PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1311

game wardens appointed to assist him in more effectively
enforcing the game and fish laws of this State and county afore-
said, he may apply to the Governor to commission such persons
as he may designaterto act as deputy game warden in Baltimore,
county to enforce the game and fish laws of this State and said
county. If the Governor approves such designated persons he
shall appoint them deputy game wardens; such deputy game
wardens shall not receive a salary from the State or Baltimore
county, but shall be paid such compensation out of the fines
collected for violations of the game and fish laws of said State
or county imposed in cases which they may have prosecuted,
and shall be allowed by the chief game warden of Baltimore
county aforesaid.

SEC. 17F. And be it further enacted, That the Governor
shall issue to each person so appointed as deputy game warden
a commission and shall transmit his commission to the office of
the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, who shall
forthwith notify the chief game warden of Baltimore county of
the receipt of said commission, and the Governor may revoke
and annul any such appointment at any such time at his pleas-
ure or upon the recommendation of the chief game warden of
Baltimore county.

SEC. 17G. And be it further enacted. That every deputy
game warden so appointed shall before entering upon the duties
of his office take and subscribe before the clerk of the Circuit
Court for Baltimore County the oath or affirmation prescribed
by the sixth section of the First Article of the Constitution
of this State, and shall subscribe his name in the test book kept
in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County. The deputy game wardens so appointed after taking
the oath or affirmation and the signing of the test book, taken as
aforesaid, shall in said Baltimore county possess and exercise
the authority and powers held or exercised' by constables at
common law and under the statutes of this State, and also all
authority and powers conferred by law upon policemen in Balti-
more county, as far as arresting and prosecuting persons for
violating any of the fish or game laws of this State and county
are concerned, and they are hereby vested with the additional
power to arrest without warrant and search any person or per-
sons suspected or known to be guilty of violating any of the
provisions of the game and fish laws of this State and of Balti-
more county, and to forthwith take any and all such persons
before some justice of the peace of Baltimore county, to be
dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the game and
fish laws of this State and Baltimore county.