FIRST REPORT OF THE STATE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 1, 1911, TO JUNE 13, 1912 JES.3E e. mercer State Game and Fish Commissioner. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/firstreportofstaOOgeor TO HIS EXCELLENCY, JOSEPH M. BROWN, GOVERNOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA: I have the honor to transmit herewith my report on the operations of Georgia's new game law, and the enforcement of the laws for the protection of fish. There is no provision of law for this report, but assuming that a report is justified by custom and expected, I take the liberty of reporting concisely the organization of this Department, and it's operations the few months since its establishment, September 1st, 1911. ORGANIZATION, As provided by the act, of August 21st, 1911, I undertook the duties of organizing this Department, without a dollar of funds or a form blank, a book or a suggestion except as are con- tained in the brief law. I appointed and commissioned a county warden in each of the 146 counties, being governed in their selection by the recommendations of the people in the respective counties interested in the protection of game and the enforcement of the law. As a rule I have secured the services of competent and unselfish citizens, who are more interested in the enforcement of the much needed law than they are in the small compensation provided by it. In turn the county wardens have recom- -- mended to me deputy wardens, usually one for each militia district in some counties more than one deputy to each district have been appointed. In a few counties the wardens have been slow to name deputies, and I have not commissioned a sufficient number to properly protect the game, or enforce the laws for the protection of fish. I have issued more than 2,000 commissions, under authority of section 5, and every one of them on the recommendation of the county warden, and interested citizens of the county. OPERATION OF DEPARTMENT. From time to time I have issued, and mailed out from this office such literature as I believed would encourage and assist the wardens and deputies in the conduct of their duties, and the enforcement of the law in their counties and districts, and I have by constant letter writing given them personal assistance and instructions. I have visited a number of counties of 4 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. the State where there seemed to be urgent necessity, but on account of the extraordinary demands on my time in the office- I have not found, it possible to do as much traveling over the State as I wished, and as appeared to be necessary for the proper instructions of wardens and the uniform enforcement of the law. The general results have been gratifying. Judging from thousands of letters and verbal expressions, published statements and comments, the people at large have been greatly pleased at the operation of the new game law. Few indeed nave been the criticisms of the law or dissatisfied citizens at its enforcement. The sentiment here and there at first against tbe law, has almost entirely disappeared with the few months of its operation, and it is probably not saying too much to state that the law appears to be already one of the most popular on the Statute books, with every reason for its increased populartiy as the advantages arising from it in the increased amount of game and fish, becomes fixed in the public mind. In a few sections of counties where the lawless element pre dominates, and where other laws are constantly violated, of course the provisions of the new game law are unpopular and frequently infracted. In some instances the lawless element is so strong that it is difficult, if not impossible, to suc- cessfully prosecute for violations. That the game has been greatly conserved there seems to be -- no doubt or question. Assisted greatly by nature an unusual- ly fine hatching season--and by unsuitable weather throughout the hunting season the wardens have protected the quail in every county and district with the result that they are more numerous than they have been in many 3~ears. Nature has also assisted in the distribution of fish. The unusually high water several months of the winter has made it possible for the fish to become diffused as they have not been before in many years, and with the reasonable enforcement of the law intended for their protection during the spawning and hatching season, February 1st, to July 1st, within the next year or two there will be an abundance of fish in the waters of every county of this State. However, the Legislature should immediately provides for their protection from the seine, at least by regulating the size of mesh. In the enforcement of the law I have kept in mind the thought that the law was enacted for the benefit of all of the people interested ; the land owner, the sportsman and theangler; -- and to discourage the pot hunter, the game hog and the law breaker the man who is not willing to be governed by a REPORT OF STATE GAME ANT) PISH COMMISSIONER. 5 general rule adopted for the regulation of the conduct of all people at interest. I have given special attention to the uglier crimes, such as dynamiting fish and baiting doves, using the telegraph and telephone to assist wardens in looking out for those particular crimes wherever I have received an intimation that the provisions of the law against those barbarous crimes were being violated. I am pleased to report that the use of dynamite and poison in the fish streams and the slaughter of doves over baited fields are becoming matters of history, a thing of the past, and while I have reason to believe that there have been a few instances of attempted dove baiting I do not believe a hundred doves have been killed over baited fields in this State since this office was opened, and while it is probably true that dynamite has been used in some remote districts, and isolated instances, the killing of fish in the streams and lakes is of rare occurence. Very little evidence have I been able to get that the fish have been blasted with explosives or poisoned with suffocating juices of weeds and leaves, although I have been diligent and have urged wardens to be alert and to report every instance, even of rumors of the crimes, which I trust have passed into disgraceful history. In counties where sportsmen's associations have been or- ganized the results have been gratifying and the law much more easily enforced, however, this Department has not been encouraged by as many organizations of that kind as might naturally be expected. At the opening of the next season many local Game Protective and Sportsmen's organizations will, I believe, give their assistance to the wardens in the several counties of the State. CHANGES NEEDFUL. The multiplying shot guns, and the increase in the number of bird dogs long ago gained the ascendency over the bird life in the State, and the decreasing covies of partridges and the disappearing doves would have lasted but little longer but for the timely adoption of laws for their protection. The brief sections of the law do not entirely cover the ground or give us a complete system, but it.,would be hard to embrace in the limited paragraphs more good law than is contained in the Act as it now stands. It seems to be the essence of the many salutary statutes, (some of them burden some in their detail) of several of the very best state laws. There are some inaccuracies and errors in recording and printing the bill that of course will have your attention; and REPORT OP STATE GAME' AND FISH COMMISSIONER. there are a number of desirable amendments, intended to en- large the scope of the law and perfect a system of enforcement, that