, 1884-03-19
CHAPTER As.
Fish.

be u endctu Oy He COunct n 1OuSe OF Representatives OF the
Territory Of Wyoming:
SECTION l. That the governor of the Territory shall
nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Council, appoint a fish commissioner, a resident citizen
of Wyoming Territory, who shall hold his office for two
years, and until his successor is appointed Provided,
That when a vacancy occurs in said office of fish COM
missioner and the Council is not in session, the governor
shall have power to fill such vacancy.
SEC. 2. The fish commissioner shall receive an annual
salary of three hundred dollars for his services, and he
shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the discharge of his duties.
Sec. 3. The fish commissioner shall have entire con-
troll and supervision of the public waters pertaining to
the collection, propagation, culture, distribution and pro-
lection of fish in Wyoming Territory, and shall dis
tribute all fish, coming into his hands, fairly and equita-
bly, among the several counties through the fish COM
missioners of the several counties, or otherwise, as the
county commissioners thereof may direct. He shall have
control Of all property of the Territory, obtained or held
for the purposes contemplated by this act. lie shall
receive all fish spawn donated to this Territory from any
source whatever; also all fish or fish spawn that may be
purchased by this Territory. He may establish Matching
boxes for the preservation and Matching of spawn, and
in the most economical and practicable manner procure
and distribute fish for the public waters of this Territory;
and adopt such other means as shall, in his judgment,
best promote the increase and preservation of food fishes.
SEC. 4. The fish commissioner may take, or cause to
be taken, at any time, or IN any manner, fish for the pur;,
pose OF propagation or inspection. He shall give special
attention to the enforcement of the law relating to the
propagation, cultivation and protection of food fishes in
the waters of Wyoming Territory.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the fish commissioner
to make q detailed statement or report of his official
transactions, including expenditures, and the purposes
WI WHICH IC cdihC WCIS Iluuc, dibO ZIG HuulDtT duu
kind of fishes distributed, and the locality and name of
the streams, ponds or lakes where the same have been
placed. This report shall be printed and distributed in
the-same manner as provided by Jaw for the printing and
distribution of the reports of other Territorial officers.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to erect or place, or cause to be erected or placed, across
any of the rivers, creeks, ponds or lakes of this Terri
tory any dam, net, service wire, trot line, or any other
obstruction in such a manner as to prevent the free pas
sage of fish up, down or through such waters, unless such
dam, net, service wire, trot line or other obstruction
shall be erected or placed across such stream, river, creek,
pond or lake with the consent and under the direction of
the said fish commissioner.
SEC. 7 The owner or owners of any dam erected
across any of the streams within this Territory shall, if
required by the fish commissioner, build, erect and main
tain at all times, at his or their own expense, fsh-ways
to allow the free and uninterrupted passage of fish up
and down such stream.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to take fish in any manner from the waters of any stream
in the Territory, within two hundred yards above or
below any dam through which a fsh-way passes.
SEC. 9. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to throw
any saw dust or other substance that may be injurious to
fish, into any of the waters of this Territory.
SEC. 10. 1t shall be the duty of said fish commissioner
to publish a notice in the nearest weekly or other news
paper, for four successive weeks, stating what streams,
lakes, ponds or other bodies of water he has stocked
and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take
any tsh, IN any manner whatsoever, out of any such
body of water for the space of three years after the first
issue of such publication.
SEC. IL. 1t shall be unlawful for any person or per
sons to kill or take any fish from any of the public
waters of this Territory by the use of any poison or del
eterious drug, or by the use of any explosive substance,
or by the erection of any weir, dam or other artificial
obstruction, or by the use of any net, seine or device
whatsoever except by hook and line.
Sec. ]. 1t shall not be lawful for any person or per-
sons to kill or take any fish from the public waters of this
Territory III any manner whatsoever between the first
day of November and the first day of June.
SEC. 10. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this act shall be fined in any sum not less than ten
dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half of
which sum shall be paid to the person giving informa-
ton of the otfense, the other half to be paid into the
treasury of the county in which the ofense was CON-
mitted, for the benefit of the school fund of such county.
SEC. IA. The county commissioners of the several
counties are hereby authorized to appropriate the sum of
two hundred dollars per year, or such part thereof as
they may deem necessary, for the propagation and cul-
ture of fish within the limits of their said counties, and
such moneys shall be disbursed by a county fish COM
missioner appointed by the county commissioners of each
said county, to whom the said county fish commissioner
shall report and account for his disbursements. The
county fish commissioner shall receive for his services the
sum of one hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of
the county fund.
ritorial fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
thirteend hundre dollars per year for the salary, expend-
lures and expenses of the Territorial fish commissioner
SEC. 16. The said Territorial fish commissioners may
construct q Matching house at some convenient and desir-
able point, with the advice and consent of the governor
of the Territory, at a cost not to exceed the sum of five
hundred dollars, and the said amount of five hundred
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for
building the said Matching house, is hereby appropriated
out of the Territorial funds not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. II. An act entitled Al Act amendatory to
chapter AZ of the Session Laws of 1879" being an act
entitled &c An Act to provide for the propagation and cul-
ture of fish throughout the Territory Of Wyoming -
approved March 10th, 1882, and an act entitled An
throughout the Territory of Wyoming" approved Deem
Der 10Th, 1879, and all other acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
SEC. IS. This act shall take effect and be in force from