
 
 Wyominj 
 
 1917-1918 
 
 Compiled by 
 
 Independent Print 
 
 Thermopolis, 
 
 Wyo. 
 

 NOTICE 
 
 All commuuicatlons addressed to this 
 office are treated as "strictly confiden- 
 tial," and under no condition will the 
 contents be given out or used as evi- 
 dence without the consent of the writer. 
 I will certainly appreciate the co-opera- 
 tion of all good citizens in securing 
 evidence against game violators, and I 
 assure you that every case reported to 
 this department will be carefully inves- 
 tigated. Bear this in mind. Help pro- 
 tect our game. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 .^ NATE P. WILSON, 
 State Game Warden. 
 
 D. of D. 
 SEP t 1917 
 
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 ^ GAME LAWS 
 
 [From the Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1910, and 
 the Session Laws of 1911, 1913, 1915 and 1917.] 
 
 Sec. 2722. Ownership in State. All 
 
 wild animals and wild birds, both resi- 
 dent and migratory, in this state shall 
 be, and are hereby declared to be the 
 property of the state. 
 
 Sec. 1. State Game Commission — 
 Who Compose. A state game commis- 
 sion is hereby created, consisting of 
 the governor, secretary of state and 
 auditor of state. The governor shall 
 be president of the state game com- 
 mission, and shall call such meetings 
 thereof as may be necessary for the 
 transaction of its business. The com- 
 mission shall elect one of their num- 
 ber who shall act as secretary of the 
 commission. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 
 
 Sec. 2. Duties — Shall Have Super- 
 vision. The state game commission 
 shall have general supervision of the 
 game animals and birds of the state of 
 Wyoming, and the propagation, protec- 
 tion, disposition and distribution there- 
 of. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 
 
 Sec. 3. Permits to Scientific Insti- 
 tutes. The state game commission may 
 grant a permit to the agents of the 
 Smithsonian Institute or other well 
 known scientific institutions, to capture 
 
and ship out of this state game animals 
 and birds for scientific purposes. [L. 
 1911, Ch. 66.] 
 
 Sec. 4. Permits to Taxidermists. 
 
 Tlie state game commission may grant 
 permits to bona fide taxidermists to 
 capture, collect and mount, under the 
 supervision of the game warden or his 
 assistants, game or game in families for 
 institutions within the state of Wyo- 
 ming for educational or scientific pur- 
 poses. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 
 
 Sec. 5. Distribution of Game. The 
 
 state game commission may direct the 
 state game warden to capture any of 
 the game animals of this state, in local- 
 ities where species of game animals are 
 sufficiently abundant, and transport the 
 same within localities of this state 
 where such species are scarce or ab- 
 sent, to be there liberated. [L. 1911, 
 Ch. 66.] 
 
 Sec. 40. Exchange of Game Animals 
 and Birds — Appropriation. The state 
 game commission may authorize the 
 capture of any of the game animals of 
 this state and permit the same to be 
 transported out of the state in ex- 
 change for such game animals or birds 
 as in its judgment shall be adapted to 
 the climate and conditions of this state, 
 and it shall have power to expend an- 
 nually, from the general fund of the 
 state, the sum of four thousand dollars, 
 or so much thereof as is necessary to 
 pay the expenses of transporting the 
 animals and birds as contemplated in 
 this Section and Sections 5 and 9 of 
 
Chapter 06 of the Session Laws of Wy- 
 oming, 1911. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 [For Sections 5 and 9, Ch. 66, S. L. 
 1911, see Section 5, page 4, and Section 
 9, page 5, of this pamphlet.] 
 
 Sec. 7. Reward. The state game 
 commission may offer a reward not ex- 
 ceeding three hundred dollars for evi- 
 dence leading to the arrest and convic- 
 tion of any person or persons violating 
 Section 2771 of the Compiled Statutes 
 of Wyoming, 1910, and the said reward 
 when properly certified to hy the state 
 game commission shall be paid out of 
 the general funds of the state. [L. 
 1911, Ch. 66.] [See p. 38.] 
 
 Sec. 8. Purchase of Feed for Game 
 Animals. The state game commission 
 shall make suitable provision for the 
 feeding of the game animals of this 
 state, in such localities as it may deem 
 necessary, during the whole or a por- 
 tion of the winter season of each year ; 
 and the state game commission may ex- 
 pend annually the sum of five thousand 
 dollars, out of the general fund of the 
 state, or so much thereof as may be 
 necessary, for the purchase of hay and 
 the expense of feeding such game ani- 
 mals ; the feeding of said game animals 
 to be under the supervision of the state 
 game warden or his assistant. [L. 1911, 
 Ch. 66.] 
 
 Sec. 9. Disposition of Surplus Game. 
 If in the judgment of the state game 
 commission there are more game in any 
 locality within this state than can be 
 successfully wintered in that locality, 
 the state game commission shall, be- 
 
tween the first day of December, and 
 the last day of March, order and direct 
 the state game warden to capture and 
 make such distribution of the excess 
 of game as in the judgment of the game 
 commission is to the best interest of 
 the state for the preservation of the 
 game. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 
 
 Sec. 2723. Game Warden— Appoint- 
 ment. Tlie governor shall appoint a 
 suitable person to serve as state game 
 warden, whose duty shall be to protect 
 the game and fish of this state, and to 
 enforce the laws relating thereto. 
 
 Sec. 2724. Term of office. The state 
 game warden shall hold his oflSce for 
 four years and until his successor is 
 appointed and qualified. 
 
 Sec. 2725. Bond. Before entering 
 upon the duties of his oflBce the state 
 game warden shall execute a bond to 
 the state of Wyoming in the penal sum 
 of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), 
 conditioned for the faithful perform- 
 ance of his duties, and his bond shall 
 be approved by the governor. 
 
 Sec. 2726. For Neglect of Duty the 
 Governor May Remove Warden. The 
 
 governor shall have power at any time 
 to remove the state game warden for 
 misconduct or neglect of his duties, 
 upon written charges duly preferred, 
 but the state game warden shall be 
 heard in his own defense. 
 
 Sec. 2727. Duties of Game Warden. 
 
 The state game warden shall be an 
 active executive oflicer, and shall at all 
 
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times when possible take the field in 
 person, in the performance of his 
 duties. He shall personally supervise 
 the protection of all game, and the 
 direction and punishment of violators 
 of the game and fish laws. He shall 
 act as the secretary of the state game 
 commission and shall execute the or- 
 ders of the state game commission. 
 [L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 10.] 
 
 Sec. 2729. Warden May Employ At- 
 torney. The state game warden is 
 hereby authorized to employ an attor- 
 ney to prosecute violators of the game 
 and fish laws, when deemed necessary ; 
 such attorney to be paid from the gen- 
 eral fund of the state, after his ac- 
 counts have been approved by the state 
 game commission ; Provided, That not 
 more than five hundred dollars per an- 
 num be expended for such attorney 
 fees. [L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 11.] 
 
 Sec. 2. Reports of Game Warden, 
 Assistants and Deputies. The state 
 game warden shall be required to make 
 an annual report to the governor, and 
 shall from time to time make reports 
 of his acts and furnish information re- 
 lating to the condition of the game ani- 
 mals and game birds of this state to 
 the state game commission. The bi- 
 ennial report of the state game warden, 
 as contemplated by Section 262 of the 
 Compiled Statutes of Wyoming, 1910, 
 shall consist of copies of his annual re- 
 ports to the governor for the two years 
 immediately preceding and up to and 
 including December 31st immediately 
 preceding the meeting of the legisla- 
 
ture, and such report may be filed not 
 later than January 1st immediately 
 preceding the meeting of the legisla- 
 ture. All assistant and deputy game 
 wardens shall be required to report 
 monthly to the state game warden. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 3. Game Warden's Salary and 
 Contingent. The state game warden 
 shall be paid the sum of two thousand 
 dollars per annum, payable monthly, 
 from the general fund of the state, and 
 shall be allowed the sum of one thou- 
 sand five hundred dollars per annum 
 for necessary contingent expenses inci- 
 dent to the performance of his duties, 
 payable from the general fund of the 
 state. Said contingent expenses shall 
 bo paid upon vouchers approved by 
 the state game commission. He shall 
 devote his entire time to the duties of 
 his oflice. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 4. Assistants and Deputies. 
 
 The state game warden is hereby au- 
 thorized and directed to appoint, with 
 the approval of the state game commis- 
 sion, seven assistant game wardens in 
 different portions of the state. The 
 said assistant game wardens shall each 
 be appointed for a term of two years 
 and shall each receive a salary of one 
 thousand two hundred dollars per an- 
 num, payable in monthly installments. 
 They shall devote all of their time to 
 the duties of their office under the di- 
 rection of the state game warden. They 
 shall each be allowed the sum of five 
 hundred dollars per annum for neces- 
 sary contingent expenses incident to 
 
the performance of their duties. Said 
 contingent expenses shall be paid upon 
 vouchers approved by the state game 
 warden and the state game commis- 
 sion. The state game warden is hereby 
 authorized and directed to appoint, 
 with the approval of the state game 
 commission, one or more deputy game 
 w^ardens, as the emergency may de- 
 mand, in any county of this state, said 
 deputy game wardens to be paid not 
 less than three dollars nor more than 
 four dollars per day, in the discretion 
 of the state game warden, for actual 
 service rendered as such wardens. 
 
 The state game warden is hereby 
 authorized and directed to appoint, 
 with the approval of the state game 
 commission, one or more deputy game 
 wardens, as the emergency may de- 
 mand, in any county of this state, said 
 deputy game wardens to receive no 
 pay for their services other than the 
 commission for the sale of such game 
 and fish licenses prescribed bv law. 
 [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 41. Clerk— Salary. The state 
 game warden is hereby authorized and 
 directed to appoint with the approval 
 of the state game commission, one 
 clerk, who shall be stationed in the 
 office of the state game warden and 
 shall perform the duties of such office 
 under the direction of the state game 
 warden. Said clerk shall be appointed 
 for a term of two years and shall re- 
 ceive a salary of $1,200.00 per annum, 
 paid in monthly installments, upon 
 vouchers approved by the state game 
 
warden and state game commission. 
 [L. 1913, Ch. 121.] 
 
 Sec. 2733. Salaries— How Paid. All 
 
 salaries of assistant and deputy game 
 wardens shall be paid out of the gen- 
 eral fund of the state, after the ac- 
 counts have been approved by the state 
 game commission. [L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 
 14.] 
 
 Sec. 2734. Bond. The assistant game 
 wardens shall each execute a bond to 
 the state of Wyoming in the penal sum 
 of five hundred dollars ($500.00) each, 
 conditioned for the faithful perform- 
 ance of their duties ; said bond to be 
 approved by and filed with the state 
 game warden. Their commissions may 
 be revoked at any time for good and 
 suflicient cause, by the state game war- 
 den. 
 
 [See also Sec. 6, Ch. 91, S. L. 1915, 
 on p. 12.] 
 
 Sec. 2735. Warden, Assistants and 
 Deputies May Arrest Without Warrant. 
 
 The state game warden and assistant 
 and deputy game wardens and all sher- 
 iffs and constables are authorized to ar- 
 rest without w^arrant, any person or 
 persons found violating any of the pro- 
 visions of the game or fish laws, when 
 detected in the act or found with game 
 fish unlawfully in their possession at 
 the time of arrest. The state game 
 warden and all assistants and deputy 
 game wardens duly appointed, shall 
 have full power and are hereby author- 
 ized to execute and preserve all war- 
 rants, search warrants, subpoenas, com- 
 mitments, and all other writs and legal 
 
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processes issued for the violation of 
 the game and fish laws of this state, 
 or in the trial of offenses against said 
 laws, or any provision supplementary 
 thereto. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 1.] 
 
 Sec. 2736. Deputies Without Pay. 
 Persons employed in this state by the 
 federal government, for the protection 
 of the various national forests, and 
 employees of the Biological Survey, and 
 any reputable citizen may be appointed 
 deputy game warden without pay or 
 bond and at the pleasure of the state 
 game warden, and it is hereby declared 
 by the legislature of the state of Wyo- 
 ming, that the various officers of the 
 National Forest and Biological Survey 
 under the Department of Agriculture 
 of the United States, shall not be in- 
 compatible with the office of deputy 
 game warden within the meaning of 
 Section 19, of Article 6, of the constitu- 
 tion of the state of Wyoming. [L. 1913, 
 Ch. 121, § 2.] 
 
 Sec. 2737. List of Assistants and 
 Deputies to Be Filed With Governor. 
 The state game warden shall file with 
 the governor of this state, a list of all 
 assistants and deputy game wardens 
 appointed by him. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, 
 §3.] 
 
 Sec. 5. Neglect of Duty by Game 
 W^arden and Others. Whenever the at- 
 tention of the state game warden or 
 any assistant or deputy game warden, 
 sheriff, constable or deputy sheriff, is 
 called to any violation of the provisions 
 of the game or fish laws of this state, 
 and he shall fail to take proper steps 
 
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for the arrest and conviction of any 
 person or persons, company or corpora- 
 tion, charged with such violation, he 
 sliall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and upon conviction thereof 
 shall be fined in a sum not less than 
 fiftv dollars nor more than two hun- 
 dred dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 6. Licenses Issued by Whom. 
 
 All justices of the peace, assistant and 
 deputy game wardens are hereby au- 
 thorized to issue game or fishing li- 
 censes, or guide certificates, which are 
 issued to them by the state game war- 
 den, and they shall each give a suffi- 
 cient bond in an amount as the state 
 game warden may direct, conditioned 
 for the proper accounting for and 
 turning over of the proceeds from the 
 sale of all game or fishing licenses, and 
 guide certificates which may be placed 
 in their hands, and the proper account- 
 ing for and turning over of all unused 
 and spoiled licenses and certificates, in- 
 cluding all stubs of licenses and certifi- 
 cates, to the state game warden. They 
 shall pay all moneys that may come 
 into their hands from the sale of such 
 licenses and certificates, to the state 
 treasurer. The bond provided for in 
 this section shall be issued by a surety 
 company authorized to do business in 
 this state and the premium on said 
 bonds shall be paid from the state game 
 fund upon vouchers approved by the 
 state game warden. To carry out the 
 purpose of this section, any assistant or 
 deputy game warden who shall have 
 furnished the bond provided for in this 
 
section, shall have authority to admin- 
 ister oaths required by the provisions 
 of the game or fish laws of this state, 
 if any, relating to the issuance of li- 
 censes to hunt. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 7. Game x\nimals Not to Be 
 Trapped or Used for Bait. It shall be 
 unlawful for any person or persons to 
 kill, wound or capture any moose, elk, 
 deer, antelope or mountain sheep, or 
 any of the game birds of this state 
 by means of any pit, pitfall, net, trap, 
 deadfall, or by any other similar de- 
 vice, and it shall be unlawful for any 
 person or persons to use any specimen 
 or specimens of a game animal or game 
 bird of this state for bait for the pur- 
 pose of trapping predatory animals 
 within this state. Any person convict- 
 ed of violating the provisions of this 
 section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor and shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than fifty dollars nor 
 more than one hundred and fifty dol- 
 lars, and by imprisonment in the county 
 jail for not less than thirty days nor 
 more than six months. [L. 1915, Ch. 
 91.] 
 
