The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-25

| b)tItU'' A'AcciS, Vi A-iAc t'"iies ~
the author of the following bill, the
intent ana purpose Of which explain
themselves
Section 1. Any person OF persons row
| engaged, OF who shall hereafter engage
| in the artificial cultivation art prnpa2:t-
| ton of fish in the State Of Nevada, shat!
have the right to locate, hold and ot;:ip?
| Il tract OF land n3: exceeding one nun
| ureu and sixty acres OF the pubic do
nain of the United States, OF Of the
| State Of Nevada, including ;:ny ana all
| streams, creeks, springs and waters
| thereon ana shall have and maintain an
action Tor the sole and uninterrupted
possession thereof subject to thc condl-
| lions hereinafter set forth, p;0ttt3d.
that sllcil location OF occupation shall
not be made upon any portion OF the ne
public domain aforesaid which may be
occupied .,r entered for purchase under
existing laws. nor interfere i'll any mal-
ner with the existii,, rights Of ;tppropri-
| ator, of tii. waters Of any spring or
Other waite; coarse rising upon o. low
| inc through said land,
See. ,. The person OF persons lot,tt-
ing any ground. rivers, creeks, ponds or
springs; fur the purpose uf engaging III
the cultivation Of fish, shall. within
| three months from th,, date Of cO!nnen
cling improvements thereon, file wlth
the Recorder of III" county III which
s,lcil ground, aver, creek, pond or spring
NAV lie III Whole or IL part. q Statement,
| in writing, setting forth the exterior
boundaries of said claim, which said
| l. I ~ II
| or artificial objects, vita II :urthc; state
rnent that ii is the lutcntiou Of the par
ties thereto to engage III iii the ,nitlV.-
ton and propagation # lisa GA the
| premises therein described.
Sec 3 The person OF ner.,,;,is making
| locations under this Act. shall, within
| three months from the date Of .ii!ng o.
said statement OF intention, 10 OF cause
t. be dome upon the land selected, labor
or place improvements thereon to the
amount OF two hundred dollars. and
from and after the filing OF said notice
and performance uf said labor "f placing
OF SAID Improvements thereon, tE.' SAID
claimants, their heirs or assigns, shat!
| have and maintain the exclusive right to
the = ,ss,Ision thereof.
See 4: Should, any claim rs ai"rls said
he made upon any unsurFeyc'i lands o.
| the United States and subSe,I uentiy
| thereto, Oh survey Of said lands by the
| Generali Government, shall be found to
| be i'll anv section which the State oi Ne
vada may have right to purchase or
select under any law Of Congress ,!onat
ing lands to the State Of nevada, the
| claimant or claimants thereto shall have
Il prior right to purchase the same for
| the period of six months from the date
| of such Government survey, ut the rate
| of one dollar and twenty-five cents per
| acre.
See. 5. 1t shall not be lawful for any
person to take fish from any of the
streams, creeks. springs or waters upon
any land located or occupied i'll conform
! i.y with this Act, without the consent of
| the owner or owners thereof: and any
person convicted thereof shall be fined
in the sum of - dollars and the costs
| of prosecution for each and every fish
so taken. An action fer the penalty
herein mentioned may be prosecuted III
any court OF competent jurisdiction, in
| the name of the State Of Nevada, and
| the offender shall also be liable to dam
| ages in civil action, for any and all
damages, injury to or interference with
| the rights of any person or persons
| claiming under this Act.
See. Section 3 of Chapter . of AN
Act prescribing the mode of maintain
| ing and defending possessory actions on
pnblic lands in this State" approved
March 9, 1865, i'll SO far as the rights
| conferred by this Act may conflict, is
hereby declared null and void, except SO
much thereof as follows, to-wit: g Any
person claiming any Of the public lands
in this State for the purpose aforesaid.
shall take and subscribe his or her af-
fidavit. that to the best of
his or her knowledge and belief the said
lands are not claimed under any exist
ing title" which shall apply with full
force and effect.
See. 7. This Act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
This is good, so far as it goes-is
good, inasmuch as it offers encour-
agement to very important indus
try, and one which there Will be
only too large field for if the
wholesale and indiscriminate slaugh-
ter of our native fish is allowed to be
kept up for some years to come at
the rate in which it has lately been
carried on Fish wiers, giant powder
cartridges, the deyilish fish berry
(coccolus Mtlicus), and like appl-
ances employed by the pot-hunting
fraternity, are industriously at work
in bringing about the extirpation Of
our brook and river trout; and we
are in hopes that the Legislature
may supplement the existing fish
protecting laws by something in the
way Of statute which shall not only
give fnriheranre to the spirit which
underles the bill above qnoted, but
result in the suppression of those
deletcrions practices. We hope
this bill, or one embodying its III
tentions, may become law.