The County Clerk of Sussex, Mr. Harvey S. Hopkins, has appropriately
called the attention of municipal clerks in that county to their neglect
of duty under the hunting and fishing license law. Doubtless the same
neglect has resulted in other counties. In sending out the supply of
1922 licenses Mr. Hopkins wrote:
"In every monthly report compiled by this office I can see instances
where resident hunting licenses have been improperly issued to
foreigners who have not yet acquired their final naturalization papers.
This is both unjust and unlawful and sooner or later some issuing clerk
will encounter serious trouble through his laxity in this matter. Unless
you have personal knowledge respecting the applicant, there is but one
safe procedure: Compel him to produce his certificate of final
naturalization. His first papers, or declaration of intention are not
sufficient."
Mr. Hopkins also called the attention of the municipal clerks to the
change in the fish and game laws which no longer exempt women from the
necessity for procuring a license. Formerly women were not required to
have licenses to fish, although they had to get them to hunt. Now they
have to have licenses for both, as per Chapter 112, Laws of 1921.