 Sec. 8. Game Birds — Open Season. 
 It shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to shoot or kill any of the 
 game birds of this state commonly 
 known as snipe, sandpipers, plovers, 
 tatlers, willets. curlew, godwits, avo- 
 cets, coots, mudhens, ducks and geese, 
 except from September 15tli to De- 
 cember 16th, inclusive, of each year. 
 Provided, That rails may be shot only 
 during the months of September, Octo- 
 
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ber and November of eacli year. Pro- 
 vided further, That in Carbon county, 
 curlew, mudhens, ducks and geese may 
 be Ivilled from September 1st to De- 
 cember 16th of each year. Any per- 
 son convicted of violating the provis- 
 ions of this section shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
 punished by a fine of not less than ten 
 dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 9. Sage-chickens, Grouse, Pheas- 
 ants, Quail — Number Permitted. It shall 
 be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to shoot or kill any of the game birds 
 of this state commonly known as sage- 
 liens or sage-chickens, except from 
 August 1st to September 1st, inclusive, 
 of each year. Provided, That all 
 grouse, not including sage-hens or sage- 
 chickens as hereinbefore specified, may 
 be lawfully shot or killed only from 
 September 1st to November 15th, inclu- 
 sive, of each year. Provided, That it 
 shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to kill any Mongolian pheasant 
 or quail until the year 1919, when the 
 killing of such birds shall be allowed 
 only during the open season for sage- 
 hens or sage-chickens. Provided, fur- 
 ther, That it shall be unlawful for any 
 person to kill more than eighteen game 
 birds of this state in any one day, and 
 not more than six shall be sage-hens, 
 sage-chickens or grouse, and it shall 
 be unlawful for any person to have 
 more than eighteen game birds in his 
 or her possession in any one day, and 
 not more than six shall be sage-hens, 
 
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sage-chickens or grouse. Provided, That 
 but two sage-hens or sage-chickens 
 shall be killed or allowed in the pos- 
 session of any person in the counties 
 of Laramie and Sheridan in any one 
 day. Provided, That this section shall 
 apply only to persons hunting legally. 
 Any person convicted of violation of the 
 provisions of this section shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than ten dollars nor more than fifty 
 dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2745. Swan Protected. It shall 
 be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to kill any wild swan in this state at 
 any time. Any. person convicted of 
 Adolation of the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demanor and shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than twenty-five dol- 
 lars, nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 10. Moose and Antelope — Elk 
 and Mountain Sheep. It shall be un- 
 lawful for any person or persons to kill 
 any moose or antelope, or to sell or 
 have in their possession any moose or 
 antelope or parts thereof that were 
 killed in this state, until the open sea- 
 son for other game animals in 1919, 
 when only one male moose and one 
 antelope may be killed by any person 
 hunting legally. Provided, That during 
 the open season of 1915-1916, there 
 may be killed under special license, is- 
 sued under the state game warden, fifty 
 fully matured bull moose, and the pos- 
 session of any moose or part of the 
 same killed under said special license 
 
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shall be lawful. It shall be unlawful 
 for any person or persons to kill or 
 wound any elk or mountain sheep in 
 any part of this state, except in Lin- 
 coln, Park and Fremont counties. Pro- 
 vided, That it shall be unlawful for any 
 person or persons to kill or wound any 
 elk in that part of Fremont county 
 which lies north of Big Wind river and 
 south of Sweetwater river. Provided, 
 further. That it shall be unlawful for 
 any person or persons to kill or wound 
 any elk within the boundaries of the 
 Bridger National Forest in this state, 
 until the open season on game animals 
 in 1919. Any person convicted of vio- 
 lation of the provisions of this section 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and shall be punished by a fine 
 of not less than one hundred dollars, 
 or by imprisonment in .the county jail 
 for not less than thirty days nor more 
 than six months, or by both such fine 
 and imprisonment, in the discretion of 
 the court. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 11. Open Seasons for Elk, Moun- 
 tain Sheep and Deer. It shall be un- 
 laAvful for any person or persons to 
 hunt, wound or kill any elk or moun- 
 tain sheep in this state, except from 
 September 1st to November 15tli, in- 
 clusive, of each year, and it shall be 
 unlawful for any person or persons to 
 hunt, wound, pursue or kill any deer 
 within this state, except from October 
 1st to November 15th, inclusive, of 
 each year. Provided, That in Sher- 
 idan, Campbell, Johnson, Crook, Wes- 
 ton and Niobrara counties it shall be 
 
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unlawful for any person or persons to 
 hunt, wound, pursue or kill any deer 
 except from October 15tli to October 
 31st, inclusive, of each year. Provided, 
 further, That no person may kill more 
 than one matured male mountain sheep 
 and one deer in this state during the 
 open season thereon, and this section 
 shall apply only to persons hunting 
 legally. Provided, That in that par- 
 ticular territory, situated in Lincoln 
 county and in cattle districts Numbers 
 1, 3 and 5, which embraces all that 
 portion of the Wyoming National For- 
 est lying west and south of the Fall 
 River Divide ; commonly known as the 
 Fall River Rim or Crest. The hunting 
 period will be from October 5th to No- 
 vember 30th, of each year. Any per- 
 son convicted of violation of the pro- 
 Aasions of this section shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
 punished by a fine of not less than 
 fifty dollars nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars, or by imprisonment in 
 the county jail for not less than thirty 
 days nor more than three months, or 
 by both such fine and imprisonment, in 
 the discretion of the court. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 1. Elk Damaging Personal Prop- 
 erty. The state game warden, his as- 
 sistants and deputies, are hereby au- 
 thorized to kill any elk that the state 
 game warden deems in his judgment 
 are doing damage to personal property 
 at any season of the year. The car- 
 casses, heads and hides from elk so 
 killed shall be sold at public sale to the 
 
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best interests of the state and the 
 money derived from the sale of such 
 shall be placed in the state treasury. 
 [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2748. Bear Hunter's License. 
 Bear License. It shall be unlawful for 
 any non-resident person to hunt, pur- 
 sue, trap or kill any bear in this state 
 without having first procured a "bear 
 hunter's license," which shall be is- 
 sued to him as other licenses upon the 
 payment of the sum of ten dollars. 
 [U 1911, Ch. 66, § 23.] 
 
 Sec. 12. Number of Game Animals 
 That May Be Killed. It shall be unlaw- 
 ful for any person to kill more than two 
 elk, one deer and one matured male 
 mountain sheep in any one year ; also 
 one fully matured bull moose, and the 
 limit herein specified shall apply only 
 to persons hunting legally. Any per- 
 son convicted of violation of the pro- 
 visions of this section shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 
 punished by a fine of not less than fifty 
 dollars nor more than one hundred and 
 fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
 county jail for not less than thirty 
 days nor more than six months, or by 
 both such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2751. License to Hunt Game 
 Animals. It shall be unlawful for any 
 person or persons to hunt, pursue, or 
 kill any of the game animals of this 
 state without having first procured a 
 license entitling such person or per- 
 sons to do so. Every act of pursuing 
 or killing any of the game animals with- 
 
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out such license, shall be considered a 
 distinct and separate offense. Any per- 
 son convicted of violation of the pro- 
 visions of this section shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
 punished by a fine of not less than sev- 
 enty-five dollars nor more than one 
 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
 in the county jail for not less than 
 thirty days nor more than six months, 
 or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 [L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 8.] 
 
 Sec. 14. Failure to Produce License. 
 The failure of any person hunting the 
 game animals and game birds, or fish- 
 ing v^ithin the waters of this state, to 
 produce the necessary and proper li- 
 cense to engage in such hunting and 
 fishing, when requested to do so by 
 an authorized officer, shall be prima 
 facie evidence of the violation of the 
 provisions of Sections 31 and 32 of this 
 Chapter and Section 23 of Chapter 66, 
 Session Laws of Wyoming, 1911. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] [See pp. 18, 45, 46.] 
 
 Sec. 15. Resident Hunter*s and Game 
 Bird Licenses. Any person who is a 
 bona fide elector of this state or the 
 child or legal ward of a bona fide elec- 
 tor of this state, over the age of fifteen 
 years, or a soldier or a sailor who is 
 a bona fide elector of the United States 
 and has been stationed at a government 
 post within this state for one year past, 
 or a non-resident having property in 
 this state on which he or she pays 
 taxes to the amount of $100.00 or over, 
 annually, or an officer employed in this 
 state by the National Forest Service, 
 
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upon making application to any qual- 
 ified justice of the peace, assistant or 
 deputy game warden, and upon fur- 
 nishing satisfactory proof that such 
 person is a bona fide elector of this 
 state, or the child or legal ward of a 
 bona fide elector of this state, over the 
 age of fifteen years, or a soldier or a 
 sailor who is a bona fide elector of the 
 United States and has been stationed 
 at a government post within this state 
 for one year past, or a non-resident 
 having property in this state on which 
 he or she pays taxes to the amount of 
 $100.00 or over, annually, or an officer 
 employed in this state by the National 
 Forest Service, and upon the payment 
 of two dollars and fifty cents to said 
 justice of the peace, assistant ctr deputy 
 game warden, shall be entitled to re- 
 ceive a resident hunter's license, which 
 license shall permit such person to 
 pursue, hunt and kill one elk, one 
 deer and one matured male mountain 
 sheep and the game birds, during the 
 current season, under the restrictions 
 imposed by the laws of this state ; or, 
 upon the payment of one dollar to 
 said justice of the peace, assistant or 
 deputy game warden, shall, if OA'er the 
 age of fourteen years, be entitled to 
 receive a game bird license, which 
 license shall entitle such person to kill 
 any of the game birds during the cur- 
 rent season, under the restrictions im- 
 posed by the laws of this state. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 16. Resident Hunter's Special 
 License — Bull Moose License. Any per- 
 
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son who shall have complied with the 
 provisions of Section 15 of this Chapter 
 shall, at any time during the open sea- 
 son on large game, upon the payment 
 of $10.00 to any officer authorized to 
 issue game licenses, be entitled to re- 
 ceive a resident hunter's special license, 
 which license shall entitle the person 
 to whom the same is issued, to pursue, 
 hunt and kill one elk in addition to 
 the game animals he is permitted to 
 kill under his resident hunter's license. 
 Provided, further, There shall be issued 
 a special bull moose license, the cost of 
 which shall be one hundred dollars 
 ($100.00). Said license shall entitle 
 the holder thereof, to kill one fully 
 matured bull moose, under the follow- 
 ing restrictions : Parties holding such 
 license must be accompanied by a dep- 
 uty warden appointed by the state 
 game warden and who shall receive for 
 such work the sum of four dollars per 
 day. The above is to be paid by the 
 holder of said moose license. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 17. Non-resident Gunner's and 
 Hunter's Licenses. Any person who is 
 not a bona fide elector of this state, 
 or the child or legal ward of a bona 
 fide elector of this state, or a soldier 
 or sailor who is a bona fide elector of 
 the United States, and has been sta- 
 tioned at a government post within this 
 state for one year past, or a non-resi- 
 dent having property in this state on 
 which he or she pays taxes to the 
 amount of one hundred dollars or over, 
 annually, but who shall be a citizen of 
 
the United States or a free-holder in 
 this state, shall, upon the payment of 
 five dollars to any justice of the peace, 
 assistant or deputy game warden of 
 this state, be entitled to receive from 
 such officer a gunner's license, which 
 license shall permit such person to kill 
 any of the game birds and catch the 
 fish of this state during the current 
 season, under the restrictions imposed 
 by the laws of this state. Any person 
 who is not a bona fide elector of this 
 state, or the child or legal ward of the 
 bona fide elector of this state, or a 
 soldier or a sailor who is a bona fide 
 elector of the United States and has 
 been stationed at a government post 
 within this state for one year past, 
 or a non-resident having property in 
 this state on which he or she pays 
 taxes to the amount of $100.00 or 
 over, annually, or an officer employed 
 in this state by the National Forest 
 Service, shall, upon the payment of 
 $50.00 to any justice of the peace, 
 assistant or deputy game warden, be 
 entitled to receive from such officer a 
 non-resident hunter's license, which li- 
 cense shall permit such person to kill 
 two elk, one deer and one matured 
 male mountain sheep and other game 
 animals and game birds and catch the 
 fish of this state, during the current 
 season, under the restrictions imposed 
 by the laws of this state. Provided, 
 That any non-resident who has com- 
 plied with the above may upon applica- 
 tion to the state game warden, be issued 
 a special Bull Moose License, which 
 
shall cost the holder thereof the sum of 
 one hundred dollars, not more than one 
 such license, shall be issued to each 
 applicant. Said holder thereof to be 
 accompanied by special game warden 
 and who shall receive for such work 
 the sum of four dollars per daj'. The 
 above to be paid by the holder of said 
 bull moose license. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 13. iVlien's Gun and Fish Li- 
 cense. There is hereby created a spe- 
 cial gun and fish license for aliens. No 
 person, not a bona fide citizen of the 
 United States, shall own or have in his 
 possession, in the state of Wyoming, 
 any gun, pistol or other firearm, or 
 any fishing tackle, without first having 
 obtained the specified license therefor, 
 which such special gun and fish license 
 shall cost the owner the sum of twenty- 
 five dollars and shall expire on Decem- 
 ber 31st of each year after date of 
 issuance thereof ; Provided, however, 
 That this section shall not apply to one 
 who has obtained a fifty dollar hunting 
 license issued under the provisions of 
 Section 17 of this act. Provided fur- 
 ther. That the provisions of this section 
 shall not apply to any alien who is a 
 bona fide resident of the state of Wyo- 
 ming, and a bona fide freeholder in the 
 state of Wymiong, or one who pays 
 taxes in any county of this state in ex- 
 cess of the sum of one hundred dollars, 
 or to any settler on the public lands 
 of the United States or the state of 
 Wyoming and who shall have initiated 
 proceedings to acquire title thereto un- 
 der the several acts of Congress or the 
 
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laws of the state of Wyoming, nor shall 
 it apply to persons engaged in tending 
 or herding sheep or other animals in 
 herd or on the open range when in ac- 
 tive employment. Any alien of the 
 United States who shall have in his 
 possession or under his control any 
 gun or pistol or other firearm, or any 
 fishing tackle, without having taken out 
 and being at the time in possession of 
 a license as herein provided shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than twenty-five dollars and not more 
 than one hundred dollars, and in the 
 event that such fine and costs are not 
 paid shall be imprisoned in the county 
 jail until such fine and costs are paid 
 at the rate of one dollar per day. It 
 shall be the duty of the state game 
 warden, his assistants and deputies, and 
 all other peace oflicers in the state of 
 Wyoming, to search for and take into 
 their possession any gun, pistol or other 
 firearm, or fishing tackle, found in the 
 possession of any alien not entitled to 
 hold or possess the same, and to sell 
 the same, destroy or otherwise dispose 
 of the same upon order of any justice 
 of the peace or district court of the 
 state of Wyoming, or a judge or dis- 
 trict court commissioner thereof. Pro- 
 vided, That any moneys derived from 
 fines or moneys collected under this 
 section shall, when the arrests are made 
 by the state game warden, his assistants 
 or his deputies, be paid over to the 
 state game fund, and all fines and other 
 moneys collected under the provisions 
 of this section, when the arrest is made 
 
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by peace officers shall be paid into the 
 school fund of the county where said 
 offense is committed. [L. 1915, Ch. 
 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2760. Form of License Pre- 
 scribed by State Game Warden. Each 
 license permitting the hunting and kill- 
 ing of the game animals or birds, of 
 this state shall be of a form prescribed 
 by the state game warden, w^ho shall 
 cause the same to be printed and dis- 
 tributed to the officers authorized by 
 law to issue such licenses. Every act 
 of pursuing, hunting or killing any of 
 the game animals or birds, of this state 
 without a license, shall be considered a 
 distinct and separate offense. [L. 1913, 
 Ch. 121, § 12.] 
 
