23:2-6 - Powers and duties of protector and wardens
23:2-6.Ā Powers and duties of protector and wardens
The wardens shall enforce all the laws of this state for the protection of fish, birds and game animals, and may execute all processes issued for the violation of these laws, and serve subpoenas issued for the examination, investigation or trial of all offenses against these laws. Each warden shall keep a daily record of his official acts, and at the close of each month make aĀ summary of the record with such statements in detail as shall be necessary forĀ the information of the board, and report the same to it.Ā The protector shallĀ report to the board any negligence or dereliction of duty or incompetency onĀ the part of any of the wardens, with the facts relating thereto, shall reportĀ monthly to the board the operation of his department during the precedingĀ month, and make any further report the board requires. Every warden shallĀ seize, remove and forthwith destroy any net, pound or other device for takingĀ fish found in or upon any of the waters of this state, or upon the shores orĀ islands of those waters where fishing with nets is prohibited or illegal.Ā SuchĀ nets, pounds or other devices are declared to be a public nuisance, and may beĀ abated and summarily destroyed by any warden.Ā No action for damages shall lieĀ or be maintained against a warden for the seizure or destruction.
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The wardens shall enforce all the laws of this state for the protection of fish, birds and game animals, and may execute all processes issued for the violation of these laws, and serve subpoenas issued for the examination, investigation or trial of all offenses against these laws. Each warden shall keep a daily record of his official acts, and at the close of each month make aĀ summary of the record with such statements in detail as shall be necessary forĀ the information of the board, and report the same to it.Ā The protector shallĀ report to the board any negligence or dereliction of duty or incompetency onĀ the part of any of the wardens, with the facts relating thereto, shall reportĀ monthly to the board the operation of his department during the precedingĀ month, and make any further report the board requires. Every warden shallĀ seize, remove and forthwith destroy any net, pound or other device for takingĀ fish found in or upon any of the waters of this state, or upon the shores orĀ islands of those waters where fishing with nets is prohibited or illegal.Ā SuchĀ nets, pounds or other devices are declared to be a public nuisance, and may beĀ abated and summarily destroyed by any warden.Ā No action for damages shall lieĀ or be maintained against a warden for the seizure or destruction.
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