The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-06-12
The NEW FISH LAW.
Full Text Of the Recent kcl Of
Assembly.

! 'IPTYFWtt''y Hto"tTS WcFcjOF'
SEcTioy l. Be it enacted, etc
That the sum of twenty Thousand
dollars, or so much thereof rs nay
be necessary, is hereby appropriated
for expenditure during the present
and coming two fiscal years OF any
moneys in State Treasury not other
wise appropriated to be paid by the
State Treasurer on tho warrant. oi
warrants, of the said Commissioners
Or a majority OF them, for the pur.
pose of batching and propaSatina
useful tribes of food fishes and to
stock and supply eli the streams
lakes and fresh waters of the Com.
monwcalth with the same, by dis
tribating the impregnated spawn oi
fry OF tho said tribes OF the State,
under proper regulation aud for
tho dissemination Of any varieties oI
fish in tho waters Of the State. aud
to employ the necessary labor, ma
torial and implements therefor, aud
to pay the necessary and reasonable
expenses Of said fishery commissions
ars, and the salaries OF the fish war
dons aud water bailitls they may ap-
point provided that tho said com
missioners shall file annually with
the Auditor General an account Of
all moneys expended aud services
rendered and produced and Glo the
proper vouchers for tho same.
SECTION 2 Tho state Fishery
Commissioners arc hereby author
i2od and required to causo to bo
constructed hy contract with the
lowest and best bidder or bidders
after duo public notice. approved
iishways for analronous fishes 10 tho
public streams Of the State as fol-
lows One in the Columbia dam ia
addition to tAe ono therein erected by
the Fishery Commissioners by tho
act Of Assembly, of Auno Domini
ono thousand eight hundred and
soyonty throc, aud if deemed fcasi-
BILE aud advisable by said board, a
modification of the original fshwny
constructed in tho year eighteen -
by Colonel James Worrall, Fish
Commissioner ono in Green's dam
at Clark s Ferry ono in the Shamo~
kin dam. and one in the FIRST dam in
tho Juniata river above its con ll~
once with the Susquehanna river, TO
bo built and constructed in n sub
stantial manner in the most approv-
cd method to admit OF the passage
of fish, aud so a TO do no uunoces.
sary injnry to said dams for the pur.
pose for which they are now used
provided. that tho Columbia dam, Ms
we'll as tho romodeling of the old
ono il deemed advisable, shall be-
completed during the year 1879 and
the others in succession in their or.
der named, the Clark's Ferry and
ShamoLin and one in the Juninta, 10
he constructed during tho year 1850,
if the Fishery Commission shall first
flo With tho Auditor General a cor
,iicate that in their opinion the said
fshways in the Columbia dam have
been successful for the passage Of
migratory and anadromous fishes.
SECTION 3. II shall not be lawful
for my person or persons TO fish
with any kind OF nets, or seines, or
any other method of entrapping hsh,
except with rod, hook or line, with
in one fourth Of a mile Of the Col
nmbia dam. or any part Of the said
dams in which the sail fshways are
constructed in any manner, or by
any device, hinder, or obstruct, tho
free approach to, AMI passage
through, and over the said i3hways,
OF any such fish. And any person,
or persons, so offending shall be
deemed guilty OF n mislomeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be
sentenced 10 pay q fine not exceed
ing five hundred dollars, oue-half to
the informor aud the other half for
tie use OF the county, wherein such
conviction is had, and underg an
for q term ofno. less
than SIX months or more than two
years, or both, or either at tue dis
creti1n Of the count,
Section 4. 1t shall not be lawful
for any person, or corporation using
said dam. to obstruct the said fish
ways wi!hou. the consent OF the
Fish Commissioners either for the
purpose Of raising tue water in the
pools OF the said dams, or any other
anl and any such obs,ruc-
tiOns sLal! be deemed nnisauces, and
may bc abatcl by any citizen or fish
warden, or water baiiiff Il this Com.
mCnwcal;h, and any such person, or
corporation, shall be guilty Of mis-
ttmc1nor and on conviction thero-
" shall bo sentenced 10 pay fine Of
not czcccliDg fye hundred dollars,
one-hllf 10 the iri0Imer and the
other hall for the use ot the county
wherein such conviction il had, and
suffer an imprisonment for a term Of
not lees than siy months, or more
than three years, or both, az the dis
,re'!Jn d the court ~ Tor the cir
,uustalccs Of the case. and when
tho nuisance shal.be in o1irtence at
he time ot the conviction aul sen.
.euce it shall be lawful for the court
70 direct either the defendant, any
isI warden, or the sheriff ~ the
1rDpor cpnaty az tie cZpcrs2 Of thc
l,tealaIt ~ abate tic same.
slcHoy Z. For the purpose oil
AIRING into eTec. the pr5y.si0ug oil