St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-18

No, 73.-An act IN amendment of sections 1867,
1871, 1878, 1915 and $3.50, and repeating
section 1877 of the Revised Laws also pro
viding for better enforcement of the laws
for the protection of fish.
1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC. l. Section thirty-eight hundred and sixty
seven tSS67) of the revised Laws, is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
SEC. 1861. The governor may appoint two
persons, to be styled fish commissioners, who
shall confer with the fish commissioners of the
New England States and Canada, direct and
superntend. in their discretion, the const ruction
of fshways, and, at the expense of the State,
introduce shad and salmon, or other good varie
ties of fish, into such streams lakes ponds
they deem suited to the successful cultivation of
such fish, and adopt suitable measures to have
executed all laws relating 10 the protection OF
fish but the expense incurred under this section
shall not exceed two thousand dollars annually.
SEC. ?. Section 1871 of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended SO TO read as follows:
SEC. SS71. The selectmen of each town shall
appoint and remove at pleasure, person 10 be
fish warden in their town, who may arrest on any
of the waters, public private, OF this State,
on the waters of Lake Champlain, on the shores
thereof any person found violating the proys-
ions of chapter 40, Revised Laws, or any amend
ment thereof and prosecute such offender before
the proper tribunal Such fish warden shall have
the same right that sheriff would have, to de-
mand and receive assistance in the discharge of
his duty under the provisions OF this chapter.
ANY person refusing to aid such fish warden
demand in the name of the State, by such warden,
shall be liable to the penalties provided for in
section 1855, chapter 200, Revised Laws, which is
Is follows
SEC. 8. Section 1913 of the revised laws is
hereby amended to read as follows:
SEC. 1913. \ person who takes or catches
black bass in any of the waters of the State, or
has in his possession any such fish captured in the
waters of the State, between the first day of Feb
ruary and the fifteenth dag OF June in any year,
shall pay the State fine of five dollars for each
fish taken, caught or possessed, and the costs
OF prosecution.
SEC. 4. a person who at any time takes
catches black bass less than ten inches in length
from any of the waters of the State, shall immed
W as taken and set il free therein And for a fail
ure so 10 do shall pay to the State fine of five
dollars for every such fish so caught and not re-
turned provided in this section, together with
the costs of prosecution.
SEC. 5. Section 1875 of the Revised Laws is
hereby amend SO as TO read as follows:
SEC 5s15. person who takes or catches a
wall eyed pike OF pike perch in any of the waters
OF the State, or has in his possession any such
ish taken in the waters of this State between the
nrst day Of February and the fifteenth day of June
F. in any year, shall pay to the State Use OF five
dollars for each fish taken, caught possessed,
with costs OF prosecution.
SEC. q. Section thirty-eight hundred and seven
/ ty-seven ssh is hereby repealed.
SEC. a Section $3.50 of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended SO 10 read as follows:
SEC $50, All pound net, trap-net set-net aud
iyke fishing, or any other devise Tor entrapping
or eusnaring nsh in the waters OF Lake Champla
or the tributaries thereof are hereby prohibited
and any person or persons who shall fish in said
waters with any such pound-nets, trap-uets, gill