sheriff's or justice's receipt for the body, it shall be lawful for the governor to certify the amount of such claim to the auditor, who shall issue his warrant on the treasury for the same. CHAPTER XLI. GAME. AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILD GAME AND INSECTIVEROUS Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Insectiverous killed, excepting certain seasons. 1282. SECTION I. No person shall kill, ensnare, net or trap within this state, any quail, wild turkey, curlew, plover, birds may not be lark, dove, whip-poor-will, finch, thrush, sparrow, wren, grouse at martin, swallow, snow-bird, bobolink, red-winged blackbird, crow, raven, turkey-buzzard, robin, or any insectiverous birds, except, that partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken, prairie hen or grouse, may be shot from October 1st to November 15th of each year; and if at any time, any person shall be found in possession of any partridge, pheasant, prairie hen, prairie chicken or grouse, at any other time than between the dates above mentioned, or any others of the fowls or birds mentioned in this section at any time, it shall be prima facie evidence that the same Possession: was killed, netted, ensnared or trapped by such person, in killing. violation of the provisions of this act; provided, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any person Dealing in importing or dealing in quail, partridge, prairie hen, prairie birds not prochicken, pheasant, wild turkey, imported into this state from any other state or territory; and provided further, that this act shall not prohibit any professional taxidermist from Taxidermists killing birds or animals for preservation in cabinets or may be exempt. museums. And such professional taxidermist shall be exempt from the penalties of the following sections, upon making satisfactory proof that the birds or animals so killed have been preserved as aforesaid. 1283. SEC. 2. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the first section of this act, shall be guilty evidence of imported game hibited. Penalty for violation of pro of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be visions of section fined in a sum not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty one. At what times elk, buffalo, deer, fawn, ante sheep and bison Penalty; disposition of fine. Such animals killed by dogs. dollars, with costs of suit, and shall be prosecuted and punished in the same manner as in other cases of misdemeanor; one-half of the fine in such cases shall be paid to the person informing against such offender, and the other half to the treasurer of the county in which the offense was committed, and become a part of the school fund; provided, that if such informant shall not demand the same within thirty days after such fine shall be paid, or collected, the whole of such fine shall be paid to such treasurer and applied to such school fund. 1284. SEC. 3. No person shall kill, ensnare or trap, any elk, buffalo, deer, fawn, antelope, mountain sheep or lope, mountain bison, within this state, between the first day of January may be killed. and the first day of September in each and every year. Any person offending against the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars for each elk, buffalo, deer, antelope, mountain sheep or bison so unlawfully shot, trapped or ensnared; one-half of said fine shall be paid to the informer and the other half to the school fund, as provided in section two of this act. And if any of the above named animals, shall be killed by a dog or dogs, the owner or keeper of such dog or dogs shall be held responsible, and may be punished in the same manner as if he had killed the animal himself. And Penalty for ship- it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to ship out of this state, any of the game birds or animals mentioned in this act at any time, for speculative purposes. Any one so offending shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than double the value of the game so shipped out of the state, or may be imprisoned, at the discretion of the court, not to exceed sixty days, or both fine and imprisonment. 1285. SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or other time than that specified in the preceding section, to kill, destroy or have in possession, any animal named in the foregoing section, for any purpose or under any pretext whatsoever, except for food; and then ping game out of state. Killing, etc., of such animals for purposes of food. persons, at any only when necessary for immediate use, governed in amount and quantity by the reasonable necessities of the person or persons killing such animal. Killing, etc., of game in enclos ure of other ing with gun. Penalty and dis 1286. SEC. 5. It shall not be lawful for any person to kill, ensnare or trap in the enclosure of any other person, any elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep, or any game whatsoever at any time, without the consent of the proprietor or owner of said enclosure, or enter such enclosure with a gun for the purpose of hunting, without the consent of the owner. Any one violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred position of fine. dollars, and not less than twenty-five dollars for every such offense so committed; said fine shall be paid into the school fund of the county in which said offense was committed, and in case of refusal or neglect of any person so convicted, to pay the fine above stated, he shall be confined in the county jail one day for every three dollars thereof, until said. fine shall be discharged. of warrant. 