Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-01

suggestions, which strike me at the moment
most favorable under adyisement and will con-
suit with other and older members of Congress
and especially with our own delegation and see
what is best to be done, or what is practicable
to do in the premises. ! may have occasion to
write to you again for further details. Mean
time, if you have the leisure and facilities To
make something of more definite statement
with reference to the extent of these Chinese
great use to us in presenting the question to
Congress. Very truly, yours, W. W. MORROW.
AN ABUNDANCE OF CARP.
GRASS VALLEY, January %, 1886
E. w. Burr, Esq.-DEAR SIR: The present
Fish Commissioners are informed that the
former Commission, consisting of B. B. Red.
ding, S. L. Throckmorton and ]. D. Farwell. in
or about the year 1879, planted quito a number
OF carp in your pond, i'll Santa Cruz county,
with the understanding that some of tLe
progeny should be taken BY the Commissioners
at their pleasure for the stocking Of the waters
OF the state. We are informed that the carp so
planted have thriyen well and greatly in
creased. The present Commissioners desire 10
avail themselves of the privilege referred to
and take from your pond without materially
depicting its supply. some of the progeny for
the stocking of other ponds and waters. VIII
you consent that this privilege be exercised and
the fish taken for the purposes mentioned. Re-
specially yours, A. B. DIBBLE,
Secretary California Fish Commission.
In reply to the above the Secretary re-
ceived a letter from John A. Hooper, the
present owner OF the Burr ranch, in which
he says: Although not made aware be-
fore OF the engagements made by Mr. Burr
with your Commission, / am prepared to
fulfill them in this instance if it takes
every carp in the lake. There is no doubt
but that the carp have ihriyen well and
greatly increased; in fact, there are said to
be millions of them. / have for the past
year, except during the last three months,
given my neighbors and their friends full
permission to fish at any and all times"
VIOLATION OF FISH LAWS.
The Secretary received letter from Jas.
NJ. Donahue, of San Francisco, President
of the S. P. and n p and S. V. Railroads.
regarding the Infringement of the game
laws in Sonoma county. He enclosed a let
ter from prominent citizen at Glen Ellen.
from which the following extracts are
taken: The people living in this valley
are paying no respect to the fish law. Daily
| we see them fishing in the creek, taking
| many trout, and by the LIST of April when
it is lawful to angle, the fish will be mostly
| caught. Can't you see the Com missioners.
| or some member of the Sporting Club, and
have it stopped? We have every reason to
believe that the creek is well stocked with
trout, and if they can be left alone during
the close season there will be some sport for
lawabldlng sportsmen. There is another
matter that should be brough. to the atten-
ton of the Fish Commissioners, and that is
the fish ladder at La Notes dam. 1t is out
of repair SO much that fish cannot get over
it. 1t was washed out early in the season.
and he has done nothing toward repair
ing it."
Secretary Dibble's reply to Mr.. Donahue.
some extracts from which are given below,
will apply to many other counties in the
State where the law is fiagrantly violated:
The people in the valley, in the COM
mission of the acts complained of, are
guilty of public offense Ia misderneanor)
and should be arrested, fined or Jailed
Section 633, chapter L., title xvi. of the
Penal Code is as follows: Every person
who takes, catches or kills any speckled
trout, brook or salmon trout, or any vari-
ETY. of trout, between the 1st day of Novem-
Der and the LIST day of April in the follow
ing year is guilty of a misdemeanor The
penalty is fixed and the distribution of
moneys collected for fines is declared in Sec
ton 634, and is as follows: 'One-half of ali
moneys collected for fines for violations of
the provisions of this chapter shall be
paid to the lnforiner; one-quarter to the
District Attorney of the county in which
the action is tried, and one-quarter shall
be paid into the Fish Commission fund
Informers should make complaint to the
District Attorney. The District Attorney
Will institute proceedings before magistrates
Tor the arrest of persons charged, ETC., (see
Section 1857, