The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-05-22
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0i immediately DeiOW OF ABOVE tue Dams
mentioned, and at least three fish wardens
or water bailiffs on the River Delaware at
such point or points as they may deem
proper, whose duty it shall be to be viei.
liant, and who, if it be necessary. are
hereby empowered to call to his or their
aid any sherilfs, constabes, harbor police
officers or their deputies, aud upon in
formation made by him or them, or upon
view of any offence against or infraction of
any of the fishery laws, to arrest and
bring to punishment all and any offend
ers against the same, the pay of each of
which officers shall not exceed 500 in
any one year.
Sec. 8. Should the State of New Jer.
sey appropriate funds for the artificial
propagation Of shad in the River Della
ware, during the fishing season of the
current year, 1873, the Board of Fishery
commissioners are authorized to apply
and employ a similar amount for the
same purpose Provided, That said
amount shall not exceed the sum of g.
600: And procided further, That the
said sum, not exceeding So 900, is hereby
appropriated for that purpose to be paid
by the State Treasurer upon the warrants
o! the said Board Of Fishery Commissions
ers, from time to time, as the same NAV
be necessary whenever certificate of the
appropriation and action of the State of
New Jersey shall be filed in the Office of
the State Treasurer, authenticated as re-.
quired by the laws of said State
SEC. 9. That the provisions against
fish baskets, kiddles, eel wiers or racks,
and similar contrivances, contained In
section eleven Of the act OF twenty fourth
of May, 1871, are hereby made applicable
to all streams or parts of streams under
the jurisdiction of this Commonw ealth
and it shall be the duty of the Board or
Fishery Commissioners to notify the pub
lie as to the spawning time, specifying
the same, as far as they van ascertain it,,
Of the various tribes Of useful food fishes
inhabiting the inland waters of this Com
monwealth, during which time it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to
catch or have in possession any fish or
fishes of the tribes or kinds of which no.
tice has been given by the Commissioners
as aforesaid, under the same penalties for
the same, prescribed as to shad in the
first section of this act
Sec 10. 1t shall furtncr be the duty of
the said Fishery Commissioners to select
proper and suitable locations, aad con-
struct and erect suitable houses and de-
vices for the purpose of Matching and
propagating useful tribes of food fishes,
and to stock and supply all the streams,
lakes and fresh waters of the Common
wealth with the same, by distributing the
impregnated spawn or fry Of the said
tribes of fishes to all parts the State,
under proper regulations, having in view
the encouragement of fish culture, and to.
employ the necessary labor and buy the
necessary material, machiney and imple-
ments therefor; and for that purpose, and
to pay the necessary expenses of the said
Fishery Commissioners, and of the bail
ifs they may employ in pursuance of Sec
tion seven of this act, the further sum of
$l0, 600, or so much thereof -as may be.
necessary, is hereby appropriated out of
any moneys in the State Treasury nos
otherwise appropriated, to be paid by the
State Treasurer on the warrant or war
rants Of the said Commissioners or ma
jority of them, from time to time. as the
work is done or the service rendered
ProUtded, That the said Commissioners.
shall file annually with the Auditor Geu-
eral, an account of all moneys expended
and services rendered, and whenever it
may be practicable, produce and fle with
said account the proper vouchers for the
same.
SEC. II. 1t shall be the duty of any
persons, or corporations, hereby erect
ing and constructing any dam or dams in
any of the rivers of this Commonwealth.
or their tributaries, accessible to shad or
other migratory fishes, to put Ia or upon
the same, suitable fshways or ladders,
under the direction and approval of the
said Fishery Commissioners, without
which every such dam shall be deemed
public nuisance, and liable to be abated
upon the information of any one COM
planning.
SEC. II. That if any person shall cast,
draw, set or fasten or otherwise make use
Of any seine, set net, fyke,n net or net of
any other description of less mesh than
ten inches, or any other appliance except
the hook and line, for the purpose of
catching fish, between the fifteenth day
Of June and tenth day of August, in any
year, the person or persons so offending
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and on
conviction, be sentenced to pay fne not
exceeding 500, and undergo an imprison-
ment not exceeding six months. or both
or either, at the discretion of the Court
Proptded, That the provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to the River Della
ware, below Trenton Falls.
SEC Is. Tha. all laws CT parts Of laws,
inconsistent herewith, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
AppRovEb-The 2Sth day of April,
/! A. ID, 1873.
j L. HARTRANFr.
On a recent trip OF one OF the Illinois
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