 Sec. 24. Sale or Shipment of Game. 
 Game Specimen Defined — Game Tags. 
 It shall be unlawful for any person to 
 sell, barter or dispose of for any pecuni- 
 ary consideration or advantage, or to 
 obtain by sale or barter any edible por- 
 tion or portions of any game animal or 
 game bird or fish of this state. It is 
 hereby declared that for the purpose of 
 this act, a game specimen shall include 
 and cover any carcass, or any part 
 thereof, or any hide, tusk, scalp or head, 
 whether mounted or unmounted, or any 
 full life-sized mount, of any of the game 
 animals or game birds of this state. 
 It shall be unlawful to ship or trans- 
 port, or to receive for shipment or 
 transportation out of this state, any 
 game specimen, as hereinbefore de- 
 fined, or any beaver hide, or beaver 
 hides, unless the same shall first be 
 
tagged with a Wyoming game tag. It 
 shall be unlawful to ship or transport, 
 by common carrier, or to receive for 
 shipment or transportation by common 
 carrier from one point in this state to 
 another point in this state, any game 
 specimen, as hereinbefore defined, or 
 any beaver hide, or beaver hides, unless 
 the same shall first be tagged with a 
 Wyoming game tag. It shall be unlaw- 
 ful for any person to deliver to any 
 taxidermist or other person for mount- 
 ing, or for any taxidermist or other 
 person to receive or have in his pos- 
 session for mounting, any game speci- 
 men, as hereinbefore defined, or any 
 beaver hide, or beaver hides, unless 
 the same shall first be tagged with a 
 Wyoming game tag. It shall be unlaw- 
 ful for any person to give away any 
 game specimen, as hereinbefore defined, 
 or for any person to receive any such 
 game specimen, unless the same shall 
 first be tagged with a Wyoming game 
 tag. Provided, That it shall be lawful 
 for any person to sell or barter, ex- 
 change any beaver hide or beaver hides, 
 or any game specimen or specimens of 
 any game animal of this state lawfully 
 killed or taken, but such beaver hide 
 of beaver hides, or game specimen or 
 specimens, shall first be tagged with a 
 W^yoming game tag. Any person con- 
 victed of violation of the provisions 
 of this section shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor and shall be pun- 
 ished by a fine of not less than twenty 
 dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 
 lars, or shall be imprisoned in the coun- 
 ty jail for not less than twenty days 
 
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nor more than sixty days, or may be 
 punished by both such fine and impris- 
 onment. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 25. Game Tags. x\ny person de- 
 siring a game specimen or beaver liide 
 tagged for any of tlie purposes con- 
 tained in Section 24 of this cliapter, 
 sliall comply with the following pro- 
 visions : 
 
 Such person shall make an affidavit 
 before any justice of the peace author- 
 ized to issue Wyoming game tags, stat- 
 ing that the game specimen or beaver 
 hide is from an animal or bird taken 
 or killed in accordance with the law ; 
 the time when, the place where, ap- 
 proximately, and the person by whom 
 such animal or bird w^as taken or killed. 
 Said affidavit shall also state the name 
 of the person to whom said game speci- 
 men or beaver hide will be shipped or 
 delivered, and the place where said 
 game specimen or beaver hide will be 
 shipped or delivered; and if the game 
 specimen be an edible portion of the 
 game animal or bird, then said affidavit 
 shall state that such edible portion of 
 such game animal or bird is not being 
 sold or disposed of for any pecuniary 
 consideration. 
 
 Such person shall then pay to the 
 said justice of the peace a fee of twen- 
 ty-five cents, whereupon the justice of 
 the peace shall then attach to the game 
 specimen or beaver hide a Wyoming 
 game tag and seal, which tag and seal 
 shall entitle the person to ship or 
 transport, or receive for shipment or 
 transportation out of this state such 
 
game specimen or beaver hide ; or such 
 tag will entitle the person to ship or 
 transport by common carrier from one 
 point within this state to any other 
 point w^ithin this state, such game spec- 
 imen or beaver hide, or to deliver to 
 any taxidermist or other person for 
 mounting, or to have in his possession 
 such mounted game specimen, or to 
 sell, barter, exchange or dispose of for 
 any pecuniary consideration or profit 
 any beaver hide, or any game speci- 
 men except an edible game specimen, 
 of which such sale, barter, exchange 
 and disposition of for a pecuniary con- 
 sideration or profit is hereinbefore pro- 
 hibited. 
 
 The state game warden shall keep a 
 strict record of all Wyoming game tags 
 issued by him to the justices of the 
 peace, and said justices of the peace 
 shall keep a strict record in their court 
 dockets, on a page or pages set apart 
 for that purpose, of each game speci- 
 men or beaver hide tagged with a Wyo- 
 ming game tag, which record shall also 
 show the kind of game specimen so 
 tagged, the name and address of the 
 person to whom a game tag or game 
 tags have been issued, the date of is- 
 sue, the number of the tag or tags so 
 issued. And the purpose or purposes 
 for which said tag or tags were issued. 
 It shall be the duty of every justice 
 of the peace who tags game specimens 
 or beaver hides within this state, to 
 submit a written report to the state 
 game warden on December 1st, of each 
 year, showing in detail the kind and 
 number of game specimens or beaver 
 
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hides tagged with a Wyoming game 
 tag, the names and address of persons 
 to whom tags have been issued, the 
 date of issue, tlie number of the tag or 
 tags so issued, the purpose or pur- 
 poses for which said tag or tags were 
 issued ; said report to cover and per- 
 tain to all game specimens or beaver 
 hides tagged by such justice of the 
 peace or his predecessor in office, if any 
 there be, for the year ending December 
 first, respectively. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2762. Possession or Sale of Game 
 Unlawful — When. It shall be unlawful 
 for any person or persons to have in 
 possession or to buy or sell any game 
 or any part of game in this state, which 
 was killed or taken in another state, 
 nation or foreign country, when the 
 possession, hunting or killing or pur- 
 chase or sale of such game, or parts 
 thereof, is prohibited in this state. 
 Any person convicted of the violation 
 of the provisions of this section shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than ten dollars, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 
 the county jail for not less than ten 
 days, nor more than sixty days, or 
 both such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
 1913, Ch. 121, § 13.] 
 
 Sec. 18. Guides — Certificates, Re- 
 ports, and Duties. It shall be unlawful 
 for any person to be engaged in the 
 business of guiding, as the term is com- 
 monly understood, without having first 
 secured from a justice of the peace 
 of the county in which he resides, a 
 
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guide certificate. Any competent per- 
 son of good moral character, who is a 
 bona fide citizen and qualified elector of 
 this state, may, upon the payment of 
 $10.00 to a justice of the peace of this 
 state, receive a certificate of guide, 
 which certificate shall be valid for a 
 term of one year from the date of 
 issue, unless sooner revoked, and shall 
 state the name, age and place of resi- 
 dence of the holder of the same, and 
 shall recite that the holder of such 
 certificate is a person of good moral 
 character, a bona fide resident and 
 qualified elector of this state. Every 
 person, before obtaining such certifi- 
 cate, shall file with the said justice of 
 the peace a bond in the amount of 
 $500.00 for the faithful performance 
 of his duty, said bond to be approved 
 by the justice of the peace. He shall 
 present to the justice of the peace the 
 afi^idavit of two resident free-holders, 
 known to the said justice of the peace, 
 corroborating his own affidavit that he, 
 the said applicant, is of good moral 
 character, a bona fide citizen and qual- 
 ified elector of this state. 
 
 All such guides shall be required to 
 furnish to the state game warden sworn 
 reports each year, not later than De- 
 cember 15th; the said reports to con- 
 tain the names of persons guided, the 
 number of animals and kind killed by 
 each person, and the disposition of said 
 animal ; the number of arrests and con- 
 victions for violations of game or fish 
 laws and the name of the justice of the 
 peace granting his certificate. Every 
 person acting as guide, as herein pro- 
 
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vided, shall be an ex-ofRcio assistant 
 game warden, and shall file with the 
 state game warden, his oath of office. 
 Each such guide shall immediately re- 
 port to the state game warden any vio- 
 lation of the game or fish laws of this 
 state by the person employing him, or 
 by any other person. Every guide who, 
 as an ex-officio assistant game warden, 
 makes an arrest and secures the con- 
 viction of any violation of any of the 
 game laws of this state, shall be en- 
 titled to receive ,$3.00 per day for each 
 day necessarily employed in making 
 such arrest and securing such convic- 
 tion, to be paid from the state general 
 fund, when his account has been ap- 
 proved by the state game commission. 
 Any guide convicted of violating any 
 of the provisions of this section, or of 
 the game laws of this state, shall have 
 his certificate revoked by the justice 
 of the peace who granted the same. 
 Any guide whose certificate has been 
 revoked or any person who is convict- 
 ed of violating any of the game laws 
 of this state, as aforesaid, shall be in- 
 eligible to act as guide in this state 
 for a period of five years from the date 
 of such revocation or conviction. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2764. Non-Resideiits Must Have 
 Guides. It shall be unlawful for any 
 person who is not a qualified elector 
 of this state, or the child or legal ward 
 of a bona fide elector of this state, 
 over the age of fifteen years, to hunt, 
 pursue or kill any of the game animals 
 of this state, unless accompanied by a 
 qualified guide. 
 
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It shall be unlawful for any party of 
 such non-resident persons, out for the 
 purpose of hunting the game animals 
 of this state, to enter the game fields 
 of this state, unless each of [such] 
 non-residents has employed, and is ac- 
 companied by, an individual qualified 
 guide. Provided, That one man and 
 one woman may both be conducted by 
 the same guide. Any person convicted 
 of violating the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and shall be fined in a sum not 
 less than fifty dollars, nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, 
 § 14.] 
 
 Sec. 19. Moneys Remitted to State 
 Treasurer. All moneys collected for 
 hunting licenses and guide certificates, 
 as provided in the game laws of this 
 state, shall, within fifteen days after 
 receipt of same by any justice of the 
 peace, assistant or deputy game war- 
 den, be paid into the state treasury. 
 Every justice of the peace, assistant and 
 deputy game warden, shall also furnish 
 the state treasurer with such remit- 
 tance, a list of the names of all persons 
 who have secured licenses and guide 
 certificates, which report shall also state 
 the number and kind of the licenses or 
 certificates, the date of issue and the 
 address of the party to whom issued. 
 A duplicate of this report shall also 
 be filed with the state game warden. 
 All moneys so paid into the state treas- 
 ury shall be credited to the general 
 fund of the state. All justices of the 
 peace, assistant and deputy game war- 
 
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(lens shall be held responsible under 
 their bonds for all licenses and certifi- 
 cates issued to them by the state game 
 warden. Any such officers who violate 
 the provisions of this section shall, upon 
 conviction be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor and shall be fined in a sum 
 of not less than twenty-five dollars nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 20. Fees for Issuing Licenses. 
 
 The justices of the peace and unsal- 
 aried deputy game warden [si collect- 
 ing and accounting for game licenses 
 and guide certificates proyided for by 
 the game laws of this state, shall be 
 allowed fees as follows : 
 
 Each resident ordinary big game 
 
 license $ .50 
 
 Each resident bird license 25 
 
 Each resident special big game 
 
 license 1.00 
 
 Each non-resident or alien big 
 
 game license 2.50 
 
 Each non-resident gunner's license .50 
 
 Each non-resident bear license 1.00 
 
 Each guide's certificate 1.00 
 
 Provided, That any officer who is au- 
 thorized by the provisions of this act 
 to issue licenses, and who shall issue 
 the same to a person not entitled there- 
 to, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and shall be fined in any sum 
 not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and 
 the state game warden may thereupon 
 revoke the authority of such officer to 
 issue any further license. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 91.] 
 
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Sec. 21. Capture of Game Animals. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to capture any of the game an- 
 imals of this state, except in the man- 
 ner hereinafter provided in this section. 
 Any responsible resident person of 
 good character, who shall desire to 
 capture any of the game animals of 
 this state, for the purpose of domesti- 
 cation and propagation, upon applica- 
 tion to the state game warden, and the 
 payment of one dollar, may receive 
 from such state game warden a permit 
 which shall entitle such person to cap- 
 ture not more than three male elk, six 
 female elk, three male deer, six female 
 deer, three male mountain sheep, three 
 female mountain sheep, three male an- 
 telope, six female antelope. Provided, 
 That during the months of January, 
 February, March and April, the capture 
 of such game animals shall be under 
 the direction, supervision and assist- 
 ance of the state game warden or an 
 assistant [or] deputy game warden. It 
 shall be unlawful for any person to cap- 
 ture any elk more than one year old, or 
 any deer, mountain sheep or antelope 
 more than three months old. No person 
 shall be entitled to receive more than 
 one permit under the provisions of this 
 section. The capture and custody of 
 any of the animals mentioned in this 
 section shall not entitle a person hold- 
 ing a permit under the provisions of 
 this section to kill, sell or dispose of 
 the game, or to ship the same out of 
 the state for the period of five years 
 from the date of the capture of said 
 animals, but such person shall be en- 
 
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titled to an absolute property riglit in 
 the natural increase of such animals. 
 Any person who shall violate any of 
 the provisions of this section shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be fined in a 
 sum of not less than twenty-five dol- 
 lars nor more than one hundred dollars, 
 or be imprisoned in the county jail for 
 not less than thirty days nor more 
 than sixty days, or be punished by 
 both such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 22. Photographing Game Ani- 
 mals. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son or persons to photograph any of 
 the game animals of this state during 
 the months or January, February, March 
 and April, except in the manner here- 
 inafter provided in this section. Any 
 responsible person who shall desire to 
 photograph any of the game animals 
 of this state during the months of Jan 
 uary, February, March and April, upon 
 the payment of one dollar to the state 
 game warden and upon the recommen- 
 dation of two well known responsible 
 electors of this state, may receive from 
 such state game warden a permit, which 
 permit shall entitle such person to en- 
 ter the game fields of this state during 
 said months and photograph any of the 
 game animals therein, but such person 
 shall be under the direction and super- 
 vision of the state game warden or an 
 assistant or deputy game warden de- 
 tailed for that purpose. It shall be the 
 duty of all game wardens employed as 
 provided for in this section and in Sec- 
 tion 13 [21] of this chapter, to pre- 
 
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vent any harrassing, undue disturbance 
 of, or injury to the game animals of 
 this state. Every person holding a per- 
 mit to capture or to photograph game 
 animals shall pay to the officer direct- 
 ing, supervising and assisting him as 
 herein provided, the sum of three dol- 
 lars per day for each day or fraction of 
 a day such officer shall be so employed, 
 and such funds shall be remitted by 
 such game warden, within ten days af- 
 ter such service has been performed, 
 to the state treasurer to the credit of 
 the general fund, together with a state- 
 ment showing from whom collected, 
 time of service and number and kind 
 of animals captured and place of cap- 
 ture, or if he has been employed to 
 assist in photographing the game ani- 
 mals of this state, then a statement 
 shall accompany his remittance show- 
 ing for whom the service was per- 
 formed, where and when the time of 
 service. Duplicates of such reports 
 shall be filed with the state game war- 
 den. Provided, That if such assistant 
 or deputy game warden is not regularly 
 employed by the state during the time 
 such service was performed, then he 
 shall render his account against the 
 state for such sum as may be approved 
 by the state game warden, not to ex- 
 ceed the amount collected, which shall 
 be paid from the state game fund by 
 proper warrant issued by the state au- 
 ditor. Provided, further. That all fees 
 or earnings received by the state game 
 warden under the provisions of this 
 section shall be covered into the state 
 treasury to the credit of the general 
 
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fund. The state game warden shall 
 have power to revoke at any time, any 
 permit granted by him under the pro- 
 visions of this section and Section 13 
 [21] of this chapter. Any person who 
 shall violate any of the provisions of 
 this section shall, upon conviction 
 tliereof, be fined in the sum of not less 
 than fifty dollars nor more than one 
 hundred dollars, or shall be confined in 
 the county jail not less than thirty days, 
 nor more than ninety davs. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 91.] [Sec. 13, p. 23.] 
 
 Sec. 23. Beaver. It shall be unlaw- 
 ful for any person to kill, wound, en- 
 snare or entrap any beaver within this 
 state, until the fifteenth day of Sep- 
 tember, 1919. Provided, That any bona 
 fide owner of real estate, who is being 
 damaged by beaver, may have the same 
 destroj^ed by obtaining the permission 
 of the state game warden, as follows: 
 Such land owner shall make application 
 to the state game warden, stating the 
 location of his land, the location of the 
 beaver, and the character of the dam- 
 age being done. Thereupon the state 
 game warden shall investigate said 
 complaint, and if he finds that actual 
 damage is being done by the beaver to 
 the lands or property of the complain- 
 ant, he shall immediately issue permis- 
 sion to destroy same. Said property 
 owner shall, after destroying same, im- 
 mediately report number destroyed to 
 the state game warden. [L. 1915, Ch. 
 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2770. Unlawful to Capture or 
 Kill Buffalo. It shall be unlawful for 
 
any person to kill, chase, pursue or 
 catch any buffalo of any age at any sea- 
 son of the year in this state, or to drive 
 or in any manner remove or transport 
 any buffalo out of this state. Any per- 
 son or persons who shall violate the 
 provisions of this section shall be guilty 
 of a felony, and upon conviction there- 
 of, shall be punished by imprisonment 
 in the state penitentiary for not less 
 than three years, nor more than ten 
 years ; Provided, That this section shall 
 not apply to any captive, tame or do- 
 mesticated buffalo. 
 
 Sec. 2771. Wanton Destruction of 
 Game. Whoever at any time kills, cap- 
 tures or destroys any game animal of 
 this state, and detaches or removes 
 from the carcass thereof, only the head, 
 hide, antlers, horns, tusk or tusks, or 
 any or all of the aforesaid parts, or 
 captures or mutilates any such game 
 animal while alive by removing or de- 
 taching a tusk or tusks therefrom, is 
 guilty of a felony, and upon conviction 
 thereof, shall be imprisoned in the 
 penitentiary for not more than five 
 years. The purpose and intent of this 
 section is to protect game animals of 
 the state from wanton, ruthless or 
 wasteful destruction or mutilation for. 
 their heads, hides, antlers, horns or 
 tusks alone, and its provisions are to 
 be so construed and the failure of any 
 person or persons to properly dress 
 and care for any animal or animals 
 killed by such person or persons and 
 if reasonably accessible, within forty- 
 eight hours to take or transport to the 
 
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camp of such person or persons such 
 carcass, and there properly care for 
 same, shall be prima facie evidence of 
 the violation of the provisions of this 
 section. 
 
 Sec. 2774. Taxidermists. It shall be 
 unlawful for any professional taxider- 
 mist or taxidermists, who shall mount 
 specimens or heads of game animals or 
 birds for profit, to fail to report to the 
 state game warden on the 1st day of 
 each and every month of the year, giv- 
 ing therein a list of the names of all 
 persons who furnish them with game 
 specimens, and the kind and character 
 of such specimens ; and such taxider- 
 mist or taxidermists shall be required 
 to keep posted in a conspicuous place 
 in their respective shops or offices, a 
 list of all persons who furnish them 
 with raw or unmounted specimens, and 
 all such taxidermists shall be required 
 to exhibit such list together with all 
 specimens in their possession to the 
 state game warden or his assistant or 
 deputies upon request. Any person 
 violating the provisions of this section 
 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
 in any sum not less than twenty dol- 
 lars, nor more than one hundred dol- 
 lars, or shall be imprisoned in the 
 county jail for a period of thirty days. 
 [L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 19.] 
 
 Sec. 28. Transportation of Game 
 Animals or Specimens. It shall be un- 
 lawful for any railway, express com- 
 pany, stage company, or other public 
 carriers, or any of their agents or em- 
 
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ployees or other person or persons to 
 receive or have in their possession for 
 transportation, any live game animal or 
 game birds or game specimen as de- 
 fined in Section 24 of this chapter, or 
 any beaver hide or beaver hides, ex- 
 cept as otherwise provided by law. Any 
 railway, express company, or stage 
 company or other public carrier or any 
 of their agents or employees or other 
 person or persons convicted of viola- 
 tion of the provisions of this section 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and shall be fined not less than 
 one hundred dollars nor more than five 
 hundred dollars. Provided, That none 
 of the provisions of this section shall 
 applj^ to game or fish in transit through 
 this state from other states or terri- 
 tories. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] [Sec. 24, 
 p. 25.] 
 
 Sec. 29. Justices of the Peace — List. 
 Supplies — Appropriation. The county 
 clerk of each county of this state shall 
 furnish to the state game warden a full, 
 true and complete list of all justices 
 of the peace within his respective coun- 
 ty, together with their respective post- 
 office address. The state game warden 
 is hereby authorized and directed to 
 furnish game tags, sealing implements, 
 printed licenses and certificates in ac- 
 cordance with the provisions of the 
 game laws of this state ; such licenses 
 and certificates to be prepared with 
 stubs and securely bound in books and 
 numbered consecutively. He shall pro- 
 vide each justice of the peace, assistant 
 game warden and deputy game warden 
 
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with a suitable supply of licenses and 
 certificates, and such books, together 
 with the stubs and unused licenses and 
 certificates shall be returned to the 
 state game warden on or before De- 
 cember 5th of each year by such jus- 
 tices of the peace, assistant and deputy 
 game wardens. The state game war- 
 den shall also furnish to such justices 
 of the peace as shall apply for the 
 same, game tags and sealing imple- 
 ments for the purpose of complying 
 with the provisions of Section 25 of 
 this chapter. Sealing implements and 
 game tags so furnished shall be con- 
 sidered the property of this state and 
 unused seals and sealing implements 
 shall be returned to the state game 
 warden upon the expiration of the 
 term of office of such justice of the 
 peace. For the purpose of defraying 
 the cost of purchasing implements and 
 game tags, printing licenses and cer- 
 tificates and paying postage and fur- 
 nishing such other supplies and paying 
 such other expenses as may be neces- 
 sary to carry into effect the provisions 
 of this chapter, the sum of $1,000.00 
 per annum, or so much thereof as may 
 be necessary, is hereby appropriated 
 out of the general fund of the state. 
 Any oflScer violating the provisions of 
 this section, shall, upon conviction 
 thereof, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and shall be fined- in a sum of 
 not less than ten dollars. [L, 1915, 
 Ch. 91.] [Sec. 25, p. 27.] 
 
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Sec. 2778. Use of Dogs in Hunting 
 Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for 
 any person or persons to use dogs for 
 the purpose of running or coursing 
 deer, antelope, elk, mountain sheep or 
 moose. Any person convicted of vio- 
 lation of the provision of this section 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and shall be fined not less 
 than ten dollars, nor more than fifty 
 dollars ; or shall be imprisoned not 
 less than ten days, nor more than sixty 
 days. 
 
 Sec. 30. Predatory Wild Animals in 
 Game Preserves — Use of Dogs. It shall 
 be unlawful for any person to enter 
 the national forests of this state for 
 the purpose of chasing or coursing 
 predatory wild animals with dogs, un- 
 less each of such dogs shall have been 
 duly tagged as hereinafter provided. 
 Upon application to the state game 
 warden, and the payment of one dollar 
 for each dog, the applicant may, in the 
 discretion of the state game warden, 
 receive a license, good for the closed 
 season on large game animals during 
 the current calendar year only, per- 
 mitting such applicant to hunt and 
 chase mountain lion, wolves, fox, coy- 
 otes, lynx, wildcats and wolverines 
 within any part of the national forests 
 which are not included with the state 
 game preserve. Each dog contemplat- 
 ed by this section shall bear a metal 
 tag attached to a substantial collar and 
 bearing the license number and name 
 of such applicant ; all such tags and 
 collars shall be furnished at the ex- 
 
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pense of the applicant. Any holder of 
 such license may take such tagged dogs 
 into the state game preserve of this 
 state when the state game warden may 
 deem it advisable for the extermination 
 of predatory wild animals upon the 
 condition that such dogs be taken and 
 kept in such state game preserve in 
 company with the state game warden 
 or one of his assistants or deputies, 
 and any hunting or chasing of any of 
 the above mentionad animals in said 
 state game preserve shall be under the 
 direct supervision and control of the 
 state game warden or his assistant or 
 deputy. Any person convicted of the 
 violation of any provision of this sec- 
 tion shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and shall be fined no less than 
 seventy-five dollars nor more than one 
 hundred dollars, or may be imprisoned 
 in the county jail for a period of not 
 less than thirty days nor more than 
 ninety days, or may be punished by 
 both such fine and imprisonment, in 
 the discretion of the court. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2780. Trespass. It shall be un- 
 lawful to hunt, shoot or enter in pur- 
 suit of game, or to kill or attempt to 
 kill from the public highway any game 
 animals or game birds on the enclosed 
 lands of another without having first 
 obtained permission from the owner or 
 person in charge of the same. Any 
 person convicted of violation of the 
 provisions of this section shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 
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shall be fined not less than five dollars, 
 nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2781. County Commissioners 
 Appoint Game and Fish Wardens. For 
 
 the more certain detection and punish- 
 ment of the violators of this chapter, 
 the board of county commissioners 
 may, in their discretion, appoint a game 
 and fish warden for the county who 
 shall hold his oflSce during the pleasure 
 of the board, and shall be subject to 
 removal at any time. He shall receive 
 such compensation as the board of 
 county commissioners may determine 
 which shall be at a rate not to exceed 
 three dollars per day for the time act- 
 ually and necessarily employed by him 
 in the discharge of his duties, and he 
 shall be paid out of such funds as the 
 board may direct. Before entering up- 
 on his duties, he shall take and sub- 
 scribe to an oath before some ofiicer 
 authorized by the laws of the state to 
 administer oaths, to faithfully perform 
 the duties of his oflfice. Whenever the 
 attention of the county game and fish 
 warden is called to any violation of the 
 provisions of this chapter, and he shall 
 fail to take proper steps for the arrest 
 and conviction of any person or per- 
 sons or corporations charged with vio- 
 lating any of the provisions of this 
 chapter, he shall be guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and upon conviction thereof 
 shall be fined in any sum not greater 
 than one hundred dollars, and shall 
 have his commission revoked ; provid- 
 ed, That nothing in this chapter shall 
 prevent the state game warden from 
 
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appointing sucli assistants in each 
 county as he deems necessaVy herein- 
 before provided. 
 
 Sec. 2782. Disposition of Fines. Up- 
 on the arrest and conviction of any per- 
 son or persons violating any of tlie 
 provisions of the game and fish laws, 
 the whole of the fine shall be paid into 
 the school fund of the county in which 
 such fine shall be collected. 
 
 Sec. 31. Authority to Arrest, Seize 
 and Search. Any officer authorized to 
 enforce the game and fish laws of this 
 state may, without process, arrest any 
 violator of any of the provisions of said 
 laws, and such oflScers shall, with dili- 
 gence, cause such person to be taken 
 before the proper court for trial or 
 examination, which trial or examina- 
 tion shall be had upon complaint or 
 information as now provided by law. 
 Any oflEicer authorized to enforce the 
 game and fish laws of this state may, 
 at any time, seize and take into custody 
 any fish, carcass or part thereof, tusk, 
 scalp, head, or any game bird which 
 has been unlawfully killed or which is 
 held in possession in violation of law. 
 or has been obtained in violation of 
 law% and such game or fish shall be sold 
 to the best advantage, and the money 
 derived from the sale thereof shall be 
 paid into the state treasury, to be cred- 
 ited to the general fund. The state 
 game warden and his assistant and dep- 
 uty game wardens and all sheriffs and 
 constables of this state, shall have the 
 right to search any camp, camp outfit, 
 
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pack or pack animals, automobiles, 
 wagon, bnggy or hunting clothes for 
 game specimens, carcasses, heads, hides, 
 scalps, tusks or other parts of game 
 animals and game birds, or any fish, 
 which they have reason to believe were 
 killed or taken in violation of any of 
 the provisions of the game and fish 
 laws of this state. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 32. State Game Preserves Ex- 
 cepted. The provisions of the game 
 laws of this state, or those parts there- 
 of defining an open season for, and per- 
 mitting the pursuit, hunting and kill- 
 ing of the game animals and game 
 birds of this state, and regulating the 
 capture of such game animals, shall 
 not apply to any of the areas included 
 in any of the state game preserves now 
 established or which may hereafter be 
 established. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 STATE GAME PRESERVES. 
 
 Sec. 1. Teton State Game Preserve. 
 
 For the better protection of birds and 
 animals and for the establishment of 
 breeding places therefor, the following 
 area within the state of Wyoming is 
 hereby set aside, designated and estab- 
 lished as a state game preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following 
 described boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be knows [known] as 
 the TETON STATE GAME PRE- 
 SERVE : Beginning at a point on the 
 south boundary line of the Yellowstone 
 National Park where the Teton range 
 intersects said line; thence following 
 
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southerly along the crest of said range 
 to the head of Moran creek; thence 
 easterly along " said Moran creek to 
 Jackson's lake; thence easterly along 
 the southern shore of said lake to its 
 outlet ; thence down the Snake river to 
 the mouth of Buffalo Fork; thence up 
 Buffalo Fork in an easterly direction 
 to a point where the government road 
 crosses said creek ; thence to follow said 
 government road in an easterly and 
 southerly direction to where the gov- 
 ernment road crosses DuNoir creek; 
 thence up DuNoir creek in a northerly 
 direction to the east fork of said creek ; 
 thence up the east fork of DuNoir 
 creek to the divide; thence north and 
 west along the crest of the Continental 
 Divide to a point directly north of the 
 headwaters of Soda creek ; thence in a 
 southwesterly direction down Soda 
 creek to the north fork of Buffalo 
 creek ; thence directly north to the 
 Continental Divide ; thence along the 
 Continental Divide in a northwesterly 
 direction to where said Continental Di- 
 vide intersects the southern boundary 
 line of the Yellowstone National Park ; 
 thence along the southern boundary 
 line of the Yellowstone National Park 
 in a westerly direction to the place of 
 beginning. [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 2. Shoshone State Game Pre- 
 serve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
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All that iiortion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following 
 described boundaries, w^hich area shall 
 constitute and be known as the SHO- 
 SHONE STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
 Beginning at a point on the eastern 
 boundary line of the Yellowstone Na- 
 tional Park where Canfield creek inter- 
 sects said line ; thence down said Can- 
 field creek in a northeasterly direction 
 to the North Fork of the Shoshone 
 river ; thence down the North Fork of 
 the Shoshone river in an easterly direc- 
 tion to where said river intersects the 
 eastern boundary line of the Shoshone 
 National Forest ; thence following said 
 forest boundary line to where the South 
 Fork of the Shoshone river intersects ; 
 thence up the South Fork of the Sho- 
 shone river to Deer creek ; thence in a 
 westerly direction along Deer creek 
 to the Absaraka Divide; thence south 
 along the Absaraka Divide to Younts 
 Peak; thence following the crest of 
 the divide between the Thorofare and 
 Yellowstone rivers to Hawks Rest 
 mountain ; thence in a northwesterly 
 direction to the nearest point on 
 Bridger lake ; thence around said lake 
 on the south and west sides to the 
 outlet ; thence down the outlet of 
 Bridger lake in a westerly direction to 
 the Yellowstone river ; thence down 
 the Yellowstone river in a northwest- 
 erly direction to the southern borjidary 
 of the Yellowstone National Park; 
 thence following the southern and east- 
 ern boundary lines of the Yellowstone 
 National Park to the place of beginning. 
 [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
Sec. 3. Hoodoo State Game Preserve. 
 
 For the better protection of birds and 
 animals and for the establishment of 
 breeding places therefor, the following 
 area within the state of Wyoming is 
 hereby set aside, designated and estab- 
 lished as a state game preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following de- 
 scribed boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be known as the HOO- 
 DOO STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
 Beginning at a point where Galena 
 creek empties into Sunlight creek ; 
 thence due north to the Wyoming-Mon- 
 tana boundary line ; thence following 
 said boundary line in a westerly direc- 
 tion to the eastern boundary line of 
 the Yellowstone National Park ; thence 
 following the eastern boundary line of 
 the Yellowstone National Park in a 
 southerly direction to where said line 
 crosses the Absaraka Divide; thence 
 following said divide in an easterly di- 
 rection to where the Sunlight Trail 
 crosses said divide; thence following 
 the Sunlight Trail in a northeasterly 
 direction to the place of beginning. [L. 
 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 4. Carter Mountain State Game 
 Preserve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
 All that area of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following 
 
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described boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be known as the CAR- 
 TER MOUNTAIN STATE GAME PRE- 
 SERVE : Beginning at a point on 
 Boulder Creek three miles above its 
 mouth; thence in a northeasterly di- 
 rection to the boundary line of the Sho- 
 shone National Forest; thence follow- 
 ing said forest boundary line in an 
 easterly and southerly direction to 
 where said line crosses the Grey Bull 
 river ; thence up the Greybull river to 
 the mouth of Eleanor creek ; thence 
 up Eleanor creek to the divide ; thence 
 following the divide in a southwesterly 
 direction to Needle mountain, including 
 all of the watershed of Boulder creek ; 
 thence following the divide in a north- 
 erly direction to the place of beginning. 
 [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 5. Popo Agie State Game Pre- 
 serve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following 
 described boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be known as the POPO 
 AGIE STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
 Beginning at a point where the Little 
 Popo Agie river intersects the east 
 boundary line of the Washakie Nation- 
 al Forest ; thence following said forest 
 boundary line in a southerly direction 
 to the southeast corner thereof ; thence 
 
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following south and west along the 
 southern boundary lines of the Wash- 
 akie and Bridger National Forests to 
 the East Fork of Green river ; thence 
 north along the East Fork of Green 
 river to the northwest corner of the 
 Washakie National Forest ; thence 
 east and south, following the boundary 
 line of the Washakie National Forest 
 to the place of beinning. [L. 1917, Ch. 
 108.] 
 
 Sec. 6. Big Horn State Game Pre- 
 serve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following 
 described boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be known as the BIG 
 HORN STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
 Beginning at a point at the northwest 
 corner of the Big Horn National Forest 
 where the same intersects the Montana 
 boundary line ; thence in a southerly 
 and easterly direction along the west 
 boundary line of the Big Horn National 
 Forest to a point directly west of the 
 east Tensleep lake ; thence directly 
 east to the east Tensleep lake ; thence 
 in a northeasterly direction to the sum- 
 mit of the Big Horn range of moun- 
 tains ; thence in a northeasterly direc- 
 tion to a point directly opposite the ex- 
 treme headwaters of Sherd Lake creek. ; 
 thence down Sherd Lake creek in an 
 
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easterly direction to its junction with 
 the North Fork of Middle Fork of Clear 
 creek to the Buffalo Lumber Company 
 saw-mill ; thence in a northeasterly di- 
 rection down the Buffalo Road to Hun- 
 ter ranger station ; thence in a north- 
 westerly direction up the Hunter creek 
 road to the Paradise ranch ; thence due 
 north across the center of an open park 
 to the South Fork of Rock creek ; 
 thence down Rock creek in a northerly 
 and easterly direction to where it inter- 
 sects the east boundary line of the Big 
 Horn National Forest ; thence north 
 along the east boundary line of the Big 
 Horn National Forest to the Penrose- 
 Horton trail ; thence in a westerly and 
 northwesterly direction along the Pen- 
 rose-Horton trail to the Penrose ranger 
 station; thence in a northwesterly di- 
 rection four miles west of the east 
 boundary line of the Big Horn National 
 Forest to the Montana line ; thence due 
 west to the point of beginning. [L. 
 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 7. Days River State Game Pre- 
 serve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following 
 described boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be known as the DAYS 
 RIVER STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
 Beginning at the northwest corner of 
 
the Wyoming National Forest; thence 
 running in a northeasterly direction up 
 the Snake river to the Teton National 
 Forest boundary line ; then south and 
 east along the boundary line between 
 the Teton and Wyoming National For- 
 ests to a point directly west of the ex- 
 treme headwaters of the Little John 
 Days river ; thence in a westerly direc- 
 tion down the Little John Days river to 
 where it intersects with the John Days 
 river ; thence down the John Days 
 river to the west boundary line of the 
 Wyoming National Forest; thence 
 north along the west boundary line of 
 the Wyoming National Forest to the 
 place of beginning. [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 9 [8]. Wind River State Game 
 Preserve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming embraced within the following 
 described boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be known as the WIND 
 RIVER STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
 Beginning at the center of section 8, in 
 township 6 north, range 6 east of Wind 
 River Meridian; thence due east to 
 the east boundary line of the Shoshone 
 Indian Reservation ; thence south 
 along said line one-quarter of a mile; 
 thence due east one-quarter of a mile ; 
 thence due south two miles ; thence 
 due west to the east boundary line of 
 
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the Shoshone Indian Reservation; 
 thence due south one and one-quarter 
 mile ; thence due west about one and 
 three-eights [eighths] miles to the 
 southeast corner or the southwest 
 quarter of section 29; thence due 
 north one mile and a half to the center 
 of section 20 ; thence due east one-half 
 mile ; thence due north one mile and 
 one-half mile to the southeast corner of 
 section 8 ; thence due west one-half 
 mile to the southeast corner of the 
 southwest quarter of section 8; thence 
 to the center of section 8; thence 
 equivalent to the point of beginning. 
 [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 9. Careyhiirst Game Preserve. 
 
 For the better protection of birds and 
 animals and for the establishment of 
 breeding places therefor, the following 
 area within the state of Wyoming is 
 hereby set aside, designated and estab- 
 lished as a state game preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming described as follows, which area 
 shall constitute and be known as the 
 CAREYHURST STATE GAME PRE- 
 SERVE : All that portion of Converse 
 county situate in township 33 north, 
 range 74, 75 and 76 west, together with 
 sections 7 and 18 of township 33 north, 
 range 73 west. [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 10. Bridger State Game Pre- 
 serve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 
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nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming described as follows, which area 
 shall constitute and be known as the 
 BRIDGER STATE GAME PRE- 
 SERVE: All that portion of the 
 Bridger National Forest situate in the 
 county of Lincoln, state of Wyoming. 
 [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 11. Kendall State Game Pre- 
 serve. For the better protection of 
 birds and animals and for the estab- 
 lishment of breeding places therefor, 
 the following area within the state of 
 Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
 nated and established as a state game 
 preserve : 
 
 All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
 ming, embraced within the following 
 described boundaries, which area shall 
 constitute and be known as the KEN- 
 DALL STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
 Beginning at the northeast corner of 
 township 13 north, range 105 west ; 
 thence directly south to the state boun- 
 dary line ; thence west to the west line 
 of township 12 north, range 108 west ; 
 thence north to the northwest corner of 
 township 13 north, range 108 west; 
 thence east to the point of beginning. 
 [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 
 
 Sec. 12. Repeal. Section 2785 of the 
 Compiled Statutes of Wyoming, 1910, 
 as amended by Section 1, of Chapter 
 105, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1915, 
 is hereby repealed. And all acts and 
 parts of acts in conflict with this chap- 
 
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ter are hereby repealed. [L. 1917, Ch. 
 
 108.] 
 
 Sec. 2786. Unlawful to Hunt on Pre- 
 serve — Penalty. It shall be unlawful 
 for any person or persons, at any time, 
 to hunt, trap, kill, capture or chase any 
 birds or animals of any kind or descrip- 
 tion whatever within the limits of any 
 of the state game preserves ; Provided, 
 That the provisions of this chapter 
 shall not apply to the killing, capture 
 or destruction of any mountain lion, 
 wolf, fox, coyote, lynx, wild cat, mink, 
 marten, or wolverine or any bird not 
 protected outside of the game preserves 
 of this state ; and, provided, it shall be 
 unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, 
 kill, capture or chase any of the above 
 excepted animals or birds without a 
 permit from the state game warden. 
 Upon application by any person, and 
 the payment of five dollars to the state 
 game warden, the state game warden 
 may, in his discretion, grant a permit 
 to such person to hunt, kill, trap, cap- 
 ture, or chase any of the animals or 
 birds excepted by the provisions of this 
 section. Any person A^iolating the pro- 
 visions of this chapter shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon 
 conviction be fined the sum of not less 
 than one hundred dollars, nor more 
 than five hundred dollars, or shall be 
 imprisoned in the county jail for a 
 period of not less than three months, 
 nor more than one year ; or both such 
 fine and imprisonment in the discretion 
 of the court. 
 
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Sec. 39. Prosecution — Witness Fees. 
 Appropriation. The several district 
 courts of this state shall have original 
 concurrent jurisdiction in all game 
 cases. Whenever the state game war- 
 den shall file an affidavit, sworn to be- 
 fore any officer authorized to admin- 
 ister oaths, alleging the violation of 
 any provisions of the game or fish laws 
 of this state, with any county and pros- 
 ecuting attorney, such county and pros- 
 ecuting attorney shall forthwith file an 
 information in the district court of this 
 county, charging such oftense, upon 
 which information the accused shall be 
 prosecuted as in other cases ; Provided, 
 however. That no preliminary exam- 
 ination shall be necessary in cases of 
 misdemeanor, and provided, further, 
 That the state game warden may assist 
 in person and by his counsel in the 
 prosecution of all such offenses. All 
 witnesses attending the district court 
 in game and fish cases, shall be paid 
 out of the general fund of the state, 
 after the accounts have been approved 
 by the state game warden and state 
 game commission. For the purpose of 
 carrjang out the provisions of this sec- 
 tion the sum of $2,000.00 per annum, 
 or so much thereof as may be neces- 
 sary, is hereby appropriated out of the 
 general fund of the state. [L. 1913, 
 Ch. 121.] 
 
 Sec. 40. Trapper's Permit. It shall 
 be unlawful for any person or persons 
 at any time to trap any birds or ani- 
 mals of any kind or description what- 
 ever within any national forest within 
 
this state, without a permit from the 
 state game warden. Upon application 
 by any person and a payment of five 
 dollars to the state game warden, the 
 state game warden may grant a permit 
 to such person to trap any animals or 
 birds not otherwise protected by law 
 upon any national forest within this 
 state. Provided, That this does not ap- 
 ply to trappers employed by the depart- 
 ment of agriculture within this state. 
 Persons holding such permits shall, 
 upon request of the state game warden, 
 or any assistant or deputy game war- 
 den, disclose the location of their traps 
 and the bait used therein, and any per- 
 son refusing such a request shall have 
 his permit revoked by the state game 
 warden. Any person violating the pro- 
 visions of this section shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
 punished by a fine of not less than fifty 
 dollars or more than one hundred dol- 
 lars, or by imprisonment in the county 
 jail for not less than thirty days nor 
 more than three months, or by both 
 such fine and imprisonment. [L. 1913, 
 Ch. 121.] 
 
 Sec. 44. Use of Muffler Prohibited. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any person to 
 take into the fields or forests of this 
 state, or have in possession while in 
 the fields or forests of this state or to 
 have in possession while out for the 
 purpose of hunting the game animals 
 or game birds of this state, any device 
 or mechanism designed to silence or 
 mufflle or minimize the report of any 
 firearm, whether such device or mech- 
 
anisrn be separated or attached to any 
 fire arm or not. Any person convicted 
 of violation of the provisions of this 
 section sliall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor and shall be fined in the sum 
 of not less than twenty-five dollars nor 
 more than fifty dollars, or shall be im- 
 prisoned in the county jail not less than 
 thirty days nor more than ninety days, 
 or both such fine and imprisonment. 
 [L. 1913, Ch. 121.] 
 
 Sec. 33. State Game Fund Defined. 
 
 For the purposes of this chapter where 
 the words "state game fund" are used 
 such words shall be construed to mean 
 the fund arising from moneys set aside 
 for carrying out the provisions of the 
 game laws. [L. 1915. Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 26. Game Animals and Fish De- 
 fined. For the purposes of this chapter 
 and other provisions of the game laws 
 of this state wherein the words "game 
 animal" or "game animals or fish" are 
 used, such words shall be construed as 
 meaning any elk, deer, mountain sheep, 
 wild goats, antelope, moose, beaver or 
 bear, trout, greyling, pike, bass or cat- 
 fish within this state. [L. 1915, Ch. 
 91.] 
 
 PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 
 
 Sec. 2788. Unlawful to Kill— Pen- 
 alty. Any person who shall, within the 
 state of Wyoming, kill or catch or have 
 in his possession, living or dead, any 
 wild bird other than a game bird, or 
 who shall purchase, offer, or expose for 
 
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sale any such wild bird after it has 
 been killed or caught, shall for each 
 offense, be subject to a fine of not more 
 than five dollars for each such bird 
 killed or caught, or had in possession 
 living or dead, or imprisonment for not 
 more than ten days, or both, at the 
 discretion of the court. For the pur- 
 poses of this chapter the following only 
 shall be considered game birds: The 
 Anatidae, commonly known as swans, 
 geese, brant and river and lake ducks; 
 the Rallidae, commonly known as rails, 
 coots and mud-hens ; the Limicolae, 
 commonly known as shore-birds, plov- 
 ers, snipe, sandpipers, tatlers, willets, 
 curlews, godwits, and avocets ; the Gal- 
 linae, commonly known as grouse, prai- 
 rie chickens, pheasants, sage-hens, part- 
 ridges and quails. 
 
 Sec. 2789. Destruction of Eggs, Pen- 
 alty. Any person who shall, within the 
 state of Wyoming, take or needlessly 
 destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild 
 bird, or shall have such nest or eggs in 
 his or her possession, shall be subject 
 for each offense to a fine of not more 
 than five dollars or imprisonment for 
 not more than ten days, or both, at the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 Sec. 2790. Scientific Use Permitted. 
 
