The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-04-04
A BILL
TO PROVIDE FOR THR PROTECTION OF FISH.
ERIEs ON THE sANnusKv RIVER.

TO PROVIDE FOR THR PROTECTION OF FISH
ERIEs ON THE sANpUsKY RIVER. 7
SEo1IoN |. BE it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly OF the State of Ohio, That
each and every owner of dam or dams.
in existence at the passage of this act on
the Sandusky river, within the counties
of Sandusky, Seneca. Wyando: and
Crawford, be. and hereby is, required to
attach, on or before the first day Of No
vember, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty one. to each and every dam owned
by him. slope suitable for the passage
OF fish in said stream. over such d am,
and that each and every person, who
shall. after the passage Of this act, erect
dam or dams on said stream. within lne
counties aforesaid, shall be required to
attach 10 such dam. at the time the same
is erected, such a slope az is hereinbe-
fore provided for /; and such owners of
up. and in good repair, such slope or
slopes as are herein required to be
erected
Sec. g. That each slope provided for
in the FIRST section of this act, sh all be
formed by extending the same four feet
length for every loot Of the dam in
heishth, and at least twenty feet in width
Sec. 3. That any person or persons,
falling TO comply with the provisions Of
this act. shall be subjsot to penalty Of
not mere than two hundred dollars nor
less than twenty dollars ana costs of suit,
to be recovered in civil action in the
name of the State of Ohio, upon the com
plant Of any resident inhabitant OF either
Of the counties mentioned in this act, be-
fore any court OF competent jurisdiction
and all sums SO recovered shall be ap-
plied to the use Of common schools with
in the county where the action may be
brought. .s.. ~. u.
Sec. 4. That if any owner OF any dam
shall suffer, or permit, any trap, or other
obstruction, 10 remain in the slope or
slopes before mentioned, to the hindrance
Of the free passage of fish, he shall be
taken and deemed to have violated the
provisions of this act .,-
SEC. 5. That it shall hereafter be the
duty of the prosecuting attorney Of the
several counties hereinbefore mentioned,
to prosecute, within his own county, anv
violations Of: this act, after having notice
OF such violation, by the affidavit of le
gal voter Of the county in which such
dam is situated and if any prosecuting
attorney shall neglect or refuse to dis
charge his duties under this act for
longer period than six months, aftsr
having received the required notice, he
shall forfeit and pay for every such neg
leet or refusal, not more than Fifty nor
less than twenty dollars. for the use O. the
common schools of said county, to be re-
covered by civil action, in the name of the
state of Ohio, before any justice OF the
peace having jurisdiction Of the case.
SEC. 6. That the act entitled "an act
to improve the fisheries on the Sandusky
river, within the counties of Seneca and
Sandusky," passed March 10, l843, and
the act amendatory thereto, ,passed M March
10, 1915, be and the same are hereby
repealed. -.........5- ,.....,..-...
SEC 7. This act to take effect from and
after the first day of November, next,
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