Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-19
The New Fish Law Of Iowa.

Last week we published the new gane
law OF this State, and this week we give
the new fish law. All persons who are
fond~of sporting should save a copy of
these laws and place them where they
can have easy ecourse to them:
SECTION !. Bel enacted by the gen
eral assembly cfMe State Of io,ro, That
the Governor of the State is hereby au-
thorized and required to appoint, after
the expiration of the term of the pres
ent incumbent, and biennially thcreaf-
ter, one competent person, who shall be
known as the State Fish Commissioner.
who shall hold his position for the term
OF two years; and any vacancy that may
occur, for the unexpired term, or by
reason OF the expiration of the term of
SAID office, shall be filled by the appoint
ment and commission Of the governor.
The general duties of said commission
er, including the present incumbent,
shall be to have general charge and SUI
per1ntendence OF the State Matching
house now located at Anamosa, to for
ward the restoration OF fish to the rivers
and waters of the State, and stock the
same with fish from Matching house, and
elsewhere, to the extent that means
Tor that purpose may be furnished by
the United States Fish Commissioner,
and by societies and individuals inter
ested in the propagation of fish in the
waters of this State.
SEC. ?. The Fish Commissioner. in
Guiding the present incumbent, shall re-
ceive in full compensation for his ser
vices, twelve hundred dollars a year. to
be paid out of any money in the State
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 3. That for the purpose of car
rying out the provisions Of this act, and
continuing the work as contemplated in
laws OF 1876, chapter 20 thereof. there
IS hereby appropriated out of any mon
ey belonging to the State. not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of six thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of
this act; prorided, that said amount be
under the control Of the executive coun-
Gil of the State.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty Of
said Fish Commissioners to make a de-
tailed itemized and sworn statement, on
or before two years after the 18th day
OF November, 1877, and every two years
thereafter. showing the amount of mon
ey expended, the number and kinds Of
tish distributed. together with such gen
eral information on the subject Of fish
culture as such commissioner may
think proper; and upon the submission
OF such report, and each subsequent
report, the same shall be caused 20 be
printed and distributed, to the same ex-
tent and in the same manner as now
provided by law for the printing and
distribution of the reports of public
officers of the state.
SEC. D. No person shall place, erect,
or caused to be placed or erected, across
any OF the rivers, creeks, ponds Or lakes
of this state, any dam, seine, weir fish
DAM or other obstruction, in such manner
as to prevent the free passage of fish
up, down or through such water courses
unless the same be done by the instruc-
ton or under the direction Of the fish
commissioner, and that when the same
is done by or through the instructions,or
under the directions of the fish commits
%sioner, it shall no unlawful for any per-
son or persons to remove or in any way
interfere with the same. This section
shall not be construed to prohibit the
erection of dams for manufacturing pur-
poses as provided by law.
SEC. G.. Any person found guilty Of
a violation of the provisions of section
five of this act, shall, upon conviction
before a justice OF the peace, he fined
-. H., xl.x. .,.,,.,, e.. 800, .,lm, tIa,
one hundred dollars. or imprisoned III
the county Jail not less than ten Gays.
nor less than thirty days.
SEC. Z. All acts or parts Of acts in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. This act being deemed Of
immediate Importance. shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pub
LEGATION in the hro State Lntler and
Iowu State Register. newspapers pC6-
lished at Des MONIES, Iowa.