 Sections 2788 and 2789 shall not apply 
 to any person holding a certificate giv- 
 ing the right to take birds, their nests, 
 and eggs for scientific purposes, as 
 provided for in Section 2791. 
 
 Sec. 2791. Certificates— Bond. Cer- 
 tificates may be granted by the super- 
 intendent of public instruction to any 
 
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properly accredited person of the age 
 of fifteen j'ears ur upwards, permitting 
 the holder thereof, to collect birds, their 
 nests or eggs, for strictly scientific pur- 
 poses only. No such certificate shall be 
 issued until the applicant therefor shall 
 have filed with the said superintendent 
 of public instruction written testimo- 
 nials from two well known scientific 
 men or educators, certifying to the good 
 character and fitness of said applicant 
 to be entrusted with such privilege. 
 Said applicant must file with said per- 
 sons or oflJcers a properly executed 
 bond, in the sum of two hundred dol- 
 lars, signed by two responsible citizens 
 of the state as sureties. This bond 
 shall be forfeited to the state, and the 
 certificate become void, upon proof that 
 the holder of such certificate has killed 
 any birds or taken the nest or eggs of 
 any bird, for other than the purposes 
 named in Sections 2790 and 2791, and 
 shall be further subject for each offense 
 to the penalties provided therefor in 
 Sections 2788 and 2789. 
 
 Sec. 2792. Term of Certificate. The 
 
 certificates authorized by this chapter 
 shall be in force for one year only from 
 the date of their issue, and shall not be 
 transferable. 
 
 Sec. 2793. Birds Not Protected. The 
 
 following named birds shall be exempt 
 from protection under the provisions of 
 this chapter, viz. : English sparrow, 
 magpie, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's 
 hawk, goshawk, duckhawk, golden or 
 brown eagle, kingfisher and blue heron. 
 
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FISH. 
 
 Sec. 1. Office of State Fish Commis- 
 sioner Created. In order to secure im- 
 provement in the fish business of this 
 state, and the thorough stocking of 
 streams, lakes and ponds, the ofl^ce of 
 state fish commissioner is hereby cre- 
 ated. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 
 
 Sec. 2. Appointment and Term. The 
 
 state fish commissioner shall be ap- 
 pointed by the governor with the advice 
 and consent of the senate. The term of 
 his oflftce shall be for four years and 
 until the appointment and qualification 
 of his successor ; Provided, That the 
 first appointment under this chapter 
 shall be made within thirty days after 
 the passage thereof, or soon thereafter, 
 and shall be for a term of two years. 
 In case of a vacancy it shall be filled 
 by appointment by the governor for the 
 unexpired portion of the term in which 
 such vacancy shall occur. If such ap- 
 pointment be made when the legisla- 
 ture is not in regular session, the ap- 
 pointee shall hold his office until the 
 next succeeding session of the legisla- 
 ture. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 
 
 Sec. 3. Qualifications — Duties — Sal- 
 ary — Bond — Report. No person shall 
 be appointed to the office of state fish 
 commissioner unless he be a person 
 skilled in fish culture, and the habits 
 and nature of food fishes. Said com- 
 missioner shall have supervision of all 
 fish cultural matters of a public nature, 
 and all fish hatcheries, their construc- 
 tion and improvements, and now owned 
 
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or established in the future by the state, 
 and shall have entire control and su- 
 pervision of the public waters of the 
 state pertaining to the collection, prop- 
 agation, culture, distribution and pro- 
 tection of fish, and shall see to the dis- 
 tribution of all fish and fish eggs com- 
 ing into his hands for distribution, fair- 
 ly and equitably, among the several 
 counties of the state ; also all fish and 
 fish spawn purchased by the state. Said 
 commissioner shall receive an annual 
 salary of eighteen hundred dollars and 
 all expenses actually disbursed by him 
 while necessarily engaged in the service 
 of the state, which sum so paid for his 
 expenses shall not exceed the sum of 
 one thousand dollars per annum, and 
 said commissioner shall, before enter- 
 ing upon the discharge of his duties, 
 execute a bond to the state of Wyo- 
 ming in the sum of three thousand dol- 
 lars for the faithful performance of his 
 duties, which bond shall be approved 
 by the governor. The fish commissioner 
 shall make an annual report to the 
 governor of his oflicial transactions in- 
 cluding expenditures, and the purposes 
 for which same were made, accompa- 
 nied by vouchers ; also the number and 
 kind of fish distributed, and the locali- 
 ties and names of streams or lakes 
 where the same have been placed, and 
 he shall give his full time and special 
 attention to the enforcement of the 
 laws relating to the propagation, culti- 
 vation and protection of food fishes in 
 the waters of this state; and shall in- 
 form himself as to conditions and re- 
 quirements of all public streams or 
 
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lakes, and shall keep the same thor- 
 oughly stocked with fish suited thereto, 
 and any failure to perform said duties 
 shall be cause for removal from office 
 by the governor. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 
 
 Sec. 4. Superintendents and Assist- 
 ants. The superintendent of fish hatch- 
 ery district No. one shall reside at the 
 hatchery located in Albany county, 
 Wyoming, and superintendent of fish 
 hatchery district No. two shall reside 
 at the hatchery located in Sheridan 
 county, Wyoming. All superintendents 
 are hereby authorized to employ such 
 assistants as is [are] absolutely neces- 
 sary to the efficient and proper man- 
 agement of the hatcheries in their 
 charge, with the consent of the fish 
 commissioner ; Provided, That ex- 
 penses so incurred shall not exceed the 
 appropriation available for such pur- 
 poses. Superintendents shall be sub- 
 ject to removal from office by fish com- 
 missioner for cause with consent of the 
 governor. The superintendents shall 
 make, before the first day of December, 
 an annual detailed report to the fish 
 commissioner of their official transac- 
 tions, including expenditures and the 
 purposes for which same were made, 
 accompanied by vouchers ; also the 
 number and kinds of fish distributed, 
 and the localities and names of streams 
 and lakes where the same have been 
 placed. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 
 
 Sec. 2794. Fish Hatchery Districts. 
 The state of Wyoming is hereby divid- 
 ed into fish hatchery districts, denom- 
 inated fish hatchery district number 
 
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one and fish hatchery district number 
 two. Fish hatchery district number 
 one shall be composed of the counties 
 of Albany, Laramie, Converse, Natrona, 
 Fremont, Carbon, Sweetvvarer and 
 Uinta, and fish hatchery district num- 
 ber two shall be composed of the coun- 
 ties of Sheridan, Johnson, Weston, 
 Crook and Big Horn. 
 
 Sec. 2795. Appointment of Superin- 
 tendent — Salary — Bond. The governor 
 shall nominate and by and with the 
 consent of the senate, appoint a super- 
 intendent for each of the districts here- 
 by created who shall be a resident of 
 the district for which he is appointed, 
 and shall hold his oflEice four years or 
 until his successor shall have been ap- 
 pointed ; Provided, When a vacancy oc- 
 curs the governor shall have power to 
 fill such vacancy. Said superintendent 
 shall receive an annual salary of twelve 
 hundred dollars, which shall be in lieu 
 of all expenses they may incur while 
 in the discharge of their respective du- 
 ties, except as hereinafter provided ; 
 and they shall, before entering upon 
 the discharge of their duties, execute a 
 bond to the state of Wyoming in the 
 sum of twenty-four hundred dollars, 
 for the faithful performance of their 
 duties, which bond shall be approved 
 by the governor. 
 
 Sec. 2797. Removal of Hatchery in 
 District No. 2. The superintendent of 
 fish hatchery district number two, by 
 and with the approval of the governor, 
 is hereby authorized, empowered and 
 directed to remove the state fish hatch- 
 
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ery located in Sheridan county from 
 its present location to the south one- 
 half of the northwest quarter and the 
 north one-half of the southwest quar- 
 ter of section 13, township 53, range 
 84 west, in Sheridan county, and estab- 
 lish a hatchery upon the said premises. 
 
 Sec. 2798. May Take Fish for Sci- 
 entific Purposes. The superintendents 
 may take, or cause to be taken, from 
 any of the public waters of their dis- 
 tricts, at any time, or in any manner, 
 fish, for the purposes of propagation, 
 science or inspection. 
 
 Sec. 2800. Shall Stock Streams. It 
 
 shall be the duty of superintendents to 
 examine the waters of their respective 
 districts, which are not naturally 
 stocked with fish, as to their adaptabil- 
 ity for fish, and stock same if suitable ; 
 and, after having done so, make publi- 
 cation of such fact in some newspaper 
 published in such county for not more 
 than four consecutive weeks, and it 
 shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to take any fish, in any man- 
 ner, whatsoever, out of any waters so 
 stocked for a period of two years, after 
 first issue of such publication ; Pro- 
 vided, That the foregoing shall not ap- 
 ply to streams that have a natural 
 supply of trout. 
 
 Sec. 2801. Distribution of Fish. Su- 
 perintendents shall notify the board of 
 county commissioners of their district, 
 at their regular meeting in April of 
 each year, the number of fish they have 
 for distribution in their respective coun- 
 
ties, and it shall be the duty of the 
 board of county commissioners, on or 
 before the first day of May of each and 
 every year, to instruct said superin- 
 tendents what streams they wish 
 stocked, and if said streams are suit- 
 able for fish the superintendent shall 
 distribute such fish in such streams as 
 directed ; and, if the said board of 
 county commissioners shall, on or be- 
 fore the first day of May of each year, 
 fail to notify the superintendent of 
 when they wish the fish distributed, 
 the superintendent shall distribute said 
 fish in such streams in said county as 
 shall by him be deemed most suitable. 
 It shall be the duty of the superintend- 
 ents to know what streams in their re- 
 spective districts are most suitable and 
 desirable to be stocked and they shall 
 personally superintend the distribution 
 of fish in such streams as in their judg- 
 ment shall be best. The board of coun- 
 ty commissioners of the several coun- 
 ties are hereby authorized and directed 
 to pay the actual and necessary ex- 
 penses of superintendents while distrib- 
 uting fish in the several counties upon 
 proper bills. 
 
 Sec. 2802. Superintendents Are War- 
 dens. Superintendents of fish hatchery 
 districts are hereby declared to be fish 
 wardens, and as such are charged with 
 the enforcement of all laws of this state 
 relating to fish. They shall arrest or 
 cause to be arrested all violators there- 
 of, and prosecute all offenses against 
 the same. They shall have full power 
 to arrest without warrant any and all 
 
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persons who may be found violating 
 any of the provisions of the laws of 
 this state, relating to fish, and it is 
 their duty to do so. 
 
 Sec. 2803. Penalty. Any person or 
 persons convicted of violating the pro- 
 visions of Sections 2794 to 2800 in- 
 clusive, shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof, shall be punished by a fine of 
 not less than ten dollars nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 34. Sale of Game Fish Prohib- 
 ited. It shall be unlawful to sell, di- 
 rectly or indirectly, or to offer for sale, 
 any game fish or parts thereof, caught 
 from the waters of this state. Pro- 
 vided, That this section shall not apply 
 to any officer authorized by law to sell 
 fish which have been confiscated, nor 
 shall it apply to any person or persons 
 who are engaged in fish culture as pro- 
 vided in Section 30 of Chapter 121, of 
 the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1913. 
 Any person violating the provisions of 
 this section shall, upon conviction 
 thereof, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and shall be fined in a sum of 
 not less than ten dollars nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 [See pp. 75, 78.] 
 
 Sec. 35. When Transportation Com- 
 panies May Receive Game Fish. It 
 
 shall be unlawful for any railroad com- 
 pany, express company, stage company, 
 or other common carrier or any of its 
 agents or employees to receive or have 
 in their possession any game fish caught 
 
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from the waters of this state. Pro- 
 vided, That this section shall not apply 
 to game fish lawfully taken from the 
 waters of this state by any bona fide 
 citizen thereof, nor shall it apply to 
 any person or persons who are engaged 
 in fish culture for commercial purposes, 
 as provided in Section 30 of Chapter 
 121, of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 
 1913. Any person or company, as above 
 defined, violating the provisions of this 
 section shall, upon conviction thereof, 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 shall be fined in a sum not less than 
 ten dollars nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 36. Shipment of Game Fish Out 
 of the State. It shall be unlawful for 
 any person or persons, company or cor- 
 poration, to ship or offer to ship out 
 of this state, or to carry out of this 
 state, any game fish caught from the 
 waters of this state. Provided, That 
 this section shall not apply to any per- 
 son or persons who are engaged in fish 
 culture for commercial purposes, as 
 provided in Section 30, Chapter 121, 
 Session Laws of Wyoming, 1913. Any 
 person, company or corporation violat- 
 ing the provisions of this section shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
 fined in a sum not less than ten dollars 
 nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 37. Closed Season in Fremont 
 County — Amount Lawful to Catch. In 
 the county of Fremont, it shall be un- 
 lawful to take fish from any of the 
 
streams of said county from November 
 1st, to March 31st, of each year. It 
 shall be unlawful for any person to 
 have in his or her possession more than 
 twenty pounds of fish caught from the 
 waters of this state. Any person vio- 
 lating the provisions of this section 
 shall, upon conviction thereof, be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 shall be fined in a sum of not less than 
 ten dollars nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 38. Unlawful to Obstruct Free 
 Passage of Fish. It shall be unlawful 
 for any person or persons, company or 
 corporation, to erect, or place, or cause 
 to be erected or placed across any of 
 the rivers, creeks, ponds, or lakes of 
 this state, any dam, net, service weir, 
 trot-line, or any other obstruction in 
 such a manner as to prevent the free 
 passage of fish up, down or through 
 such waters, unless such dam, net, ser- 
 vice weir, trot-line or other obstruction 
 shall be ere'cted or placed across such 
 stream, river, creek, pond or lake with 
 the consent and under the direction of 
 the fish hatchery superintendent of the 
 district. Provided, That the owner or 
 owners of any dam erected across any 
 of the streams within this state, shall 
 build, erex3t and maintain at all times 
 at his or their expense, fish ways at an 
 angle of not more than 45 degrees, to 
 allow the free and uninterrupted pas- 
 sage of fish up and down such streams. 
 Provided, That this section shall not 
 apply to dams over fifty feet in height. 
 Any person or persons, comapny or 
 
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corporation, violating the provisions of 
 this section shall, upon conviction there- 
 of, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
 and shall be fined in any sum not less 
 than twenty-five dollars nor more than 
 two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned 
 in the county jail for a period of not 
 less than thirty days nor more than 
 ninety days, or may be punished by 
 both, such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 39. Failure to Maintain Sluice 
 in Dam. Each and every month that 
 any person or persons, company or 
 corporation, shall neglect or refuse to 
 keep up and maintain a sufficient sluice 
 or fish way as prescribed by Section 37 
 [38] of this chapter, shall constitute a 
 separate offense. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 2812. Prosecutions, Where May 
 Be Commenced. All prosecutions for 
 the violation of any of the provisions 
 of the three preceding sections shall be 
 commenced before any justice of the 
 peace in the county wherein the offense 
 shall have been committed, and any 
 such justice of the peace shall, upon 
 his own knowledge or upon the oath 
 of any competent person, issue his war- 
 rant to any constable of his county for 
 the arrest of any person or persons 
 charged w^ith the violation of any of 
 the provisions of said sections ; and 
 upon the arrest of such person or per- 
 sons, shall proceed in the hearing of 
 said complaint as in other cases of mis- 
 demeanor cognizable before justices of 
 the peace. 
 
