Any person having already established or desiring to establish or maintain a park or lake for the purpose of keeping or propagating and selling the game or game fish therein or to be placed therein, shall apply in writing to the warden [director of the department of game and fish] stating the name, location, extent and proprietorship of the same, and kind and as near as may be, the number of game or game fish kept or desired to be kept therein, the term for which the license is desired and inclosing the fee therefor, and if upon examination by the warden it shall appear that the application is in good faith, and in other respects proper and reasonable, he shall grant to such applicant a license therefor; provided that the maximum area that may be included within any park shall not exceed three thousand two hundred acres, and that every park shall be enclosed by a game proof fence which shall conform to specifications required by the state game commission.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 63; Code 1915, § 2486; C.S. 1929, § 57-305; Laws 1937, ch. 107, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 43-410; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-10.
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 power of state game commission to suspend, revoke or withhold licenses, see 17-1-14 NMSA 1978.
For including series of lakes in license, see 17-4-24 NMSA 1978.
For licenses in case of diverse proprietorship, see 17-4-25 NMSA 1978.
For transfer of license upon transfer of interest, see 17-4-27 NMSA 1978.
For duration and renewal of licenses and license fees, see 17-4-28 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Licensing or otherwise regulating business of breeding and dealing in game or undomesticated animals, constitutionality of, 62 A.L.R. 473.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation
Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game
Section 17-4-1 - [Power of state game commission to acquire land.]
Section 17-4-2 - Eminent domain power; abandonment or relinquishment of property acquired.
Section 17-4-3 - [Exchange, sale, lease, sublease and assignment of lands by commission; proceeds.]
Section 17-4-5 - [Fish hatcheries established by United States; exemption from state laws.]
Section 17-4-6 - Hunting and fishing on private property; posting; penalty.
Section 17-4-8 - [Parks or waters for propagation of game or fish; license required.]
Section 17-4-10 - [Transportation of game or fish taken from unlicensed parks or waters prohibited.]
Section 17-4-11 - [Licensing of private lakes and parks; "proprietor" defined.]
Section 17-4-12 - [Application for license; contents; maximum area; fencing.]
Section 17-4-13 - [Form of license.]
Section 17-4-14 - [Reduction in flow of water detrimental to fish in stream prohibited.]
Section 17-4-16 - [Invoice to be delivered to purchaser; form; duplicate mailed to director.]
Section 17-4-17 - [Invoice to be attached during shipment.]
Section 17-4-19 - [Copy of invoice to be furnished purchaser upon resale.]
Section 17-4-21 - [Proprietors of licensed private parks and lakes to furnish reports to director.]
Section 17-4-22 - [Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use of screens.]
Section 17-4-23 - [Lease or grant of private park or lake; lessee or grantee deemed proprietor.]
Section 17-4-24 - [Series of lakes may be included in one license.]
Section 17-4-25 - [Diverse proprietorship; joint or separate licenses.]
Section 17-4-26 - [Notices against trespassing to be posted.]
Section 17-4-27 - [Transfer of license required upon transfer of interest.]
Section 17-4-28 - Parks, lakes and preserves; license; fees.
Section 17-4-29 - Floating logs in fish stream; restocking; penalty.
Section 17-4-30 - [Federal aid.]
Section 17-4-31 - [Federal funds; disbursement.]
Section 17-4-32 - Destruction of boundary markers[; penalty].
Section 17-4-34 - Habitat management stamp; fund; expenditure for habitat management; exception.