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Ch. 372 GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH Ch. 372
sion may require or necessitate, payment for
said rented or leased premises to be made from
the state game trust fund.
HI8tor,..-§2. ch. 13644. 1929; fl. ch. 17016. 1935; CGL
1938 Bupp. 1977(2); 12, ch. 81-119.
d .-128.24 CompensatIon of clerk of circuIt court.
372.04 Director of commission.-The commission
shall appoint, fix the salary of, and
at pleasure remove, a suitable person, not a
member of the commission, as director. Said
director shall be reimbursed for traveling and
other expenses incurred in the discharge of
his official duties. The director shall give
bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of his
official duties, payable to the governor and
his successors in office, with some reputable
bonding corporation authorized to do business
in this state as surety, said bond to be approved
by the department of banking and finance. Said
director shall maintain his headquarters and
reside in Tallahassee.
Hletor,..-§2. ch. 13644. 1929; 11. ch. 17016. 1935; CGL
1936 Supp. 1977(2); 12, ch. 26766, 1951; f§12, 35. ch. 69-106.
372.05 Duties of director. - The director
shall :
(1) Keep full and correct minutes of the
proceedings of said commission at its meetings,
which minutes shall be open for public inspection.
(2) Purchase such supplies and employ
such help and assistants as may be reasonably
necessary in the performance of his duties.
(3) Have full authority to represent the
commission in its dealings with other state
departments, county commissioners, and the
federal government.
(4) Submit to the commission at each of its
meetings a report of all his actions and doings
as official representative of the commission.
(5) Visit each county in the state at least
once each year and oftener if it appears to
him to be necessary.
(6) Appoint, fix salaries of, and at pleasure
remove, subject to the approval of the commission,
assistants and other employees who
shall have such powers and duties as may be
assigned to them by the commission or director.
(7) Have such other powers and duties as
may be prescribed by the commission in pursuance
of its duties under §9, Art. IV, of the
state constitution.
Hletor,..-U2. 3. ch. 13644. 1929; fl. ch. 17016, 1936; CGL
1936 Bupp. 1977(2), 1977(3); 13, ch. 26766, 1951; 17, ch. 69-216.
372.051 Seal of commission; certificate as
evidence.-The game and fresh water fish commission
shall adopt and use a common seal, and
a certificate under the seal of the commission,
signed by its chairman and attested by its director
shall constitute sufficient evidence of the
action of the commission; and copies of the minutes
of the commission, or any part thereof, or
of any record or paper of said commission, or
any part thereof, or of any rule, regulation, or
order of the commission, or any part thereof,
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or of any code of rules, regulations or orders
of the commission, or any part thereof, certified
by the director of the commission under its seal,
shall be admissible in evidence in all cases and
proceedings in all courts, boards and commissions
of this state without further authentication.
Blstor,..-13. ch. 21945, 1943; 14. ch. 26766, 1951.
Note.-Formerly 1372.81.
372.06 Meetings of the commission. - At
least four meetings of the game and fresh
water fish commission shall be held at the state
capital no less frequently than once every
three months, which meetings shall be known
as the quarterly meetings of the commission;
other meetings may be held at such times and
places as may be decided upon or as provided
by rules of the commission, such meetings to
be called by the executive secretary on not less
than one week's notice to all members of the
commission; or meetings may be held upon
the request in writing of three members of
the commission, at a time and place to be designated
in the request, and notice of such
meetings shall be given at least one week in
advance thereof to all members of the commission
by the executive secretary. Three members
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting
of the commission. No action shall be binding
when taken up by the commission, except at a
regular or call meeting and duly recorded in
the minutes of said meeting.
HI.tor,..-12. ch. 13644. 1929; fl. ch. 17016. 1935; CGL
1986 Supp. 1977(2).
372.061 Meetings; authority to hold at any
point in state.-
(1) From and after June 15, 1953, the game
and fresh water fish commission of the state
is hereby authorized and empowered to hold
its meetings at any point in the state; that
rules, regulations, resolutions or orders of the
commission made and promulgated at meetings
held at points other than Tallahassee shall
have the same full force and effect as those
made and promulgated at meetings held in
Tallahassee.
(2) Due and proper notice shall be given
publishing the place and date of such meetings.
Blstor,..-fll, 2, ch. 28319. 1953.
372.07 Police powers of commission and its
agents.-The game and fresh water fish commission
and each and every of its duly authorized
conservation agents, have power and
authority, throughout the state, to enforce all
laws relating to game, non-game birds, fresh
water fish and fur-bearing animals, and in
connection with said laws, in the enforcement
thereof and in the performance of their duties
thereunder, to go upon all premises, posted
or otherwise; execute warrants and search
warrants for the violation of said laws; serve
subpoenas issued for the examination, investigation
and trial of all offenses against said
laws; carry firearms or other weapons, concealed
or otherwise, in the performance of