Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-06-02

An act 10 amend an act entitled AN act tC
protect fiSh in the State of Tennessee,
ISL.
SECTION l. BE H enacted By the
General assembly Of the State Of Ten
2leSsee, That section | of said act be
so amended as to read rs follows :
That il shall not be lawful for any
person to catch, kill, destroy or take
fish in or from any of the waters of
this State whether "A running stream
or lakes, or ponds having outlets in
to running streams in high or low
water, 10y means of any seine, trap,
net, or TO use fish berries, lime or
giant powder, dynamite, gun powder,
or any other explosive substance, for
the destruction of fish i'm any of said
waters, or by any other means than
by angling with hook and line
and with trot line, gig, spike,
gun, grab-hOok or snatch-hook; Pro-
rided, that none of the provisions of
this act shall hinder or prevent the
commissioners of fisheries or their
agents from catching or taking fish
from any of said waters, at such time
and in such manner as to them may
seem proper, and to them only for
the purpose of stocking or restocking
the waters of this State: And pro-
Uided further, that this act shall not
be construed so as to prohibit the
use of hand or minnOw net in TAX
ing small fish or minnOWS for bait:
Ind DrOrided further, that any citi-
zen OF this state owning lake, pond,
bayou or slough, or stream, that he
or she may wish to stock with fish
shall have the same rights and priVi
leges, as to the mode and time of
taking fish, for said purpose, as the
commissioners of fisheries have under
this act: Ind prOUiied further, that
any person possessing or owning
private pond may have the right to
catch or take fish therefrOm at any
time and in any manner he or she
may wish, whether the same have
an outlet into running stream or
not.
SEC. ,. BE IL fUrther enacted,
That section be amended so as to
read as follows: That it shall not be
lawful for any person to place any
trap of any kind whatever in any
stream, or in the mouth of any stream
or tributary thereof or in any
lake, pond, bayou or slough,
which has an outlet to any
running stream, in low water, there
by preventing the free ascent or de-
scent, up and down, to and from said
waters.
SEC. 3. BE IL further enacted,
That it shall not be lawful for any
person to modest, disturb or damage
in any way whatever, any fish eggs
or young fish in any of said waters
in said State, except as stated in first
section of this act.
SEC. /. BE IL further enacted,
That section be so amended as to
read as follows That any person,
company or corporation violating
the lst, ID or Sd section Of this act,
as amended, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanOr, and, on conviction there
of before any court of competent jul
risdiCtiOn, shall he fined not less than
five dollars nor more than twenty
five dollars, and shall forfeit all boats,
nets, seineS, and all other cOntrivan-
ces used in violating the provisions
of this act, which COntriVanceS shall
he sold at public auction by the Sher-
III of the county in which the offense
il committed.
Sec. ). BE 10 further enacted,
That all fines collected and money
arising from sales of cOntriVanceS
forfeited under this act, shall be paid
to the County Trustee for the use of
the public schools of the county i'll
which the offense is committed.
SEC. 6. Be IL further enacted,
That all lakes, ponds, bayOus and
sl0ughs, in any part of this State, |
that have no outlets into any run
ming stream in low water, are eX-
empt from the provisions of this act, !
and all lakes, ponds, bayOuS and |
SlOughS covering an area of more than |
fifteen square miles in low water.
SEC. 7. BE II further enacted, !
That it shall De the duty of the Judges |
OF the Circuit and Criminal Courts of
this State to give the provisions of |
this act in special charge to- the
grand jurics of their respective Courts
ut each and every term thereof.
SEC. s. BE IL further enacted,
That the grand juries of the Circuit
and Criminal courts OfthiS State shall
have and are hereby granted inquisi-
tOrial powers in all matters coming
under the provisions of the foregoing
with power to send for
and papers and make pre-
to the end that this act
may be fully enforced, and no prose-
cutor shall toe required in prosecu-
tons under this act.
SEC. .. BE It further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act bC and the same
are hereby repealed, and that this
act take effect from and after its pas
sage, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed March Is. 1888.
w. l.. LEDG ERWOOD,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tivCs.
Is. +. ALEXANDER,
Speaker of the Senate