I shall take the liberty of enumerating in this report. I will confine myself to the changes that suggest themselves in administering the present law. The law as it now stands completely ignores the question of propagation, and very properly so until the matter of protection has been, in a large measure, perfected and becomes generally effective. Only for the protection of game, wild birds and fish from destruction by man is provided by the present law, which makes no reference to their protection from destruction through the agency of forest fires, predatory birds and four footed animals. That is a matter that might also wait for the more perfect enforcement of the present provisions of the law, although 1 am very much disposed to recommend the protection of quail in the laying and hatching season from the hungry, halfbreed pointer and setter dogs that prowl about the cover during the spring months, and in many instances destroy the eggs, or young birds before they leave the nest. It is claimed by those who ought to know, and is probably true, that the half-breed, half-fed pointers and setters roaming at large about the farms destroy more quail every season than are killed by the sportsmen's guns. Notwithstanding the admirable natural conditions in every county in the State the supply of fish has been reduced to a minimum, and only in isolated cases are desirable fish to be found sufficient to tempt the angler or reward the efforts of those who enjoy that splendid article of diet. German Carp in many streams of the State is probably the most difficult problem with which we have to deal in the matter of returning to a normal fish supply. They destroy the spawn of the game fish and have rendered some of the best fish streams of the State uninviting to the angler and unprofitable to people who might otherwise enjoy the advantages of a bountiful supply of fish. We are hardly ready for game propagation. With our admirable climate, and excellent natural cover the matter of protection is a hundred times more important than propagation besides the experiments attempted in different states indi- ; cate that, as yet the thought is a new one, the methods crude, and that results are often disappointing. The Hungarian partridge will evidently do well in this climate and section, but its propagation might for the present be confined to the individual efforts of private citizens who REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 7 are sufficiently enterprising to undertake the work. It is doubtful if pheasants will do well in this climate. In the matter of fish propagation, I am also of the opinion that we are not ready for a state hatchery. There is so much to be done in improving the conditions of, and protecting the State's thousands of miles of natural fish streams, and thousands of acres of the finest fresh water lakes in the world, and splendid area of salt water, inlets, bays, estuaries, rivers and creeks that we would be wasting money to attempt propaga- tion at this time. The rigid enforcement of the present law against the taking of fish in any manner except with hook and line between February 1st and July 1st, and the protection of the streams from pollution will result in the production of more fish than any hatchery could turn out. Certainly we need some immediate improvement in the seining law, as under the present law seines of any size mesh may be used, and it is true that millions of young fish entirely too small to be used for food are left on the banks of the streams to die by those who drag the seines that take everything from the size of a minnow up. This should have the prompt attention of the Legislature as the seining season opened July 1st, and the fishermen who have been restrained by the wardens eagerly resort to seines and use nets of the smallest mesh, and millions of small fish are being destroyed the first few weeks of the open season. In the matter of prosecutions this Department has not been as active and persistent as would appear to be proper and necessary after the first season. As a rule the courts of the State have taken that view of the matter and grand juries have failed to find true bills and trial juries verdicts ; Judges have been light in imposing sentences on the theory that leniency is usual and justifiable in initiating the operation of the new law. The State's share of the fines imposed by the courts in cases tried amounts to only $624.35 out of a total revenue of nearly $20,000.00. I believe that a more strenuous campaign against infractors should be adopted by this Department after the first season, and it is quite probable that the courts will often impose more than the minimum fine. As a rule the courts from Justices of the Peace to the Court of Appeals have sustained the law and aided this Department. Early in the season the question of the protection of ducks became an important question for this Department. Under the construction of the Attorney-general, the law pro- tects ducks (except summer ducks) as it does non-game birds, but it became apparent that there was no intention on the part ; 8 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. of the Legislature to give such protection to ducks, and I advised wardens against prosecutions for duck shooting. Section 18 seems to require a license to hunt, regardless of the character of the game hunted, but I find that good lawyers and members of the Legislature hold to the opinion that a license is required only for huntnig protected birds and animals. (One Superior Court Judge having so instructed his Jury.) Under the construction of the Attorney-General, the local acts passed for the protection of game in several counties were annulled or repealed by the general law with the result that the game in those counties had to stand the drain of the open season as in other counties. The act of August 19, 1911 to prohibit saw dust in fish streams has been over-looked by many grand juries, and is slow to put in operation on account of section 3. I unhesitatingly recommend the repeal of that section so that the law will go into effect without the necessity of the action of the grand There is a strong public sentiment for including Thanksgiving Day in the open season for qail. Migratory ducks should be included in the list of game birds, as is the case in other states, and a bag limit prescribed. Larks and black birds should be included in the non-pro- tected list. GAME PROTECTION SENTIMENT GENERAL. 1911 was a year of general activity in the matter of Legislation in the interest of game protection. The passage of the general game law in this State was coincident with Legislation strengthening the laws in nearly every state in the Union, that had been enacted in advance of the Georgia Law. Sessions of the Legislature were held in all the States but seven and, with the single exception of Nevada, laws affecting the protection of game were passed by all of them. About 260 new laws were adopted by the different states of the Union last year in the interest of Game protection which indicates that the people realize the importance of the conservation of game birds and animals and of fish. The congress enacted four new laws in the interest of game -- in the Territories of the United States. Arkansas, adopted a new general law. -- Alabama, one amendatory act -- California, eight acts. -- Colorado, three acts. -- Connecticut^ five acts. REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 9 -- Deleware, five acts. -- Florida, eight local acts. -- Georgia, one general act. -- Idaho, three acts. -- Illinois, two acts. -- Indiana, three acts. -- Iowa, two acts. -- Kansas, one act. -- Maine, eleven acts. -- Massachusetts, nineteen