The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-04-18

C", thdI uotHlDS In TINS act snail De con-
structed to prevent individuals or assoca-
tlons for the protection, preservation and
propagation of game from gathering alive
by net or traps, quails or Virginia par,
trldges, for the sole purpose of preserv-
Ing them alive over winter, from the tif-
teenth day of November to the first day
OF January, and for no other purpose
whatever.
BLACK BASS.
1t shall be unlawful for any person to
take, catch or kill, by any means or de
vice whatsoever, any black bass in the
Delaware or Susquehanna rivers, or any
OF their tributaries. until the first day of
August, A. ID. 1878: Provided, That
the accident at taking of black bass shall
not be construed as a violation of this act
il the same shall be Immediately return
ep alive into the said rivers aud tribu.
taries. The fact of any person having
such black bass in their possession shall
be accepted as prinsd facie evidence of
their having been taken from said rivers
or tributaries in violation of this aet.-
Any person violating the above provisions
of this act SHALL upon conviction thereof
before any justice of the peace, pay fine
of five dollars for each and every fish so
taken or had in possession, without being
able to prove that they were not taken
from the said rivers or streams, aud in de.
fault of the payment of such fine to un-
dergo an Imprisonment in the county Jail
for term of ten days.
This species commonly known as Sus-
quehanna Salmon, pike, perch and jack
salmon, shall hence not be taken in any
of the streams meant to be included in
this act during the spawning time. this is
to say between the first day of February
aud first day of June in any year and
the mode of proof of such taking and the
penalty for the same shall be the same
as in the case OF black bass. s
TROUT. Tst.F s7E
No person shall at any time, with in.
tent to do, catch any speckled brook trout,
or any speckled river trout, with any
device, only with a hook and line; and no
person shall catch any such trout or have
any such trout in possession, save only
during the months of April, May, June,
July, and the first fifteen days of August,
under penalty Of FIVE dollars for each
trout so caught or had in his possession
but this section shall not prevent any per
sons or corporation from catching trout
in water owned by them, or upon their
premises, to stock other waters in any
manner or at any times. 5sn 3.
,a DRUGGING FISH.
No person shall place in any fresh wa
ter stream, lake or pond without the con.
sent of the owner, any line or other dele
terious substance with the intent to in.
jure, fish, or any drug or medicated bait
with intent thereby to poison or catch
fish, nor place in pond or lake stocked
and inhabited by trout or black bass any
drug or other deeterious substance, with
intent to destroy such trout or bass, nor
place in any fresh water, pond or stream
stocked with brook trout, any pike, pick
eral. bass or red bass, or other psciver-
Gus fish (salmon excepted) without the
consent of the owner of the land upon
which the pond or stream is situated
Any persons violating the provisions Of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall in addition, therto,
and in addition to any damage he may
have done, be liable to a penalty Of one
hundred dollars.
1s FISH BASk ETS. -.- #
The sheriff of the county is authorized
and required to declare fish dams and
brush nets common nuisances in the riv.
ers of Susquehauna and Juniata and their
tributaries and on failure of the owners
to remove them the sheriff shall destroy
or remove them himself
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