**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTIN**

**GROVER SELLERS**  **ATTORNEY GCN~AL** lsormrablr %'. II. 3alArld~o

- p8ge 3

“SeO. a. Tt ah021be unlwful for my poraon to take rrw pub118rroah wataraanA retala, or pl8oe in any c+ontnlner, boat, oreol, lln-box or on ray Slrb-atrlngar

any 18r@-mmtb blaok braa, amall-moutla blmk **bms, 8pott&**  **bs08, or**  any sub-•pooloo OS **I&r@** mouth blaokbass, 6salZ-roubb blvok Bra@, l

g o tt . 4 beal), tb8t 10 looo Wkon lovon (T) inehso in lOn@tb.

Ymo. 3. 

### n aball b8 anlarful for any i?woon la any one dry to ostab and rataln, or to pla@o 011 or in any Aevioaof ooatainer for bolAlDalano rblleha io $?lrbln@,

aor iLab tbet la taken froan th. publio irrnh ratora oi bbla atata in lxmaa of thciollor

lez@b **than** eleven (11) iaabea; whit0 baaa, trantp tlv8 (83);blue aotfl8h,~dt8n~ol aatil8b anA JOUW QatSl#h, singly or ln;tbr l IgOg8tU, t~Ontpfiv0 (P5): orapple

or whiteparoh,twaaty-fin (es).

YMO. 4. any permn rho violits my prO+lOlOnU **of tbi8**  Act, u$mn conviotlon aball be finaA in a lupt not 1008 **than** Five [ti.OCr) Dollar*,

nor roar than $iity (.$BO.OO)

Dollaru. til4

### 615

repeal Chapter213, Bouae Ml1 No. 654,Regular Saaalon, 48th Legislature,or regulation8 rada tbnreunder to aomrn the takingor rm in Lab water lmpou11406

by Texoma, whioh ia tba body OS the dam at Ueniaon, T~IPIO.~

fLrtlolaa981

and 95%-l, respeotlrsly

as follows: (mphaaia oura)

as amendadin 1941, read

'Art. 951. Warah and April closed to ealaaa and artlfloial

bait

"IIt shallbe unlawful

for any perma to oatoh any ri0b in tka rn0b ratarr or tbla statb, with any a&m or.mt other thanmlnnow 

### l alna,nut axoaabing

twentyieat in length,or to Arag any wlna, exorpteuoh speolfled minnow realm, or to 

### sat any net, in the rraahwaters or tbla Btatoduring tha months OS March and April, or to flab with uq artlfloial

bait or any kinA Ln~thetreah watmra of thie $tatoduring the montha of Uuroh anA April. Anypermn~lolating any of tbo p~~vlaloaaOS this Artloloaim11**be** doomed guilty of a mladuuumr and ahall be upon aomlotlon tlnad a sum of not 1000 than twanty ($SiO.OO) Aollare

aor aora tbna OJW hundrad ($100.00) dollar@. This artlo~e -11 not apply to any utlflolal lake,pond or pool, ownedby any person, flra, corporation, olty OF twa, that deea not have aa' it8 aourm of wedof supplya river or orwk or ia not aubjeot to ovarflowiroma rlMror aree&~

*Art. 9sm.4-+& Ragulatlng flahlngfnDlmmlt4inA ether o&intloa

‘s40li10n’l.

Any and all peranna shallbo permitted to take OP oa~toh auokera,

buffalo,

aarp, shad, or gar during the maths or July, Augurit, Saptembar,

and Oatobarin ar:y

of the f'mahwater

or Boa ue Brown k&i walmlt~zevala, **Yadlna,** UvalAa,

Dawintb, ltan, Csryell Gonzales, Umr, Ball, cOlll& Wagson, arillaapl*, gbndal.L,

&awl, Umble, tilla, ~Ief'feraon,

Blaaoo,Llann,

moon, YoWooh, San Saba, ~oolca,

Denton, +anga, Sfitahall, Fisher, Nolan,Chambem, Travis,,%rdin kmpaaaa, ynnnln, Burn&, afllinmeon, Andy rarksrdountles with a eelne or net, the mashas ai which shallnot balees than rim lnoh l qupn, and any and all pmxme &hallbe pertelttd

to tab or oatoh euokere,buffalo, oarp, ahad; or gar with wire, cope, or g& at any time ot the year, ~royided howover,

that **a&y base,**  **orappie or**  **white** peroh, oatfieh. peroh, bream,or trout oaughtby the above-mentioned nrsthode

hallbo **ismediately** released in tha vmtwe from ~Woh they are oaught. M **asended Aote**  lW1, 47th.UIg.,

p. 893, 6h. 884, I l.
q360. 8. 3t aim11bm unlawful r0r any perron
to have in poeeoeelon any **base,** arappis or white peroh, oatfieh,

pssoh, bream or trout at t&4 time that euoh pereonha8 in poeeeeeion any euoiere, buffalo oar ehad or gar takenby a&hods pormitted Ll the Aot.

*mo. a. It ehall be unlawful for ani perran t4 have In
r ereeion any bare, erapple or whit0 peroh, oatr eh, per&h breuu or trout might alo ueiw a ecrlns

of sot i.88 then one fixah equara moeh or wing w&m rope.or gig for the purporcr of taking auokere,

buffalo,

o32 abad or gar from any of the Smmh mterii of 0ounti.e mentioned la seotlon1.

rseo. 4. Any pbreonrtolatiag any of the grovielone in seoti4ae 1, B and S OS t-hi8 Arti ehallbe 68-d <y aI' a mledmeanfm aml upon oenviotlon

shallbe fined in any cum not 1088 than Ten ($lO.OO)

Dollar8nor mar5 thmn Oiu Enndmd ()lOO.OO)

Boilare. Fro,rlded that this

**Aot** ehall not apply to that;@ 0rQk.w0n oountydraimd by the fributarle&~&tha Eo8quaRiver, rhioh shall be oontrelled

by thcprorieloneof Eoueo Bill Ho. OOIjn **(Aeta** 1~1, 4,8&d Leg., ~0. L., p. 104, Oh. 671

The x&elatSv3 lnteat, apparent Srom the .Ltagtiqe of the above eaphaeloed eeotbme, wkmn~

oonetrued in rolatlon to Artlolse951 and 95W.-T, Vernon*8 ¬ated Pwml Qode, doer not appear to repeal raid@ticlee in their eatirety. Ratherthe Intention OS tim Leglelature

soeme to be to prorlda for an open year found eeaeonon fmeh waterfish. HWever, in all other retrpeots lOoal,’ gmsral 4c egselill

ore
as they now etandamendedby Sootlon5, ooatlnue lq for00 and rtmaln applioable

to the prtiaulrr 6ouRtiee.**It eecme**  oltir therardre, **that** a MIW my be ueed

underArtifW8 951 md &L-P at any time during the year to Sreehwater rleh, ,a0 long a8 there 18 oa~lglianoe with other reetrlstlone

a8 are plaoed 40. theiruee by the of thie etate. **take** euoh IAtWS AOOOrdingly, it 1s the opinion

of this **QeparUaent** both of your quoetione, ae rtated,

ehouldbe anewered in the aftlrmetAv8. that

Your8 very truly

ATTCRHBY GgWRAL Olr TltXkS