acts -- Michigan, six acts. -- Minnesota, four acts. -- Missouri, three acts. -- Montana, six acts. -- Nebraska, two acts. -- Nevada, no Legislation. -- New Hampshire, twelve acts. -- New Jersey, twelve acts. -- New York, five acts. -- North Carolina, one general act. -- North Dakota, five acts. -- Ohio, one act. -- Oklahoma, three acts. -- Oregon, seven acts. -- Pennsylvania, several acts. -- Porto Rico, two acts. -- Rhode Island, three acts. -- South Dakota, two acts. -- South Carolina, one act. -- Tennessee, five acts. -- Utah, one act. -- Vermont, thirteen acts. -- Washington, four acts. -- West Virginia, one act. -- Wisconsin, nine acts. -- Wyoming, three acts. -- Manitoba, one act. -- New Poundland, two acts. -- Ontario, one act. -- Quebec, one act. Some of the States prohibit the use of automatic guns and of dogs for hunting birds and the use of motor boats in hunt- ing water fowls, such provisions have been adopted usually by those States much farther advanced in the matter of game preservation and hunting regulations than Georgia, and it may 10 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. be reasonably insisted that we are not yet ready for legislation of that nature, although most desirable. There is a universal prejudice against the field lark, almost every farmer considers him a nuisance and an enemy about the planting season. However insignificant it may appear to be, we have heard more adverse criticism of the game law on account of the protection given to field larks than for any other reason. THE STATE'S OYSTER BEDS. The State's oyster beds have been neglected so long and robbed and raked so constantly that the public has lost sight -- of their true value, which has been reduced to a minimum for the want of protection the State's neglect. The laws that have been enacted have not been enforced, and it is doubtful if any attempt has ever been made to enforce them. A hundred years ago Maryland adopted the first act look- ing to the protection of oysters in the Chesapeake Waters. In 1820 they prohibited dredging ; in 1830 they adopted a planting law ; in 1838, the first packing house was established. In 1848 the first steam packing house was established ; in 1866. second planting law, five acres ; 1886, shell plantnig act adopted ; in 1880, Cull Law ; 1906, oyster culture law adopted. The oyster crop increased, 1810 to 1886 from one half million bushels to fifteen million bushels, at that time the multiplying oyster tongs reached the maximum and proved too numerous for the extensive beds in the Chesapeake bay and there has been a decline in the out put until in 1910 when the crop amounted to three and one half million bushels. Nobody knows what the Georgia oyster beds produce nor what they are capable of producing. Irresponsible negroes with meager outfits, furnished by the several canning houses along the coast promiscuously and constantly rake the beds and sell the oysters to the canning houses. Oysters are worth 40 cents to 50 cents per bushel, and -- Georgia has many hundred acres of natural oyster beds, which with protective measures close season, and a strictly enforced cull law would produce ten to fifty bushels of oysters per acre. I do not recommend expensive surveys now, or attempts at propagation, on the States account, but the time will soon come when a survey, and charting of the State's oyster beds will be necessary. Under the new law, (Haman) Professor Caswell Graves estimates the value of the "State's oyster properties of Mary- land at over $125,000,000.00." Maryland, is of course the great oyster State, and her TtEPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 11 oyster beds are conservatively valued at fifty million of dollars. Probably Georgia's oyster beds could be made to produce ten per cent of the Maryland crop ; then five millions dollars would be a conservative estimate of the value of that asset of the State, but suppose the value was only a million dollars it is certainly worth the attention of the Legislature and the care of this Department. CONSCIENTIOUS WARDEN SERVICE. In order that you may better understand the character of service being rendered under the warden system I call attention to some instances of unselfish service on the part of the gentlemen who are devoting their best efforts to the enforcement of the law in the different sections of the State. WARDEN PROSECUTES HIS DEPUTY. One of the first prosecutions under the new game law, if not the very first was where a warden prosecuted his deputy. Warden Golden of Glynn County on information that Deputy Jones, who had just been commissioned had been hunting without permission of the land owner caused the arrest and prosecution of the deputy, but the jury refused to convict, and it appears that the deputy had not wilfully violated the law. WARDEN PROSECUTES HIS PASTOR. In the County of Decatur the warden, a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Bainbridge prosecuted his pastor for killing a turkey hen. The preacher is not only a law abiding citizen, an able preacher and prominent citizen, but a conscientious law enforcement advocate. Unfortunately he could not discriminate between the goblers and hens in the covey of turkeys he flushed, he brought home a turkey hen. The war- den, his neighbor and warm personal friend, and deacon in his church did his duty by prosecuting his pastor, who plead guilty and paid the statutory fine. WARDEN PROSECUTES HIS SON, In the County of Colquitt a deputy warden went to the Judge of the City Court, Judge McKenzie, to swear out a warrant, giving him the same name of the warden, W. T. Murray, the judge inquired if they were related. The faithful deputy replied that it was his son. He brought him into court convicted him, and collected the fine, furnishing the fine money to his son out of his own pocket. I merely relate these circumstances or incidents to show -- 12 REPORT OE STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER'. the faithfulness and impartiality of the wardens who have 1 been assisting in the enforcement of the new game law . NOT LOOKING FOR FINE MONEY. The following report of a deputy warden merely indicates: how a good officer may do his duty and not do much prose- cuting. He states that he has made nothing out of the job, but has the satisfaction of knowing that the game law was enforced in his district. His work has been a credit to him, and to this Department, "R. F. D. 4 Macon, Ga., March, 5th, 1912. "Mr. Harry C. Kendall, County Game Warden, Bibb County, Macon, Ga. Dear Sir : "As the hunting season for 1911-12 has closed I herewith hand you a review of the work as far as East Macon District is concerned. "As for quail there has not been a single violation either- hunting out of season or hunting without the necessary per- mission and license. "I know of several places in this neighborhood where there has been no permission granted that there has absolutely not been a single gun fired upon it, and the owners of these places will vouch for this statement. "I had two cases made against parties for shooting doves during the closed season. One against A. R. G which was , reported to me by Mr. J E who stated that his son and , another party were witnesses. "I did not see the witnesses until some time after I made the cases and they stated although they heard Mr. G shoot- , ing they did not know what he was shooting. "The other case was against J L whom I found in possession of a dove or at least was in his hunting sack which was being carried by a small boy named G . This ---- boy claimed that the bird was hurt, and the pointer dog which followed L^ caught it. This G- 's elder brother and a young man named S were along in this party