All fees for trappers' licenses and fur dealers' licenses shall be collected by the state game warden [director of the department of game and fish] and turned over to the state treasurer to be credited to the game protection fund; provided, that license vendors shall retain ten cents (10 ) for each license sold as compensation for his [their] services, but no regular employee of the state game department shall be entitled to such fee.
History: Laws 1939, ch. 178, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 43-507; 1953 Comp., § 53-5-7.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For disposition of fees collected under fish and game laws, see 17-1-14 NMSA 1978.
For amount of license fees, see 17-3-13 NMSA 1978.