Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-207

Opinion No. 207 Fish and Game-Licenses-Beaver Trapping-Employees. HELD: Under Sec. 3722, R. C. M. 1921, there is no legal objection to a licensed owner or lessee of real estate which is actually and materially being damaged by beaver using his regularly employed help in trapping beaver. May 10, 1933. Yuu ask for an interpretation of Sec- tion 3722, R. C. M. 1921, as amended by Sec. 19, Chap. 59, Laws of 1927, and that portion thereof which reads: "Pro- vided, that upon payment of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) the State Fish and Game Warden may issue a permit to any bona fide owner or lessee of real estate which is being actually and ma- terially damaged by beaver, to take or destroY beaver on his own premises only, 'and provided that the warden shall, when issuing the permit men- tioned, designate therein the maximum number of beaver that may he taken or destroyed under such permit." . I am adyised that under a ruling of the board you ha\'e permitted such owners or lessees to use their regularly employed help in trapping beaver. Under this section, I can see no objec- tion to this ruling.