and ---- they told Officer Layfield later that the younger G picked up the dove after the dog had caught it and that L did not claim it at all. "After this kind of a tangle developed I did not think ---- there was any chance to convict L . I had L the Elder , ---- ---- G and S endieted for hunting on the lands of the : REPORT OP STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. IS Massey Gin and Machine Company without permission but they M afterwards prevailed on Mr. 0. M. to give a statement to the effect that they had permission. "It was brought to our attention, you recall, that there was a wholesale shooting of bull-bats going on at Cross Keys. I commenced to investigate this matter and got information ---- the same day to the effect that R. A. B J , S P , W W and R had been shooting them. I think I made a mistake in making these cases so soon as I did for I W was unable to get any more evidence against these parties. J S and R are school boys about 18 years of age, and as both did not deny the charges but stated they did not know it was against the law I took this matter up with Mr. G and we decided that it would do no good to push the cases against them as it might create a sentiment against the game law in as much as a lot of older men started the shooting and it has been impossible to apprehend them. "I understand the negroes were the first ones that started bull-bat shooting there and warden Massey and myself tried very way in our power to get the names of the parties but we were unsuccessful. "You understand that this occurred some time ago before there was any appointment of Game Warden made or probably we could have caught them in the act. It is safe to say that there will be no repetition of these violations this year. I was badly handicapped most of the season on account of not having any means to cover my territory, it being a large one, but I have a horse and buggy now and can look after it better if you desire me to stay with you another year. I have not made anything out of the job, but I have the satisfaction of knowing that the game law was enforced in East Macon District and am looking foward to several good hunts next season. Yours truly, (signed) R, V. MACON. Another report from a Deputy Warden, J. A. Killings- worth of Richmond County says in part ' 'I am 62 years old and am pretty well known ; I held up every hunter I saw in the fields or woods, 2 had State license and 39 had county license. I found 7 boys shooting robins, 63 men were over district line without license. Not a single man gave me a cross word. I took the boys to their parents, and they thanked me kindly for not carrying them into court ; the men I found over the district line I put right, with warning that they must not do so again. I have been to several club ponds and fishing grounds in search of traps, but found none. : 14 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. I have been very watchful but found no violations that I thought deserved arrest and prosecution. I believe in using good judgment in cases of that kind. I have heard of one* warden who was thrown out of a window, another kicked off the poarch, and in the city one got his face all bunged up, and some got a cussing out, people think they were too hasty. I have not had a bit of trouble." Warden Killingsworth was probably more lenient than is consistent with good service, but for the first season perhaps it was well enough to be slow to prosecute. The same warden will probably prosecute for like offenses the next season because he knows now that the hunters know better. Deputy C. B. Hargrove, of Oglethorpe county writes a characteristic letter, I quote it in part below to indicate a general sentiment expressed by hundreds of wardens in dif- ferent parts of the State "In regard to prosecutions in this county will say; we have not had any trouble at all. There has been less hunting here than I have ever known. The negroes do not seem to understand the law, and have not hunted scarcely at all and the white people so far as I can learn through my deputies and others, have obeyed the law, which meets with hearty approval of the majority of the people, especially the sportsmen, and the people all over the county, being outspoken in favor of the law, have generally aided me in its enforcement. Respectfully, (signed) C. B. HARGROVE, Game Warden, Og'lethorpe County. REPORT OF M. F. BOISCLAIR, WARDEN Whitfield County. HON. JESSE MERCER, DALTQN, GA. May 8th, 1912. 7 State Game and Fish Commissioner, DEAR SIR :-- Fitzgerald, Ga. Acting under your personal instructions, and after the Grand Jury had recommended that saw mills stop putting saw dust in the streams, I beg to submit the following work done: April 1st. Destroyed the Parker trap, also MeCunes trap, both on river, Connasauga. $3.00 2nd. Went to Caylor & Isbell's saw mill and had saw- dust chute changed. Also had a fish trap taken out at Herndon's mill. $3.00 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 15 3rd. Had a trap taken out at Duckett's mill and two on creek below the mill. $3.00 4th. Went to the Quillman place and destroyed one trap, and visited two saw mills. $3.00 5th. Destroyed two traps on Cohutta creek. One of them was full of fish at the time. $3.00 8th. Destroyed two fish traps near Rocky face on Mill Creek and stopped Hassler's saw mill until they changed, so they can keep dust out of creek. This mill heretofore had emptied their saw dust in Mill Creek. $3.00 9th. Visited Vining's Mill at Dawnville and Boyles' mill at Norton. Both of them were putting 10th. saw dust in Deep Spring creek. $3.00 Went to Deep Springs in upper end of county and had the Richardson mill to shut down until they could make other arrangements for the dust $3.00 12th. Visited Clark's Mill, above Tunnell Hill, also Calloway's Mill and shut one down, and the other will change saw dust run. $3.00 13th. Went again into Deep Spring settlement and tore out three fish traps and regulated one saw mill changed dust deposit. $3.00 15th. To Jackson's Mill and changed mill and to Wal- lace's Bros, mill and destroyed one fish trap. $3.00 16th. Revisited Callaway's Mill as it was reported to me that he was still depositing dust in streams illegally, but found out that it was a mistake. On this trip I went to Jom Wood's mill and on the way there found and destroyed one fish trap. $3.00 20th. Sent to near Tennessee line to see after saw mill and three fish traps. I was 17 hours on this trip. Put the traps out of business. $3.00 22nd. Went to Holland's bridge on Murray county, line, for traps also to Kenness Farm, got three traps. $3.00 23rd. Prater's Mill, north end of county, and found 2 fish traps doing land office fish business, and put them out of commission. $3.00 24th. To Treadwell's mill, and also to Gordon county line and found 3 traps on Connasauga river. Destroyed 2 of them and will destroy the other. $3.00 25th. To Herndon's Mill and to river between Whitfield and Murray. Found a place when the water gets up and overflows. The people let down a trap door while the water is up, and 16 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. when the water recedes they catch barrels of all kinds of fish. Had it removed. $3.00 27. Visited Carbondale District and found saw mill 29th. May illegally running. Regulated them all. To Mayward's Mill, also Mr. Martin's for a saw mill. Had dust chute changed. farm, $3.00 $3.00 1st. Went to Sam Smith's mill, on Mill creek, and also to a new mill just set up on the Falsom place. Changed dust chute of both of them. $3.00 2nd. Went over to Trickum, and Mill creek districts, and to Swicks grist mill, and got two traps, and one saw mill changed dust deposit. $3.00 3rd. Visited