Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-05-09
TIE NEW FISH LAW.
An Act OF Iuteres, ,o Fishermen.

m Act OF Interest 10 Fishermen.
House bin No. 332,. being an act to
amend section 696s Of the revised statuies
Of Ohio as amended April 20, 1881, rs
amended April IL, 1883 (ohio L. v. 80, p.
1907, and TO add supplementary section
thereto, TO be designated as section 696Sa
passed April lsis now in force, aud its
provisions should be thoroughly under
stood This bull is rs followsi
SECTION 1. BE il enacted by The General
Assembly Of he. STATE OF Ohio, That section
696S Of the Revised Statutes of OHIO, as
amended April 20. 1881 az amended April
IL, 1888, be so amended as to read as fol-
lows:
SEC. 606S Whoever, in any body OF
water, whether natural or artificial, lying
in the Suite OF Ohio, or part thereof, ex.
cept III private fishing waters. Lake Erie,
Mercer county reservoir, aud the Licking
county reservoir, catch In any way other
than 10y hook and line, any fish except
minnows, shall be guilty Of misdemeanor,
aud shall, on conviction, be punished MS
hereinafter provided. Whoever, draws,
sells, places or locates any pound net,
seine, gill net, trap, or any FISH net or
uther device for catching 6sh, except min.
nows, or catches, except with hook and
line, nny fish except minnows, aforesaid,
in any VI the inland waters Of lhe State Of
Ohio, ur part therein or the waters of
Lake Erie, west Of Avon Point, from the
first day of June to the first day of October
of each year, or in the waters Of Lake
Erie, east oi Avon Point, II ON the tenth
day oil June 10 the tenth day OF October,
shall be guilty OF mistemeanor, and
shall, on conviction, lie punished IA here
matter provided. Whoever shall, al any
time of the year, upon the shoals and
reels III Lake Erie, in the vicinity of the
islands thereof, aud in the bays thereto, by
means OF any device whatever, except with
hook and line, and whoever, in the Mercer
county reservoir with the device known as
tramnel or pocket net, fish for or catch
any fish, shall be gully OF a misdemeanor.
and on convictiou, punished as provided
hereafter. Whoever bays, sells or offers
Tor sale, any fi-h caught out of season or in
any manner prohibited by this act, shall be
guilty ot misdemeanor. and, oil convic-
ton, punished as hereinafter provided
provided that nothing IN this section or
the several statements OF ofienses herein
contained shall prevent the Fish Com
missioners of this State, or their agents,
stocking ponds, lakes and rivers, and for
the maintenance and cultivating fish arti-
ticially, and fer no other purpose and
provided, further, ii is hereby made the
duty Of said Fish Commissioners, on COM
plant OF any person or otherwise, TO pros
ecute all violations of this section, and any
person may make complaint OF any viola.
ton OF this section before any mayor or
justice o. the peace having jurisdiction OF
the same. And whoever shal violate any
os the several provisions herein contained
shall, for each and eyerv such ofense, he
fined not more than one hundred dollars
and not less than ten dollars, or imprison-
ell not more than sixty days, or both, al
the discretion OF the court; that nothing
in this section shall prevent the catching
of suchers and muilets in any manner be
tween the Goth day of March aud the 20th
day of April in each year.
SEC. 696Sa. Whoever, in the waters o.
any brook, creek, river, pond, reservoir
mill race, tail race, or III any body %
water, natural or artificial, lying in th'
. State OF Ohio, during the spawning seasoi
OF brook trout, or salmon, or land LOCKED
salmon, or California salmon, which seasoi
+ is hereby defined TO extend from the tif
teenth day of September in each year, Il
a the fourteenth day OF March, inclusive, I,
the year following, shall catch IN an
r manner with intent to hill, or offer for sa',
+ any brook trout, salmon, land-locked sal
mon, or California salmon, shall be pun
1 ished by the same penalties fixed in sec;io
, sixty nine hundred and sixty eight for lii
q mis,emeanor, therein defined.
SEC 2. That section 696S, as amende
April 20, 1881, as amended April IL lSS
he, and the same is hereby repealed an
:, this act shall take effect and be in for,
q from and alter its passage.