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Sec. 2813. When Offense Is Com- 
 mitted on Boundary Line. When such 
 violation is alleged to have been com- 
 mitted upon the portion of a stream or 
 water course which may be the divid- 
 ing line between two counties, then the 
 complaint may be made to any justice 
 of the peace in either of such counties. 
 
 Sec. 2814. Catching Small Fish Pro- 
 hibited. It shall be unlawful to kill or 
 destroy, or have in possession for any 
 purpose at any time, any trout or black 
 bass less than six inches in length, 
 taken from the waters of this state, and 
 the possession shall be prima facie evi- 
 dence of the violation of the provisions 
 of this section ; and any person violat- 
 ing the provisions of this section shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 upon conviction thereof shall be pun- 
 ished by a fine of not less than five dol- 
 lars and not more than twenty-five dol- 
 lars and cost of prosecution or shall be 
 imprisoned for a period of not more 
 than thirty days or by both. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 91, § 41.] 
 
 Sec. 2815. Contamination of Streams. 
 Any owner or owners of any saw-mill, 
 reduction works, smelter, milling, re- 
 fining or concentration works, or other 
 manufacturing or industrial works, or 
 any agent, servant or employee thereof, 
 or any other person or persons whom- 
 soever, who shall throw or deposit in, 
 or in any way permit to pass into any 
 natural stream or lake within this state, 
 wherein are living fish, any saw-dust, 
 chemicals, mill tailings, or other refuse 
 matter or deleterious substances, or 
 
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poisons of any kind or character what- 
 soever, that will or may tend to the 
 destruction or driving away from such 
 waters any fish, or kill or destroy any 
 fish therein, or that will or may tend to 
 pollute, contaminate, render impure or 
 unfit for domestic, irrigation, stock, 
 or any other purpose for which appro- 
 priated and used, the waters of any 
 such natural stream or lake, or that 
 will or may tend to obstruct, fill in or 
 otherwise interfere with the natural 
 flow, channel or condition of any such 
 stream, lake or waters, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- 
 viction thereof shall be fined not less 
 than fifty dollars or more than one 
 hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned 
 in the county jail not less than thirty 
 days, or more than six months, or both 
 such fine and imprisonment for each 
 offense ; and where any of the forego- 
 ing unlawful acts are committed con- 
 tinuously, each of the days upon which 
 committed shall be treated and con- 
 sidered as a separate and distinct of- 
 fense ; Provided, That nothing in this 
 or the succeeding section shall apply 
 to the slag from smelter furnaces. 
 
 Sec. 2816. Explosives and Poison 
 Prohibited. Any person who shall kill 
 or destroy in any of the waters of this 
 state, by the use of any poison or de- 
 leterious drug, chemical, or substance 
 whatsoever, or by the use of any ex- 
 plosive substance, explode or cause to 
 be exploded any powder, giant powder, 
 hercules powder, dynamite, nitro-gly- 
 cerine, lime-gas, or any other explosive 
 
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substance in any of the waters of this 
 state containing fish, for the purpose 
 of catcliing, killing, or destroying fish 
 in such waters, shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty 
 dollars nor more than two hundred dol- 
 lars, and shall be imprisoned in the 
 county jail not less than ninety days, 
 or more than six months ; Provided, 
 That nothing in this section contained, 
 shall prevent the owner or owners of 
 any quartz mill, reduction works, smel- 
 ter, saw-mill, or other manufacturing 
 or industrial works in the state now 
 located or to be hereafter located upon 
 any natural stream or lake, or other 
 collection of waters, from operating or 
 working said quartz mill, reduction 
 works, saw-mill, or other manufactur- 
 ing or industrial works, if the said 
 owner or owners thereof shall build 
 or cause to be built a suitable dam to 
 be- used in connection with said quartz 
 mill, smelter, reduction works, saw- 
 mill, or other manufacturing or indus- 
 trial works, which dam shall be so con- 
 structed as to prevent any tailings, saw- 
 dust, chemicals, or other refuse, delete- 
 rious or poisonous substances from 
 passing into such stream or lake which 
 shall destroy or drive away the fish or 
 any number of them from said stream, 
 lake or other waters, or pollute, con- 
 taminate, render impure, or unfit such 
 waters for domestic, stock, irrigation 
 or other uses for which appropriated, 
 or obstruct, fill in or otherwise inter- 
 fere with the natural flow, channels, or 
 
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condition of any such stream, lake or 
 waters. 
 
 Sec. 27. Lawful Fishing— Sale of 
 Fish — Seining License. A fishing tackle 
 consisting of a rod or pole, line and 
 hook, shall be the only lawful means by 
 which fish may be taken from the wa- 
 ters of the state. The said hook shall 
 not be baited with any poisonous drug 
 or substance, and it shall be unlawful 
 for any person or persons to use any 
 net, seine, gill nets, fish traps, grab 
 hooks, spears, snare or similar means 
 for catching fish, and no speckled or 
 mountain trout, California trout or any 
 game fish shall be caught at any time 
 for speculative purposes, or for market, 
 or for sale, and it shall be unlawful for 
 any person to sell or offer for sale any 
 speckled or mountain trout caught in 
 the waters of this state; in the lakes 
 and reservoirs of the Laramie plains. 
 Provided, That any person or persons 
 who are engaged in fish culture for 
 commercial purposes, upon making sat- 
 isfactory proof of the same, may sell, 
 transport within and out of the state 
 any fish that have been raised and 
 caught from his or their private waters. 
 
 Provided further. That the citizens 
 of this state shall be permitted to fish 
 with seine, with meshes not less than 
 1% inches, in any of the waters of 
 this state. Any citizen or citizens de- 
 siring to seine in any of the waters of 
 this state, shall make application to 
 the assistant or deputy game warden of 
 his district. If said application be ap- 
 proved by the warden of said district, 
 
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lie shall upon all occasions accompany 
 any such citizen or citizens, and shall 
 return any and all trout, greyling, pike, 
 bass or cat fish to said stream, and it is 
 hereby made unlawful for any citizen 
 seining in any of the waters of this 
 state to retain any trout, greyling, pike, 
 bass or cat fish. Any citizen or citizens 
 so seining shall procure a license to do 
 so from the warden of said district 
 upon payment of $3.00, which shall 
 procure a license for one or more citi- 
 zens for any one day, who may use but 
 one seine only. Said license fee shall be 
 recovered into the treasury in the same 
 manner as all other fees provided for 
 under the game and fish laws of this 
 state ; 
 
 And further Provided, That the su- 
 perintendent of a fish hatchery district 
 ma5% upon petition of fifty citizens of 
 the county wherein is located any lake 
 or lakes which have been stocked with 
 food fish, such as lake trout, white fish 
 and carp, and upon the recommenda- 
 tion of the board of county commis- 
 sioners of said county, permit citizens 
 of this state to fish for said lake trout, 
 white fish and carp with a gill net with 
 mesh not less than one and one-half 
 inches, said net to be exhibited to said 
 superintendent and by him approved; 
 and it is further Provided, That fish so 
 lawfully taken shall not be shipped out 
 of the state of Wyoming ; and Provided 
 further. That said superintendent may 
 at any time revoke said permission if in 
 his judgment it is necessary in order to 
 preserve the fish in lakes. . Any person 
 
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offending against this section shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
 in any sum not less than twenty dollars 
 nor more than fifty dollars, or shall be 
 imprisoned for a period of not more 
 than three months or by both. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 91.] 
 
 Sec. 1. Lawful Fishing — Sale of Fish. 
 Seming Licenses. A fishing tackle con- 
 sisting of a rod or pole, line and hook, 
 shall be the only lawful means by which 
 fish may be taken from the waters of 
 the state. The said hook shall not be 
 baited with any poisonous drug or sub- 
 stance, and it shall be unlawful for any 
 person or persons to use any net, seine, 
 gill nets, fish traps, grab hooks, spears, 
 snare, or similar means for catching 
 fish, and no speckled or mountain trout, 
 California trout or any game fish shall 
 be caught at any time during open sea- 
 son for speculative purposes, or for 
 market, or for sale, and it shall be un- 
 lawful for any person to sell or offer 
 for sale any speckled or mountain 
 trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish 
 caught in the waters of this state, ex- 
 cept in the lakes and reservoirs of the 
 Laramie plains. Provided, That any 
 person or persons who are engaged in 
 fish culture for commercial purposes, 
 upon making satisfactory proof of the 
 same, may sell, transport within and 
 out of the state any fish that have been 
 raised and caught from his or their pri- 
 vate waters. And it is further Provid- 
 ed, That the citizens of this state shall 
 be permitted to fish with seine or gill 
 
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net with meshes not less than li/^ 
 inches in any of the waters of the Big 
 Horn river within the state, below the 
 city of Thermopolis, and the North 
 Platte river below Fort Steele, and in 
 any of the waters of the New Fork 
 from the junction of East Fork to its 
 mouth, and in Green river from the 
 mouth of New Fork to the Wyoming- 
 Utah line, and in Black's Fork from 
 Granger to its mouth, in Powder river 
 from the crossing of the Douglas and 
 Buffalo wagon road to the Wyoming 
 line, and in Clear creek from a point 
 opposite Clearmont to its mouth, in this 
 state; Provided, That fish so lawfully 
 caught shall not be shipped out of this 
 state, or used as food for any kind of 
 livestock, but persons having more fish 
 than can be used for their own con- 
 sumption may sell the same to resi- 
 dents of this state ; Provided, That 
 they shall be issued a license therefor, 
 and shall cost the holder the sum of 
 $1.00, which shall be recovered into the 
 treasury in the same manner as pro- 
 vided for under the game and fish laws 
 of the state. Provided, further, That 
 all trout, catfish, greyling, pike or bass, 
 shall be returned to the streams from 
 which taken. 
 
 Provided, further, That the citizens 
 of the state shall be permitted to fish 
 with seine, with meshes not less than 
 1% inches, in any of the waters of Salt 
 river, in Lincoln county and in the 
 Belle Fourche river within this state. 
 Any citizen or citizens desiring to seine 
 in said river shall make application to 
 the assistant or deputy game warden of 
 
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said 'district. If said application be ap- 
 proved by the warden of said district, 
 said warden shall issue a license as 
 hereinafter provided for. Any such 
 citizen or citizens shall return any and 
 all trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish 
 to said stream, and it is hereby made 
 unlawful for any citizen or citizens 
 seining in said streams to retain any 
 trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish. 
 Any citizen or citizens so seining shall 
 procure a license to do so from the 
 warden of said district upon payment 
 of $1.00, which shall procure a license 
 for one or more citizens for any one 
 day, who may use but one seine. Pro- 
 vided, further. That holders of such li- 
 cense, shall be accompanied by deputy 
 warden, appointed as provided by law, 
 who shall receive the sum of $3.00 per 
 day, for actual services rendered, such 
 sum to be paid in all cases direct to 
 such deputy warden by holder of such 
 license. Said license fee shall be re- 
 covered into the treasury in the same 
 manner as all other fees provided for 
 under the game and fish laws of this 
 state ; 
 
 And further Provided, That the su- 
 perintendent of a fish hatchery district 
 may, upon petition of fifty citizens of 
 the county wherein is located any lake 
 or lakes which have been stocked with 
 food fish, such as lake trout, white fish 
 and carp, and upon the recommenda- 
 tion of the board of county commis- 
 sioners of said county, permit citizens 
 of this state to fish for said lake trout, 
 white fish and carp with a gill net with 
 mesh not less than one and one-half 
 
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inches, said net to be exhibited to said 
 superintendent and by liim approved ; 
 and it is further Provided, That fish so 
 lawfully taken shall not be shipped out 
 of the state of Wyoming, but persons 
 having more of said fish than can be 
 used for their own consumption may 
 sell the same to the residents of the 
 state of Wyoming, and Provided, fur- 
 ther. That said superintendent may at 
 any time revoke said permission if in 
 his judgment it is necessary in order to 
 preserve the fish in lakes. Any person 
 offending against this section shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
 in any sum not less than twenty dollars 
 nor more than fifty dollars, or shall be 
 imprisoned for a period of not more 
 than three months or by both. [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 108.] 
 
 [Note.— Ch. 91, S. L. 1915, was ap- 
 proved Feb. 25, and Ch. 108, Feb. 26, 
 1915, Ch. 108 amends and re-enacts 
 Sec. 30, Ch. 121, S. L. 1913.] 
 
 Sec. 816. Ditch Owners to Protect 
 Fish. It shall be the duty of every per- 
 son, corporation or company, who shall 
 construct, maintain or operate any 
 ditch or canal pursuant to the laws of 
 this state, to construct and maintain at 
 the point and place where the water 
 is diverted from its natural channel, 
 some fit and proper obstruction where- 
 by all fish will be prevented from en- 
 tering said ditch or canal. Any per- 
 son, company or corporation violating 
 the provisions of this section shall be 
 adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 
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on conviction thereof shall be punished 
 by a fine of not more than one hundred 
 dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
 county jail not less than ten or more 
 than sixty days, or by both such fine 
 and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 2818. Private Waters Protected. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to kill or take speckled trout 
 or other fish from any private waters 
 used for the propagation of such fish, 
 except by the consent of the proprietor 
 of such private waters. It shall be the 
 duty of the proprietors of such private 
 waters, who are engaged in the propa- 
 gation of fish, as contemplated by this 
 section, to post, or cause to be posted 
 in a conspicuous manner, public no- 
 tices, painted on boards in large plain 
 letters, that the owner, naming him, is 
 engaged in such business, and warning 
 all persons from killing or taking any 
 fish in the waters named in such no- 
 tices. 
 
 Sec. 2819. Saratoga Hatchery. There 
 shall be established a branch fish hatch- 
 ery in or near the town of Saratoga, in 
 Carbon county, Wyoming, for the col- 
 lection, propagation, culture, distribu- 
 tion and protection of fish in the North 
 Platte river and its tributaries, in the 
 bounds of fish hatchery district "num- 
 ber one." 
 
 Removal of Fish Hatchery in Albany 
 County. 
 Sec. 1. Subject to Approval of the 
 Governor. The governor is hereby au- 
 thorized to convey the site and improve- 
 
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ments and appurtenances of the present 
 state fish hatchery in Albany county 
 to the city of Laramie in consideration 
 of the removal or replacement of said 
 hatchery at a new site in said county, 
 such removal and replacement to be ap- 
 proved by the governor and without ex- 
 pense to the state, Provided, That the 
 moving of said fish hatchery buildings 
 shall in no way impair its efficiency. 
 [L. 1915, Ch. 116.] 
 
 Sec. 2. Alterations — May Grant Cer- 
 tain Rights to Laramie. The governor 
 is hereby authorized to make such al- 
 terations or relocations of the improve- 
 ments and plant of the state fish hatch- 
 ery in Albany county as he may deem 
 expedient and to grant to the city of 
 Laramie such rights for the location 
 and establishment of water works and 
 improvements on said site as he may 
 deem expedient, such action to be taken 
 without expense to the state of Wyo- 
 ming. [L. 1915, Ch. 116.] 
 
 Sec. 1. Branch Hatchery Established 
 at Hyattville. There shall be estab- 
 lished a branch fish hatchery in or near 
 the town of Hyattville, Big Horn coun- 
 ty, Wyoming, for the collection, propa- 
 gation, culture, distribution and protec- 
 tion of fish in the bounds of fish hatch- 
 ery district "number two." [L. 1915, 
 Ch. 152.] 
 