near Tennessee line on Cohutta Creek. $3.00 4th. Went from one end of county to the other on both sides of the mountain and regulated saw mills that were depositing saw dust in the streams. $3.00 6,7,8 Got a boat and floated down river from Bever- dale to near Tilton, a distance of nearly 70 miles, and found numerous traps, 3 saw mills, all doing business contrary to law; regulated mills and destroyed traps. $9.00 TOTAL ... ._ $78.00 I found our county in a most deplorable condition as practically every saw mill in Whitfield was directly over the water course, or had a water run cut under the saw, and in some places I found the saw dust a foot or more deep. I found nearly all of the mills running (even after the law became effective) when I visited them, and would have continued to work regardless of the new law had I not made the above rounds, depending on luck or the good will of their neighbors in not being reported. As it is, some of the water power mills will cut out sawing altogether, while others will change their plants. Nearly all of the above mills are small, probably not cutting on an average of 2,000 feet per day. Still they make enough dust to exterminate all the fish. I shall continue to pay strict attention to the saw mills, as they can avoid putting the dust into the streams at a little additional expense, and I consider them more destructive than traps or even dynamite as it kills both big and little fish as well as the eggs. It is a rarity now to be lucky enough to catch a good mess of fish in Whitfield county, as they have been murdered and butchered in every conceivable manner heretofore, but as I REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 17 intend to be vigilant at all times in their interest, I hope in a year or two it will be possible to enjoy a day on the river or creek. I find our people as much or even more interested in the protection of fish than they are in anything else. The new game law in Whitfield is becoming popular. Yours very truly, (Signed) M. F. BOISCLAIR, Warden Whitfield County. THE WARDEN SYSTEM. Not only in Georgia but in most of the States of the Union it is clearly proven that the warden system is the only practi- cal and effectual way of protecting game and fish. Reliable men, resident in every militia district who know the conditions and the temper of people, and who are interested in the protection of game and fish afford the best protection possible. No large number of men may be expected to continually give their attention to the matter, and their services to the State without some reasonable compensation. To pay them a salary or per diem would soon lead to corrupt and most unsatisfactory conditions, and exhaust the funds. : 18 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. FINANCIAL REPORT. This Department has not only been self sustaining, but the expenses have not reached much more than 25 per cent of the receipts. I have had the books and the accounts of the Department carefully audited and submit here the report of the auditor STATEMENT OF LICENSES SOLD SEPTEMBER 1, 1911 TO JUNE 13, 1912. COUNTIES WARDENS Appling Baker Baldwin Banks Bartow Berrien Ben Hill Bibb Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Campbell Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattachoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Colquitt Columbia G. W. E. Herndon Centennial Kidd Theo. R. Cline Harvey Anderson J. A. Henderson W. R. Futch T. J. Luke H. C. Kendall M. L. Stanley David Clark P. C. Richardson R. W. Chandler J. G. Maddox P. P. Dozier Chas S. Arnow W. R. Hopkins B. L. Burns S. B. Ward S. E. Cannon G. R. Rossignol, Jr. J. B. Howell C. S. Bradley W. D. Miller E. S. Price T. J. Young J. M. Archer J. H. W. Livingston M. T. McCleskie C. L. Campbell Dr. R. C. Lindsey Dr. C. C. Fletcher C. J. Dill No. of No. of No. Of Count) Li- State Li- Non-Resd't censes sold 94 39 43 22 104 80 censes sold 19 12 35 2 23 23 --Lic'ns sold -- -- -- -- -- Amount Remitted $108.75 53.25 102.25 20.50 124.00 106.00 55 99 1 251.25 252 276 106 8 --1 753.00 95.50 54 161 15 50 --12 214.50 220.75 148 47 52 63 13 42 --1 -- 247.50 61.25 123.75 80 55 27 4 15 3 --12 -- 212.00 71.25 26.25 19 19 2 76.25 45 21 1 87.75 590 28 61 37 26 24 28 3 70 39 24 66 21 268 1 4 5 61 13 --20 39 46 26 22 8 --4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- 1,022.75 23.00 53.75 37.75 141.50 44.00 61.00 2.25 130.50 121.25 70.50 93.50 31.75 2,500 1,255 34 $4,789.25 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 19 oweta Crawford A. J. Smith A. B. Young 80 29 -- $118.50 56 6-- 54.00 risp Dade Dawson J. A. Bishop J. T. Woolbright Lee J. Anderson 61 47 1 27 1-- -- 5 3 151.75 22.25 9.75 Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooley Dougherty Douglas T. M. Battle E. L. Waggoner T. H. Hargrove H. J. Morgan R. Hobbs C. F. Selman 225 22 22 -- 47 47 -- 84 33 -- 109 29 -- 76 159 42 5-- 475.25 130.00 130.00 139.75 375.00 41.50 Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel L. E. Black, Sr. W. E. Prescott A. J. Simmons W. C. Christian 86 38 2 11 1-- 13 8-- 91 5-- Homer D. Strickland 53 12 2 164.50 10.25 25.75 78,25 87.75 Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glasscock C. M. Butt W. E. Peeples C. A. Todd Chas. E. Davenport R. A. Turner Jos. W. McCord A. E. Sharp E. 0. Williams 31 2 23 4 178 68 17 6 26 25 93 480 17 2 17 6 2 51.25 -- 25.25 -- 269.50 -- 24.75 -- 69.50 3 1,065.75 -- 16.75 -- 24.75 Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock P. M. Golden H. A. Wise C. R. Godwin H. G. Copeland John L. Brown A. F. Nix F. L. Comer L. E. Moore 115 139 17 11 5-- -- 37 12 -- 126 31 37 7-- -- 43 23 -- 37 18 84 11 6 568.25 18.25 51.75 156.50 41.75 78.25 63.75 157.00 1,958 1,284 55 $4,697.25 20 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff D&vist Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jons Laurens;- Lee Liberty Lincoln Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie Mcintosh Merriwether Milled Milton Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan T. B. Eubanks G. R. Robinson Amos W. Adams W. S. Crockett J. M. Stone Jno. T. Hartley Dr. R. H. Pate R. S. McGarrity T. W. Mercer J. E. Varn P. K. Wren H. J. Wftzel J. M. Walker C. L. Green R. Y. Beckham? F. S. Hale D. P. Hughes J. E. Deason Rt D. Mydleton Dr. Craig Arnold W. T. Christopher N. J. Porterfield Jos. H. Story Joe De Medicis Alex Bailey C. Mallory L, A. Free Ed. M. Upshaw W. L. Campbell C. M. Hooks J. H. Kent Millard George 28 5 -- 5 6 40 5-- 21 4-- -- 55 17 -- 104 42 -- 46 34 -- 54 40 -- 81 26 25 13 3 68 28 1 51 -- 32. -- 33 12 -- 127 17 -- 145 55 -- 137 14 -- 87 24 18 1-- 90 49^ -- 11 1-- -- 46 46 -- 19 19 -- 37 11 45 23 1 10 4-- -- 115 24 19 11 2 -- 4 6 -- 54 41 -- 81 18 75 12 1 51 9 $31.00> 15.75" 40.00 23.75= 75.25 162.00 102.50' 120.50* 112.75 80.75 119.00 103.25* 49.25 129.50 219.25. 130.75 113.25. 