OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Parks 

County Attorney 

/ Caes County 

Linden, Texas 

Dear Sir: 

E. MoMiohael 

Thir is to aokno of your letter of 

a lawful trame oa,*t. Not for 

olation OS the fish 

B. 99, A&e Of the Forty-rirst 

fth okled seaeion, chapter 27, page' 

ted Criminal Statutes, Art. 95Baa-3), it 

be unlawiul for any person to 

any fish in the publfo fresh waters, oreeks, lakes, bayma, poola, lagoons 

or tanks in the Counties of Cam, Bowie, Morris and Titus, State of Texas, by any other 
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means than'by the ordinary hook and line, set 

hook and line, gig or artificial bait, and it 

shall bye unlawful for any person to place in. 

the public fresh water rivers, creeks lakes 

bayous, pools, lagoons, or tanks in the OOUII~ 

tles of Cass; Bowle, 

seine, 

Morris snd Titus any 

net or other devloe or trap for taking 

or catching fish; provided, however, that persons may use a dMOW seine which is not more 

than twenty feet in length for the purpose or 

catching minnows for bait; provided, that in 

seining for minnows for belt as hereln permitted, all fish and all minnows more than two 

and one-half inohes in length shall be returned 

to the water at once while alive. No person 

shall use the minnow seine herein permitted 

for the purpose of taking any fish other than 

minnows for bait; provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent 

the taking or catchfng of buffalo, oarp and 

catfish bJ7 the use of a hoop, trammel or gill 

set with meshes not less than three inch88 

square in the fresh waters of Cass, Bowie, Morris and Titus Counties, State of Texas, save 

and except during the months of March and April of each year, and provided, further, that 

pond neta are hereby entirely prohibited. 

"Any person violating any of the prorlsions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a 

miademeanor and upon oonvlotion shall be fined 

In a sum of not less than Ten (&lO.OO) Dollara . 

nor more than one Hundred ($100.00) Dollarr. 

All laws and parts of laws in oonfliot herewith 

are hereby repealed." 

Article 924 of the Penal Code reads as fOliowar 

"It shall be unlawful for any person to 

place in any of the waters of thlr State any 

poison, lime, dynamite, nitroglycerin, giant 

powder or other explosives or t0 plsoe in such 

waters any drugs, substanoer or things deleterlOUB to fish life for the purpose of oatohing 

or attempting to oatoh fish by the use of such 

substances or things, or for any other purpose 

whatsoever, provided however that in event it 

becomes neoeseary to place any explosive in waters in connection with construction work, same 
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may be authorized by written order of the County Judge ol the County where the work is to be 

done. 

*Any one violating any provision of this 

Act shall be deemed guilty of s mlademeanor and 

on conviction shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($SO.OO), nor more then One Hundred Dollars ($lOO), and shall serve a sentenoe in the 

county jail of not less than sixty (60) days, 

nor more than ninety (90) days." 

In applying the above statutes, we perceive no 

vfolation in the facts 8s presented by you. We wish to thank 

you ?or olting the applicable srtloles of the Code. 

Yours very truly 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

( ;ic-y:eTj 1 

FIRST ASSISTANT 

ATTORNEY G=AL 

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Beijamfti 'V!oodall 

Assistant