1287. SEC. 6. For the more certain detection and pun- Making of affiishment of violations of this law, it is hereby made the davit and issuing duty of the county commissioners, sheriffs and constables, or any other person of the several counties, whenever a violation of its provisions is brought to their knowledge, to file or cause to be filed an affidavit before a justice of the peace or other competent tribunal, charging the person with the offense committed. And thereupon a warrant shall issue for the arrest of the person so charged, and trial shall be had as in other cases; and this section shall be a full protection to any such officer who makes the affidavit, or causes the same to be made, in good faith or upon the statement of a reputable citizen of the county. 1288. SEC. 7. That any person who shall kill any hawk or any number of hawks within this state, shall receive a premium of twenty-five cents for each hawk so killed, to be paid out of the state treasury, which premium shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the presentation of head of said hawk or hawks, and the amount so paid out by said county treasurer shall be credited to said county treasurer by the state treasurer, upon the sworn statement of said county treasurer as to the number of hawks killed and paid for in his county. Premium for killing of hawks. Repeal. Emergency. 1289. SEC. 8. All prior acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Inasmuch as there is not now in existence, a law sufficient to prevent the killing of game and insectiverous birds in this state, it is the sense of this general assembly that an emergency exists requiring this act to take effect without delay, therefore this act shall become a law immediately upon its passage. Approved, March 15, 1877. Temporary organization. Roll of members. Committee of permanent organization. CHAPTER XLII. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [Revised Statutes, Chapter LI.] 1290. SECTION I. At two o'clock in the afternoon of the day of the meeting of the legislative assembly, the chief clerk or secretary of the previous session, or in case of his absence, some person claiming to be elected a member, shall call the house to which he belongs, to order, and the persons present, claiming seats in the house, as members, shall elect a clerk for the time being. 1291. SEC. 2. The clerks of each house shall file the certificates presented by the members, each for his own house, and make a roll of the members who thus appear to be elected, and the persons thus appearing to be elected members shall proceed to elect such other officers as may be required for the time being. 1292. SEC. 3. When the houses are temporarily organcredentials, and ized, they shall elect a committee of three, on the part of each house, by ballot, which committee shall report upon the credentials of those claiming to be elected members in their respective houses; and when such report is made, those reported as elected shall proceed to the permanent organization of their respective houses; and each house shall be the sole judge of the election returns and qualifi cations of its own members. Members not to be questioned elsewhere for words spoken in debate. 1293. SEC. 4. No member of the legislative assembly shall be questioned in any other place, for any speech or word spoken in debate in either house. AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE NUMBER, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION Officers and designated. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: cers and em 1295. SEC. 2. The said secretary and chief clerk shall Salaries of offieach receive six dollars per day; and the said assistant sec- ployés. retary and assistant clerk shall each receive as compensation five dollars per day, for each and every day of service, including seven days after each session of the general assembly, for completing the records of the proceedings of the session. The said messengers, door keepers and janitors shall each receive three dollars per day, chaplains two dollars, and the pages one and one-half dollars for each day of service, and all other officers and employés provided for in this act, each four dollars per day, except interpreters, assistant door keepers, and assistant janitors, if appointed. ters, assistant and janitors; 1296. SEC. 3. Either house may, by resolution, em- Committee ploy such other clerks and assistants as may be found or clerks, interpredeemed necessary at any time for the business of such door-keepers house, and either house may, by resolution as aforesaid, pay of provide a clerk for such of its committees as may at any time be found to require a clerk to assist in the transaction of business, and either house may by resolution provide for the employment of one or more interpreters, if the same shall be deemed necessary, which interpreters shall each |