The law to mhlab you refer ia earrled la Vernon*8 Rerired Citil matuter as Artlole 9340* The seuond para- graph or secfioa 8 of such law providem@

be rmlttml to the Oaae, Wsh L Oyster Com&m- ml011 at it8 0SSioe la Auetia, teus, aot later than the lmbdq of themath tollmingthair oolleotioa and shall be depotdted by raid Game, Fish 6i Oyster QoPPdesioa the State trearut7 to tho 4redlt oi the rldr and Opter FUNI.* (Biuphab3 our* r ) .

Thie language Is repeated in Section 0 of the am AOt , firat PaPagraph.

Artiole 950 of the Code oi Crladnal Prooedurs pro- rldos I

'The Dietriot or County Attoraiq mhall be sntitled to tea per oeat of all iines, iorfeit- urea or moneys oollec.te(l for tho State or oouaty, upon judgaeatr ~OOOT~~~ v tit and the 01e~k of the 00~1% in whioh said Wgmmit8 or4 reader- ed shall be eatitled to five per 44nt of amOunt Of mid jUd@l@JltS, t0 be paid Out Of th0 aaount Then oolleoted.'

Art4010 061, Code of Grirrfaal Froo4dure1 vhe sheriff or other offioer mbo oolleote money tar the State or oounty, under aw prods- ion UP this oode, uoopt jury fees, 6hall be en- titled to retain fire per cent thereof when ool- leGfed

Artiolo 44X26 of the Revised Oivll Statutes provides in p-t1

'01 all fine8 colleated for iafractions of the fish and oyster laws, ten per cent ohs11 go to the prosecuting attorney, ami the realdue *3 I Game, Fish & ester Gomisaion - page 9

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thereof shall go to the General Tund o?

this State.a The language oi Seotioa 9 of Article 934a requires

the remiesioa of l ~~poll# l ee ma 5.m $%lsuwsmpfm&gQP g Pa $ This language doea not require the raoisaioa of costs of court l eseoeed and oolleoted as mob. It does, how- ever, require all Piaes to be in full to the awe, Fish 0 Oyoter Coaudseion. *gLL~COlle~fed* e l be- cause ot fines paid a l l l does not admit of any interpretn- tion safe that the intent of the Legf6l&xWe was to reqiiire the whole SUD collected as a tine tok violation of the pro- visions of oommrcial fishing la0 to be rec;ftted to Game, Fish dc Oyster Oowdssion. Sinoe this is a opeoial pro- vialon oontrolliug the disgositlon of a particular fine, aml rime the lav ot vhioh this language forms a part VW euaot- ed by the Legislature, and became efPec.tive after Artiola,oM) and osl of the code of GriEiW.%l FroosQure and Axtiole 402s of the geviaed Girl1 Statutom, it controls the disposition ai 811 moseys oollected a9 fines for violation of the oar@orf&al iieibing law.

Xour Eirot question, therefore, is answered es fol- lows: Court oosts, asaeesed and oolleoted a6 suah, are not to be remitted to tile Owe, Fish & Oyster Comi8eioa, under the provltions ef &tlole 03401

In reply to your second question, you arc advised that the eutire line a88essai and oolleotcd for violatioa of &tiole 99&a mast be rolnittai to the Game, Tish S emtcr Gem- miraion for deposit in the state treaeury to the credit of Fish and Oyeter Fund.

sow' third question requireo no ansm3r, in viev of the amvem made to the first two questions.

Very truly yours BY R. 1. Fairohild Assistant Ilw-M .2:-:.-,-C .JLiL 23. 1943