GAME AND FISH COMMISSION:
An Inventory of Its Game Laws Violation Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Game and Fish Department. | |
| Title: | Game Laws Violation Records. | |
| Dates: | 1907-1928. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records of prosecutions for violations of state game and fish laws; registers of items (game, fish, firearms, and/or equipment) confiscated in the field from people caught violating the laws); and a few sample violation affidavits. | |
| Quantity: | 2.25 cubic feet (7 volumes and 2 folders in 3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Game and Fish Department. Game Laws Violation Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 977-42; 2001-66
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017308580104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 112.I.8.1B-1 | Record of prosecutions, 1916-1927. 3 volumes: | ||||||||||
| Information provided in each entry: date of report, name and address of person arrested, location where offense was committed, date of arrest, nature of offense, name of judge or justice, result of trial, amounts of fine and court costs, number of days served if jailed, name of warden, and occasional added remarks. Types of offenses included hunting or fishing out of season or in unauthorized places, exceeding catch or bag limits, taking undersized fish, illegal fishing practices such as gill-netting or dynamiting, illegal hunting practices such as night-lighting, killing non-game birds, fishing or hunting without a license, and hunting-related offenses against persons such as fraud and assault. | |||||||||||
| August 1916-June 1922. | |||||||||||
| July 1922-December 1926. | |||||||||||
| January-December 1927. | |||||||||||
| 112.I.8.1B-2 | Seizure records, December 1908-January 1928. 4 volumes and 1 folder: | ||||||||||
| Information provided in each entry: number (sequential for each year), date, warden's name, location, from whom seized, reason for seizure, consignor and consignee when illegal shipments of meat were involved, itemization of articles seized (fish, meat, firearms, and/or equipment), disposition of seized materials, purchaser if sold, amount received, and occasional other remarks. | |||||||||||
| December 1908-July 1917. | |||||||||||
| August 1917-October 1923. | |||||||||||
| 112.I.8.2F-1 | October 1923-June 1925. | ||||||||||
| July 1925-June 1927. | |||||||||||
| Includes an unexplained recapitulation of selected seizures for October 1923 to 1925. May have been people delinquent in paying fines. | |||||||||||
| July 1927-January 1928. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Pages 1-37 removed from an otherwise empty volume. | |||||||||||
| 112.I.8.2F-1 | Game laws violation affidavits, 1907-1917. 4 items in folder. | ||||||||||
| Two affidavits claim mitigating circumstances in alleged violations of game laws. Two are from Beltrami County game wardens denying an assertion that they had given an accused violator permission to fish illegally. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Fishery law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Game laws -- Minnesota.
- Law enforcement -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of Minnesota.
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