Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-09-18
SEEEREFF'S NOTICE
For the Enforcement Of the Fish



YYNDER the Act of the Legislature Of Penn
u sylyania, passed at the session OF 1871, for
the protection of salmon, black bass, and other
food fishes newly introduced, or to be introduced
into the river Delaware and Susquehauna, and
their tributaries generally. and for the protection
Of fish generally in said streams, !, Samuel II.
Rothermel, Sheriff of northumberland county.
in compliance with and for the enforcement of
said law, hereby give notice that all conveniences
for the catching of fish, commonly called fish
baskets, &c, within my jurisdiction Sheriff of
said county. and now known to exist in the
streams of said county, are hereby declared to be
common nuisanccs, and / hereby command, ac-
cording to law, that they be removed and dis
mIn.led by the owners CT managers thereof,
within ten days from the date of this prOc!ama-
zion. And for the information of the public
hereto attach that section of the Fish-iaw relat-
ing to the removal and dismantliug Of fish bas
! kCts. &C.:
SEC. II. ON any OF the streams or parts OF
streams contemplated by this act, md under the
jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, to which an
adromous or migratory fishes shall have access,
by the non-eyistgnce of dams, or by openings in
( the dams, whether intended or not to facilitate
such access. and whatever III the reaches Of
spaces below or between dams, such planting of
new species shall have taken place, as herein
contemplated, the sheritis of the counties having
jurisdiction in such reaches Of the streams, when
ever they shall discover or be informed Of the
existence of such cnutTivunccs to the catching of
fish as are commonly known as tsl-baskets, eel
wicr-, kiLGlcs brush or fdscinc nets. or any
other permanently set means Of taking fish, in
/ the nature Of a scive, which known to be
wasteful and extravagaut modes Of fishing, the
said shertfs shall give ten days notice in two
newspapers of their respective counties that the
said contrivances are known TO exist and are
common nusances, ordering them to be dismant-
led by their owners or managers, so rs to render
them no longer capable of injuring the fishes of
the streams of whatever kind /: and if at the cX-
piratiOn of the said ten days the dismantling
shall not have taken place, then the said sheriff
shall proceed, with such force of good men of
the county as may be necessary for the purpose,
and.destroy or dismantle the said fish-baskets,
Riddles, eel wiers or such other devices cOntem-
plated by this section, so that they may be no
longer capable Of injuring fish ; and the account
ing officers of the counties shall make good the
cost of the said proceedings to the said sheriff
sherifIs in the settlement of their accounts with
the said sherifTs and if upon being duly inform
ed by a reputable citizen of the counfg tnat said
nuisances are in existence and require abatement,
the said sheriff or sncriliS shall not proceed
rs directed in this act, then he they, upon con-
viction in the county court OF the said neglect of
dutv shall be fined not less than one hundred
nor more than one thousand dollars for every
such neglect said fines to be collected as Ordi-
nary fiHcs rrc collected and the proceeds are TO
be divided equally between the infOrmer or COM
plainant and the school directors of the proper
district, for school purposes only this section Is
not intended to supercedc any other law of this
Comm Onwealth for the suppression of fish bas
kets, ct cetera, if the same be found efiicaciOUs
to destroy or abolish them.
SAMUEL II. ROTHERMEL, Sheriff.
Sherif's Office, Sunbury. Sept. is, 1874.