15.50 165.50 10.25 126.50 52.25 49.75" 91.75 16.50 134.00 60.25 15.00 122.50 96.75 92.25 57.25 1782 649 8 $2,734.75 . REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 21 Murray Muscogee Newton 'Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Spaulding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbott Talliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs J, S. Keister Robert S. Grier F. C. Snell R. M. Anderson C. B. Hargroves B. J. Edmondson W. S. Brady R M. Purdom L. P. Milner J. M. Hanrick L. C. Ryan R. L. DeLoach A. P. Surles W. T. Dozier J. K. Spann W. H. Lanier V. C. Almand R. E. L. Eason W. T. Willis Gill Willis R. L. Carroll W. B. Simpson W. T. McMath Miles G. Parker S. 0. Acree Jno. B. Goffe W. R. Whatley Steve Williams Eli G. Hill John W. Futch Wiley Branch, Jr. M. A. McQueen 47 8 - -- 135 135 39 25 -- -- 44 18 -- 51 11 11 1-- -- 28 12 -- 31 13 9 9-- 84 20 __ -- 103 87 -- 152 21 10 4-- 28 4-- -- 75 53 320 168 11 31 7-- -- 21 14 89 12 4 -- 46 37 -- 12 15 -- 35 18 -- 155 158 -- 70 14 38 8-- 111 54 -- 37 9-- -- 38 20 -- 84 116 59 33 62 -- 53 46 72 47 $51.25 372.25 79.50 65.00 $0.25 10.25 45.00 49.25 24.75 103.00 251.25 157.50 15.50 29.00 162.25 708.00 37.25 43.75 139.00 108.50 39.75 62.25 432.25 80.50 44.50 191.25 45.75 68.50 295.00 852.25 131.75 148.00 2118 1197 77 $4,908.25 22 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND PTSH COMMISSIONER. Towns Troup S. F. Wood R. J. Willis -- 8 9 -- 136 51 Turner Twiggy Union Upson W. T. Williams? J. I. Mercer Moses Weaver E. R. Ingram 31 24' 1 48 9-- 2---- -- 69 14 Walker Walton Jno. C. Knox G. P. Hurst 56 13 2 -- 197 29 Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkerson Worth Hal Lambdin W. J. Norris Max Snell Anderson Williams J. C. McEarchern Jesse R. Lumbsden; M. Boisclair W. W. Taylor H. 0. Colley C. K. Parker G. M. Pins on. 96 77 1 83 1ST 3 81 25 2 -- 13 25 21 6 1 -- 8 2 -- 37 11 -- 74 32 158 7-- -- 33 5 86 15 6 $24.0(P 204.00'' 83.0(? 54.00* 1,50 79.75 92.0a 205.75 237.25 136.25 134.75 59.75 39.75 10.00 49.75 119.5Q 132.5a 34.75 166.5a 1236 373 16 $1,864.75 RECAPITULATION, Sheet "1" Sheet "2" Sheet "3' Sheet "4" Sheet "5" 2500 1255 1958 1284 1782 649 2118 1197 1236 373 34 4,789.25 55 4,697.25 8 2,734.75 77 4,908.25 16 1,864.75 Total 9594 4758 190 $18,994.25 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 23 PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATION GAME AND FISH LAW SEPTEMBER 1, 1911 TO JUNE 13, 1912 INCLUSIVE. COUNTY Appling Baker Baldwin Banks Bartow Berrien Ben Hill Bibb Brooks Bryan Bullock Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Campbell Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Dacatur DeKalb Dodge Dooley Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton No. of Prosecution 4 4 10 4 Amount of Fiiws $ 40.00 40.01 100.00 63.00 4 40.00 2 20.00 3 30.00 5 50.00 6 60.00 2 30.00 3 45.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 State Proportion $ 10.00 10.00 25.00 15.75 10.00 5.00 7.50 12.50 15.00 7.50 11.25 2.50 2.50 17 170.00 3 71.55 3 70.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 3 30.00 3 30.00 4 70.00 1 23.85 42.50 17.93 17.50 2.50 2.50 7.50 7.50 17.50 5.97 2 20.00 5.00 I 10.00 1 25.00 2.50 6.25 24 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. Gilmer Glasscock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie Mcintosh Merriwethee Miller Milton Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding > Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond fc 20.0(1 4 . 40.00 5.00 10.00 6 60.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 1 15.00 5 50.00 5 50.00 S 20.0d 6 60.00 2 20.00 1 5.00 8 80.00 6 60.00 2 20.00 2 20.00 8 80.00 9 120.00 9 90.00 8 80.00 6 68.75 15.00 2.50 2.50 3.75 12.50 12.50 5.00 15.00 5.00 1.25 20.00 15.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 30.00 22.50 20.00 17.20 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 25 Rockdale Schley Screven Spaulding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbott Talliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Troupe Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkersor Worth 2 20.00 5.00 3 40.00 7 70.00 1 10.00 10 100.00 10.00 17.50 2.50 25.00 3 30.00 2 20.00 1 10.00 7.50 5.00 2.50 4 60.00 15.00 9 60.00 15.00 2 20.00 5.00 230 $2,553.30 $624.35 RECONCILEMENT OF BANK BALANCES AS OF JUNE 13, 1912 American State Bank, Fitzgerald Balance Exchange National Bank, Fitzgerald Balance The Third National Bank, Fitzgerald Balance First National Bank, Fitzgerald Balance LESS OUTSTANDING CHECK VOUCHERS. $1,015.22 1,335.93 492.95 9,009.71 Voucher No. 70 for T. B. Skinner outstanding $18.00 Ledger balance $8,991.71 Game Protection Fund with State Treasury $11,835.81 $ 2,000.00 $13,835.81 : -- 26 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. COMMENTS ON AUDIT OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH We verified in detail the collections of the county wardens for the sale of hunter's licenses, also collections made by clerks of the courts for fines imposed for violation of this act and their remittances to the commissioner. The course of our audit covered the period from September 1, 1911 to June 13, 1912 as shown on Exhibit "A". The amount received by the commissioner is as follows: From County Licenses From State Licenses From Non-Resident Licenses @ 9594 75 @ 4,758 2.00 @ 190 12.00 $7,195.50 $9,516.00 $2,280.00 Amount overpaid by wardens From fines for violation of the game and fish law State's proportion $18,991.50 $ 2.75 $ 624.35 The $19,618.60 has been deposited in the banks, and the balances as of June 13, 1912, are as follows American State Bank Exchange National Bank The Third National Bank First National Bank Game protection fund with State Treasury $19,618.60 $ 1,015.22 $ 1,335.93 $ 492.95 $14,823.50 $ 2,000.00 $19,667.60 Vouchers have been issued by the commissioner, amounting to 5,813.79, which the First National Bank of Fitzgerald has honored in financing this department, until such time as the next legislature meets and the necessary appropriation be made to cover the expenses of said department. We certify that the foregoing statements show the true financial condition of the Georgia Department of Game and Fish at June 13, 1912, and the result of the operations thereof for the period covered from September 1, 1911 to June 13, 1912. CHAS. NEVILLE, Public Accountant. : KEPORT OE STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 27 STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURES SEPTEMBER 1, 1911 TO JUNE 13, 1912. INCOME -From sale of county licenses From sale of State licenses @ "9,594 .75c each @ 4,758 2.00 each $ 7,195.50 $ 9.516.00 Prom sale of non-resident licenses @ 190 12.00 each $ 2,280.00 $18,991.50 Amount overpaid by county wardens $ 2.75 Sch. 1 $18,994.25 From fines for violation of the game and fish law State's Proportion Sch. 2 $ 624.35 J.. E, Mercer, Commissioner. (Money advanced for incidental ^expenses, since first of month $ 46.88 Expenditures Office Expenses: General Stamps Express $19,665.48 $19,665.48 126.76 431.80 79.27 Stationery and printing Traveling expenses Telephone and telegraph tolls -- Salary commissioner -- Salaries employees Extra service Warden per deim (By commissioner's special directions) Furniture and fixtures $ 637.83 1,130.61 493.91 53.99 1,500.00 377.75 50.50 504.00 313.84 Total Excess income over expenditures (Schedule 3) $5,562.43 $14,056.17 REPORT OP STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER-. RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS.. In this report is given the names of the parties charged with' violating the Game and Fisir Laws of Georgia, by counties: COUNTY Baker Baker Baker Baker Baldwin. Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Ben Hill Ben Hill Ben Hill Ben Hill BullochBulloch Bulloch Bulloch Calhoun NAME OF OFFENDER R. H. Bostwick Andrew Cheever Caesar Alford George Holt ManDozier Watts Sim Fowler Ed Pittman J. H. G. Williams James Smith Gam Smith Arthur Cantrell Ed Kelley Joe Henderson Cleve Carson Jack Smith Willis Crittenden Richard Terrell Charlie Garrison John Wootson John Johnson Alex McDonald Georgia Curry Jim Thomas Henry White Mackey White Dan Butler Dan Roberson OFFENSE CHARGED Shooting Fish Illegal Hunting Illegal Hunting Illegal Hunting Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Hunting without license Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law NET FINE STATE'S SHARI 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 2.50 2.50' 2.50 2.50 2.50 10.00 2.50' lO.Ot) 2.50' 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50* 10.00 2.50- 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 33.00 8.25 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 10.00 2.50 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 29 RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS (Continued.) Calhoun Camden Carroll Carroll Carroll Carroll Carroll Chatham Chatham. Chatham Chatham Chattooga Chattooga Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee Clarke Clay Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Albert Green Violating Game 10.00 Law George Stewart Killing deer out 10.00 of season Oscar Bailey Hunting without 10.00 license John Bailey Hunting without 10.00 license Crawford Butler Hunting without 10,00 license Warren Evans Hunting without 10.00 Mack Neel license Hunting unlaw- 10.00 B. M. Frazier fully Violating Game Law 10.00 C. E. Frazier Violating Game 10.00 Law Ward Allen Violating Game 10.00 Law Oglethorpe Club Violating Game 10.00 Law Felton Wootten Hunting without 25.00 Permission of Land Owner Gus McArthur Hunting without 5.00 license T. Castannelli Hunting without 15.00 license A. Castanelli Hunting without 15.00 license G. Muraglia Hunting without 15.00 license Cris Jones Offering game 10.00 Mack Snipes for sale Violating Game Law 10.00 York Webb Hunting without 10.00 license 0. N. Sloan Hunting without 1000 license Charles Sloan Shooting baited doves 10.00 Robert Sloan Shooting baited Nash Murphy doves 10.00 Shooting Baited Robert Murphy doves Shooting baited 10.00 Jess Murphy doves 10.00 Shooting baited doves 10.00 John A. Carlton Shooting baited A. C. Murphy doves 10.00 Shooting baited L. I. Murphy doves Shooting baited 10.00 doves 10.00 2,50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2,50 2.50 2.50 2.50 6.25 1.25 3.75 3.75 3.75 2.50 2,50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3D REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER-. RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS (Continued.) Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Columbia Columbia Columbia Coweta Coweta Coweta Crawford Crisp DecaturDecatur Decatur Dodge Dodge Dodge Dooly Dooly- Dooly Dooly Dougherty Elbert * Elbert G, W. Murphy Shooting baited doves A. C. Murphy Shooting baited doves S. P. Turnbull Shooting baited doves Fred Burroughs Fishing without permission of Land owner Will Green Fishing without permission of Land owner Noah Thomas Fishing without permission of Land owner W. D. Murphy Hunting without License Ed. Sweatman Violating Game Law Dan Gleaton Violating Game Law Prince Gilpin Violating Game Law Solomon Craytorc Violating Game Law Willis Sanders Violating Game Law Bruce McElroy Hunting without permission of Land owner Mack Dean Hunting without permission of Land owner Jesse Gilbert Violating Game Law C. W. Minor Killing Turkey C. L. Perry Hen ( Violating Game Law Man Williams Violating Game Law H. H. Hall Violating Game Law Joe Brantley Violating Game Law Howard Wright Violating Game Law James Woodward Violating Game Law Lucius Thomas Violating Game Law Effy Thomas Violating Game Law John Flagg Violating Game Law Frank Many Violating Game Law Ben Hughes Hunting without permission of Land owner Tom Green Noble Violating Game Law 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00* 10.00 23.85 23.85 20.05 30.00 30.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 10.00 23.90 10.00 10.00 2.5G' 2.50* 2.50 2.50' 2.50> 2.50* 2.50 5.96 5.96 5.01 7.50 7.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.50 6.25 2.50 2.50 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIOMS (Continued.) Forsyth Fulton Grady Grady Greene Greene Greene Greene Irwin Irwin Irwin Irwin Irwin Irwin Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Laurens Laurens Laurens Laurens Laurens Macon J. J. Reid Hunting without License 10.00 Ga. Terrace Hotel Serving Game to Lem Singleterry Patrons Violating Game Law 25.00 10.00 Robert Donald Hunting without License 10.00 Jake Reid Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Love Armour Hunting without Aleck Armour License 10.00 Hunting without License 10.00 Nathaniel Moore Hunting without License 10.00 James Fletcher Hunting without License 10.00 A. B. C. Dorminey Hunting without License 10.00 S. V. Graham Hunting without License 10.00 Waldo Henderson Hunting without License 10.00 J. D. Parks Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Walter Powers Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Dave Holt Hunting without License 10.00 Seth Fuller Shooting Game Tom Little out of Season 10.00 Hunting without License 10.00 Mark Freeman Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Spinks Sollomon Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 James Balkam Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Jesse Balkam Huntnig without permission of Land owner 10.00 Ben Anderson Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Monte Clark Shooting Doves out of Season 10.00 C. L. Cumbers Shooting doves out of Season 10.00 W. M. Sutherland Shooting doves out of Season 10.00 Noah Stanley Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 George Metz Hunting without permission of Land Owner 10.00 Jimmie Felton Violation of Game Law "10.00 31 2.50 6.25 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.60 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 32 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS (Continued.) Macon Henry Goodwin Violation of Game Law 10.00 2.50 Merriwether John Lambert Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Merriwether Johnnie Young Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Merriwether Will Arthur Griggs Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Merriwether Robert West Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Merriwether Jack Mercer Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Merriwether Fred Stephens Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Monroe Ed Taylor Hunting out of Season 10.00 2.50 Monroe Ode Smothers Hunting without . License 10.00 2.50 Montgomery Bruce Elam Violating Game Law 5.00 1.25 Morgan Arthur Gibson Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Morgan Boodle Jones Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Morgan Lamar Haile Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Morgan Carl Wallace Hunting without License 10.00 2.50 Morgan Hayes Burton Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 2.50 Morgan Morgan Aaron Easeley 1 i Gus Glover Violating Game Law Hunting without 10.00 2.50 Morgan Muscogee permission of Land owner S. C. Few Violating Game Law j Woods Nichol Violating Game 10.00 10.00 2.50 2.50 Law 10.00 2.50 j Muscogee Stanford Hamor Violating Game ' [ Muscogee Aleck Mahone Law Violating Game 10.00 2.50 Law 10.00 2.50 Muscogee W. P. Evans Violating Game Law 10.00 2.50 Muscogee Ernest Massee Violating Game Muscogee Sam Foster Law 10.00 Having Robins in 2.50 possession 10.00 2.50 Oconee Floyd Kenney Violating Game Law 10.00 2.50 Oconee Dave Bird Killing Quail Pike out of Season 10.00 Emmet Traylor Violating Game 2.50 Law 10.00 2.50 Pike Arch Ferguson Violating Game Law 10.00 2.50 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS (Continued.) Polk Polk Polk Polk Polk Polk Polk Polk Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Putnam Putnam Putnam Putnam Putnam Putnam Putnam Putnam Quitman Quitman Quitman Robert Hinemen Sol Hineman Tom Rowland F. L. Godwin Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 B. G. Moore Violating Game Law 10.00 P. A. Redmond Violating Game Law Alex Dade Violating Game Law Anthony Woodward Violating Game 10.00 10.00 Law 10.00 John Holland Shooting Doves out of Season 10.00 Raymond Holland Shooting Doves Tom Holland out of Season 