 Sec. 2. Supervision Superintendent 
 District Two. The construction of the 
 necessary buildings, ponds and other 
 facilities needed for the proper culture, 
 care and distribution of fish shall be 
 
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made under the supervision of the su- 
 perintendent of said fish hatchery dis- 
 trict. [L. 1915, Ch. 152.] 
 
 Branch Fish Hatchery at Daniel. 
 Sec. 1. Branch Hatchery Established. 
 
 There shall be established a branch fish 
 hatchery in or near the town of Daniel, 
 in Lincoln county, Wyoming, for the 
 collection, propagation, culture, distri- 
 bution and protection of fish in the 
 bounds of fish hatchery district "num- 
 ber one." [L. 1917, Ch. 27.] 
 
 Sec. 2. Supervision of State Fish 
 Commissioner. The construction of the 
 necessary buildings, ponds, and other 
 facilities needed for the proper cul- 
 ture, care and distribution of fish shall 
 be made under the supervision of the 
 state fish commissioner. [L. 1917, Ch. 
 27.] 
 
 Sec. 3. Appropriation. There is here- 
 by appropriated out of any funds in 
 the state treasury, not otherwise ap- 
 propriated, the sum of seven thousand 
 dollars ($7,000.00) to establish said 
 branch fish hatchery and pay the run- 
 ning expenses of the same for the years 
 1917 and 1918. [L. 1917, Ch. 27.] 
 
 Appropriations. From the General Ap- 
 propriations Act, Chapter 125, Ses- 
 sion Laws 1917. 
 
 Salaries. Sec. 2. 
 
 For State Game Warden, four thou- 
 sand dollars. 
 
 For Assistant State Game Wardens 
 and per diem of Deputy Wardens, thir- 
 »ty thousand dollars. 
 
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For Fish Commissioner, three thou- 
 sand six hundred dollars. 
 
 For Superintendent of Fish Hatchery 
 District No. 1, two thousand four hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 For Superintendent of Fish Hatchery 
 District No. 2, two thousand four hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 Contingent Funds. Sec. 3. 
 
 For the State Game Warden, as pro- 
 vided by law, three thousand dollars. 
 
 For Assistant State Game Wardens, 
 as provided by law, seven thousand dol- 
 lars. 
 
 For Clerk to State Game Warden, two 
 thousand four hundred dollars. 
 
 For printing reports of the State 
 Game Warden, two hundred dollars. 
 
 For the Fish Commissioner, as pro- 
 vided by law, two thousand dollars. 
 
 For the Fish Hatchery in Albany 
 county, ten thousand dollars. 
 
 For the Fish Hatchery in Sheridan 
 county, ten thousand nine hundred dol- 
 lars. 
 
 For the Fish Hatchery in Big Horn 
 county, eleven thousand dollars. 
 
 Sec. 33. Refund. The sum of two 
 
 hundred dollars, or so much thereof as 
 may be necessary, is hereby appropriat- 
 ed out of any funds in the State Treas- 
 ury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
 purpose of refunding to Assistant Game 
 Wardens, Deputy Game Wardens, and 
 Justices of the Peace, amounts over- 
 paid on account of game licenses ; Pro- 
 vided, That vouchers filed for payment 
 under the provisions of this section 
 
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shall be approved by the State Game 
 Waj-deii. 
 
 Sec. 36A. Supplies for Game War- 
 den. The sum of three thousand dol- 
 lars ($3,000.00), or so much thereof as 
 may be necessary, is hereby appropri- 
 ated out of any funds in the state treas- 
 ury not otherwise appropriated for the 
 purpose of defraying the cost of pur- 
 chasing sealing implements, and game 
 tags, printing licenses and certificates, 
 paying postage, purchasing oflice sup- 
 plies and paying such other expenses as 
 may be necessary to carry into effect 
 the provisions of the game and fish 
 laws of this state. [L. 1917, Ch. 125.] 
 
 Sec. 38. Attorneys* Fees — Game De- 
 partment. The sum of one thousand 
 dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
 necessary, is hereby appropriated out 
 of any funds in the State Treasury not 
 otherwise appropriated, for payment of 
 attorneys' fees in the Game Depart- 
 ment pursuant to the provisions of Sec- 
 tion 11, Chapter 66 of the Laws of 
 1911, for the two years ending March 
 31, 1919. [See p. 7.] 
 
 Repeal. 
 
 Sections 2728, 2757 and 2759, Wyo- 
 ming Compiled Statutes, 1910, were re- 
 pealed by Sec. 25, Ch. 66, S. L. 1911. 
 
 Sections 2796, 2799 and 2820, W. C. 
 S., 1910, by Sec. 5, Ch. 118, S. L. 1913. 
 
 Sec. 2777, W. C. S., 1910, by Sec. 45, 
 Ch. 121, S. L. 1913. 
 
 Sections 2741, 2742, 2749, 2761, 2767, 
 2768, 2783, 2784, 2787, 2808, 2809 and 
 2811, W. C. S., 1910, and Sections 6, 21, 
 
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22 and 24 of Chapter 66, S. L. 1911, and 
 Sections 4, 5. 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 
 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 81, 82, 
 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 42 of Chapter 
 121, S. L. 1913, by Sec. 42, Ch. 91, S. L. 
 1915. 
 
 Sec. 2785, C. S. 1910, as amended by 
 Sec. 1 of Ch. 105, S. L. Wyo., 1915, by 
 Ch. 108, S. L. 1917. , 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 Sec. 5817. Burning Property. Who- 
 ever maliciously or wantonly sets fire 
 to any woods, or to anything growing 
 or being upon any prairie or grounds, 
 not his own property ; or maliciously 
 or wantonly permits any fire to pass 
 from his own prairie or grounds, to the 
 injury or destruction of any property 
 not his own, shall be fined not more 
 than one hundred dollars, to which may 
 be added imprisonment in the county 
 jail not exceeding thirty days. 
 
 Sec. 5818. Neglect to Extinguish 
 Fires. Any person or persons who shall 
 light a fire for any purpose, in any 
 woods or on any prairie in this state 
 and who shall leave the vicinity of such 
 fire without extinguishing the same 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, 
 shall be punished by a fine, not less 
 than ten dollars and not exceeding one 
 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
 in the county jail not less than ten 
 dais and not exceeding thirty days, or 
 by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 A 
 
 Page 
 
 Alien's license 23 
 
 Antelope protected 15 
 
 Appropriations — 
 
 Exchange of game (An- 
 nual) .$4,000.00 4 
 
 Feed (Annual) 5,000.00 5 
 
 Prosecutions (Annual).. 2,000.00 57 
 
 Supplies (Annual) 1,000.00 41 
 
 Salaries, etc. — 
 
 Game 83, 85 
 
 Fish 83, 85 
 
 Assistant and Deputy Wardens — 
 
 Appointment. Salary 8 
 
 Reports 7 
 
 Bond 10, 12 
 
 List filed with Governor 11 
 
 Arrest without warrant 10, 45 
 
 Issue licenses 12 
 
 Attorney — employed 7 
 
 Fees — appropriation 85 
 
 B 
 
 Page 
 
 Bear hunter's license 18 
 
 Beaver. Protected. Permit 37 
 
 Shipment of hides 26 
 
 Birds. Protection of 59 
 
 Eggs 60 
 
 Scientific use 60 
 
 Permit to collect 60 
 
 Not protected 61 
 
 (See also Game Birds.) 
 
 87 
 
Bonds. Assistant Wardens 10 
 
 Justices. Assistants and Deputies. .12 
 
 Guide 30 
 
 Fish Commissioner 63 
 
 Hatchery District Superintendent..65 
 
 Buffalo protected 38 
 
 C 
 
 Page 
 
 Capture of game 34 
 
 Certificates. Collection of birds....60, 61 
 Clerk, Warden's. Appointment — sal- 
 ary 9 
 
 Contamination of streams 72 
 
 County Clerk. List of justices 40 
 
 County Commissioners — appoint war- 
 dens 44 
 
 Distribution of fish 66 
 
 D 
 
 Page 
 
 Dams 70, 71 
 
 Deer — open season 16 
 
 Number allowed 17, 18 
 
 Deputies. (See also Assistant.) 
 
 Without pay 11 
 
 Destruction of game 38 
 
 Distribution of game 4 
 
 Of fish 66 
 
 Ditch owners to protect fish 80 
 
 Dogs, use of 42 
 
 Ducks and geese. (See also Game 
 Birds.) 
 
 Open season 13 
 
 E 
 
 Page 
 
 Elk — where may be hunted 16 
 
 Open season 16 
 
 Damaging personal property 17 
 
 Number allowed 18 
 
 88 
 
Exchange of game animals 4 
 
 Explosives in streams, prohibited 73 
 
 F 
 
 Page 
 
 Feed for game — purchase of 5 
 
 Fees for issuing licenses 33 
 
 Fines, disposition of 24, 45 
 
 Fires 86 
 
 Fish — Game, defined 59 
 
 Amount allowed —69 
 
 Closed season, Fremont County 69 
 
 Commercial culture 74, 76 
 
 Distribution of 66 
 
 Ditch owners to protect 80 
 
 For scientific purposes 66 
 
 Obstructing free passage 70 
 
 Sale of 74,76 
 
 Seining 74, 76 
 
 Small, not to be caught..— ...72 
 
 Transportation 68 
 
 Wardens 44, 67 
 
 Fishing, lawful 75, 77 
 
 License, non-residents 22 
 
 Aliens 23 
 
 Fish Commissioner 62 
 
 Appointment, duties, etc 62 
 
 Fish Hatchery. Districts 64 
 
 Superintendents 64, 65 
 
 Laramie 81, 82 
 
 Hyattville -82 
 
 Saratoga 81 
 
 Daniel 83 
 
 G 
 
 Page 
 
 Game — Animals and fish defined 59 
 
 Capture of 34 
 
 Destruction 38 
 
 Distribution 4 
 
Fund, defined 59 
 
 Killed in another state 29 
 
 Number allowed 18 
 
 Photographing 35 
 
 Preserves — excepted 46 
 
 Boundaries 46 
 
 Hunting prohibited 56 
 
 Sale and shipment 25, 29 
 
 Specimens defined 25 
 
 Tags 25, 27 
 
 Game Birds. (See also Ducks, 
 Grouse, etc.) 
 
 Defined 59 
 
 Number allowed 14 
 
 Open season 13 
 
 Game Commission 3 
 
 Powers and duties 3, 6 
 
 Game Warden, appointment, etc 6 
 
 Reports — Attorney 7 
 
 Salary and contingent 8 
 
 Arrest without warrant 10 
 
 County Wardens ." 44 
 
 Grouse, number permitted 14 
 
 Guides — certificates, reports, duties-..29 
 Non-residents require 31 
 
 H 
 
 Page 
 Hatcheries. (See Fish Hatchery.) 
 Justices of the Peace. List, supplies-40 
 
 Reports 27 
 
 Lawful fishing 75, 77 
 
 Licenses. Alien's Gun and Fish 23 
 
 Bear hunters 18 
 
 Birds, for science 60 
 
 Dog 42 
 
 Failure to produce 19 
 
 Form prescribed by Warden 25 
 
 Fees for issuing 33 
 
 Fish. Non-resident and Alien.. ..22, 23 
 
 90 
 
Issued by whom 12 
 
 Moose, special 15, 21, 22 
 
 Non-resident gunner's 21 
 
 Predatory animals 50 
 
 Required 18, 25 
 
 Resident hunter and bird 19 
 
 Special 20 
 
 Seining 75, 77 
 
 Trappers 51 
 
 M 
 
 Page 
 Moneys remitted to state Treasurer.... 32 
 
 Moose — protected 15 
 
 Special license 15, 21, 22 
 
 Number allowed 18 
 
 Mountain sheep. Number allowed.. ..18 
 
 Open season 16 
 
 Where may be hunted 16 
 
 Muffler, use prohibited 58 
 
 N 
 
 Page 
 
 Neglect of duty — Warden et al 11 
 
 Non-residents — license 21 
 
 Must have guides 31 
 
 O 
 
 Page 
 
 Open season, birds 13 
 
 Fish, Fremont County 69 
 
 Game animals 16 
 
 Ownership of game in state 3 
 
 P 
 
 Page 
 
 Permits — Beaver 37 
 
 Capture game 34 
 
 Photograph game 35 
 
 Scientific institutes 3 
 
 Taxidermists 4 
 
 91 
 
Trappers 57 
 
 Pheasants protected 14 
 
 Photographing game 35 
 
 Poisons prohibited 73 
 
 Possession of game, when unlawful....29 
 
 Predatory wild animals 42, 56 
 
 Preserves — (See Game Preserves.) 
 
 Private waters protected 81 
 
 Prosecution — Witness fees 57 
 
 Offense on boundary 72 
 
 Where commenced 71 
 
 Q 
 
 Page 
 Quail protected 14 
 
 R 
 
 Page 
 
 Repeal of statutes 85 
 
 Reports, Warden, Assistants, Deputies 7 
 
 Justice of the Peace 27 
 
 Fish Commissioner 62 
 
 Hatchery District Superintendent..64 
 
 Taxidermists 39 
 
 Reward -5 
 
 S 
 
 Page 
 
 Sage-hens, season and number 14 
 
 Salaries, how paid 10 
 
 Sale of game 25, 29 
 
 Of fish 68, 75, 77 
 
 Scientific institutes, permits 3 
 
 Search, right to 24,45 
 
 Seines, use of 75, 77 
 
 Shipment — (See Sale, and Transpor- 
 tation. ) 
 
 Silencers prohibited 58 
 
 Specimens. Game, defined 25 
 
 State Game Commission, etc. (See 
 Game Commission, etc.) 
 
 92 
 
streams. Contamination of 72 
 
 Stocked 66 
 
 Supt. of Public Instruction, duty 60 
 
 Surplus game. Disposition of 5 
 
 Swan protected 15 
 
 T 
 
 Page 
 
 Tags, game 25,27 
 
 Taxidermist — Permits 4 
 
 Reports 39 
 
 Tags 25, 27 
 
 Transportation— Of fish 68, 69 
 
 Of game 25,27,40 
 
 Trapper's permit 57 
 
 Trapping game animals 13 
 
 Trespass 43 
 
 W 
 
 Page 
 Warden — (See Game Warden.) 
 
 Wardens, County 44 
 
 Fish 67 
 
 Witness fees 57 
 
 93 
 
John J. Lenihan Laramie 
 
 State Fish Commissioner 
 
 John Baillie Laramie 
 
 Supt. Fish Hatchery Dist. No. 1 
 
 Fred W. Cooper Story 
 
 Supt. Fish Hatchery Dist. No. 2 
 
 State Fish Hatcheries are located at 
 Laramie, Story and Hyattville. The 
 establishment of a fourth hatchery, to 
 be located at Daniel, was authorized by 
 the legislature in 1917. 
 
 A U. S. Hatchery is located at Sara- 
 tosra. 
 
 The numerous streams and lakes of 
 Wj^oming, all of which are adapted to 
 the rapid development of the trout spe- 
 cies, are stocked with rainbow, steel- 
 head, brown, eastern brook, and black 
 spotted mountain trout and grayling. 
 These furnish sport and recreation to 
 any persons who avail themselves of the 
 opportunity to cast a fly or troll a 
 spinner. JOHN J. LENIHAN, 
 
 State Fish Commissioner. 
 
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