Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-238

Opinion No. 238 Fish and Game-Licenses-Non-Resi- dent Fishing License. HELD: ~Ien employed in the forests of Montana under the Federal Refor- estation program and not previously residing within the State of Montana. are not entitled to a resident fishing license. June 14, 1933. You ask whether or not young men employed in the forests of Montana under the Federnl Heforestntion Pro- goram and not previously residing with- in the State of Montana are entitled to a resident hunting or fishing lieensc nnd particularly a fishing license under Section 368.'5, Re,-ised Codes of 1921, as amended by Sec. 2 of Chap. 161, La ws of 1931. A resident under said act is defincd therein as follows: "All citizens of the United States who haye lived in this State at least six mouths immediately preceding their applica tion for a license. or officers, soldiers. sailors and marines of the United States army, navy. or ma riue corps, shall be deemed residen t citizens for the purpose of this' section. as well as officers of the Forest Sen-· ice am1 of the Biological Sm"-e)' of the United .Sta tes Department of Agricul- ture." "'e ha,'e not a copy of the laws or regula tions defining the status of the men of whom you make inquiry. Unless they may he classificd as officers of the forest sevice. and I do not so under- stand their position, they would not be eligible to a resident fishing license as described in section 3685, supra.