10.00 Shooting Doves out of Season 10.00 Will Beale Possum Hunting without permission 15.00 Lige Beale Possum Hunting without permission 15.00 Dempsey Mathews Violating Game Law 15.00 Henry Rozier Walter Rozier Violating Game Law Violating Game Law 15.00 15.00 Phonzo Rozier Violating Game Law 15.00 Will Key Hunting without License 10.00 George Farley Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Pres DuMas Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Brown Macon Hunting without permission of Land O ,vner 10.00 Harper Ward Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Brown Macon Hunting without License 10.00 Congress Ingram Hunting without License 10.00 Will Pound Hunting without License 10.00 Will Lynn Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Young Lynn Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Leonard Lynn Hunting without , permission of Land owner 10.00 33 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 34 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS (Continued.) Quitman Quitman Quitman Quitman Quitman Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Schley Schley Talliaferro Talliaferro Talliaferro Tattnall Tattnall Tattnall Tattnall Tattnall Tattnall Tattnall Troup Troup Troup Troup Troup Troup Troup Ellis Moore Shooting birds out of Season 10.00 Lovett Willis Shooting birds out of Season 10.00 Carlton Bradley Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Walter Bradley Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Louis Crawford Hunting without License 10.00 Jim Griffin Hunting without License 10.00 Ezekial Wright Shooting Robins 10.00 Lester Elliott Shooting Robins 11.45 Carl Brinson Shooting Robins 11.45 Eddie Story Shooting Robins 11.45 Central Fish Market Violating Fish Law 15.00 Dave Monday Hunting without License 10.00 Burk Walker Shooting Quail out of Season 10.00 Oliver Pound Violating Game Law 20.00 Lucius Edwards Violating Game Law 10.00 Lucius Edwards (2nd) Violating Game Law 10.00 Steve Kennedy Hunting without License 10.00 William Lynn Hunting without License 10.00 G. H. Paul Hunting without License 10.00 Weed Holland Hunting without License 10.00 Robert Wine Hunting without License 10.00 T. L. Sikes Hunting without License 10.00 Lee Cowart Hunting without License 10.00 Grady Taylor Violating Game Law 10.00 Henry Reed Violating Game Law 10.00 Parker Ringes Frank Jarrell Violating Game Law Violating Game Law 10.00 10.00 Doher Boykin Violating Game Law 10.00 Evans Edmondson Violating Game Law Warren Hatlow Violating Game Law 10.00 10.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.82 2.82 2.81 3.75 2.50 2.50 5.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 35 RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS (Continued.) Troup Troup Troup Walton Walton Walton Wilcox Wilcox Wilcox Wilcox Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkinson Wilkinson Thomas Washington Washington Wayne Dock Walker Violating Game Law 10.00 E. D. Daniel Violating Game Law 10.00 A. H. Daniel Violating Game Law 10.00 John Murphy Joe McCoy Howard Rawls Emanuel Ransom Lewis Reid Off. Rawls R. L. Jones Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 15.00 20.00 Andrew Jones Hubert Burton Paul Hughes Ed Coleman Sam Kelly Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Game Law Violating Fish 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Laws 5.00 Herbert Smith Violating Fish Law 2.50 Willie Washington Sam Collie Violating Fish Law Violating Fish Law 2.50 5.00 Willis Smith Violating Fish Law 5.00 W. F. Cannon Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 E. I. Irwin Hunting without permission of Land owner 10.00 Emanuel Larkin Hunting without permission of Land Owner 10.00 Maud Downs Shooting Sqirrels out of Season 10.00 W. J. Osborn Shooting Squirrels out of Season 10.00 Sidney Chalk Shooting Quail out of Season 10.00 Chatham County; Charlie Green Grover Davis Violating Game Law Violating Game Law 10.00 10.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.75 3.75 5.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 1.25 63 62 1.25 1.25 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 36 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. RECEIPTS FROM PROSECUTIONS (Continued.) Camden Camden Columbia Putnam Gilbert Watts Fishing for Shad out of Season 10.00 Lester Nix Fishing for Shad out of Season 10.00 Completed payment Wash Ajidrews Hunting Possums 10.00 2.50 2.50 l.oa 2.5ft $2,404.00 $624.35 REHORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. 37 Trials for violation of Game and Fish Law; without revenue to the State. Name of Offenders given; prosecutors names on record of court. COUNTY Baker Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Brooks Berrien Carroll Catoosa Chatham Coffee DeKalb Dodge Glynn Gordon Henry Jeff Davis Name of Offender Offense Charged Penalty Albert Edwards Shooting $10.00 and costs Doves out of Season Chain Gang. Ben Joe Johnson Bob Sullivan Hunting without $10.00 each Ab- permission of sorbed as costs land owner by the Court. Early Branch Will Butler Hunting without License Nol prossed. Boyd Wages Jack Cope Hunting without License Not Guilty. Dock Fletcher Hunting without License Chain Gang. S. L. Folsom Violation of Game Law Not Guilt3r. Mitch Lawson Fishing without $10.00 and costs permission of not yet collected. Land owner Early Dobbs Allen Smith Violation Game Law Not Guilty. B. W. Barnes N. W. Barnes Hunting possums Not Guilty. Alex Doward Ward Allen Offering quail for sale Not guilty. Violation Game Law Nol Prossed. Nick Mathews Violation Game $25.00 and costs Law Chain Gang. Lex Crew Joe Bailey A. E. Binder Hunting without Grand jury permission of found no bill. Land Owner. J. B. Vaughn Hunting without permission of Land Owner Case Nolprossed. J. B. Jones S. Stanisland Hunting without permission of Land Owner Not Guilty. Will Rucker D: D. Clark Paul Hughes Russell York Hunting rabbits Judge ordered out of own dis- verdict of not trict without guilty. Ruled they license had legal right to hunt rabbits anywhere with- out license. Osborne Davis Nesby Davis Violation Game $10.00 each Law gross absorbed by Court as costs. Jerry McDonald Hunting without permission of Land Owner Not Guilty. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARIES 3 ElDfl DM71D 2721 38 REPORT OF STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONER. Laurens Sumter Tattnall Tattnall Lonnie Brown W. A. Hawkins Ernest Jackson Euly C. Ragan W. R. Payne Burrell Moore Lee Todd Dennis Cowart Hunting possums $10.00 and costs Chain Gang. Shooting Birds $22.95 gross ab- out of Season sorbed by court as costs. Shooting Doves $14.75 gross absorbed by court as costs. Shooting Robins Not guilty. Hunting with- Both Nol-Pros- out License sed. Hunting with- Costs of court out permission Absorbed by of Land Owner court. Hunting with- out permission of Land Owner Not guilty. This takes all cases that have been returned up to June 13, 1912. This Department will, under the present law raise a larger revenue than can legitimately be expended in the conduct of the affairs pertaining to this Department unless the scope of the work is broadened, not only in the matter of conservation, but to include propagation. If a large revenue for the school fund, or any other fund, that is desirable this Department I think can furnish the treasury with a quarter million dollars, annually, possibly much more within a few years, if the law is amended to include provisions embraced in the laws of many other states. If only Game Protection is desired then we will have plenty of revenue without amendments with that in view. Respectfully submitted, Sincerely, Jesse E. Mercer, State Game & Fish Commissioner.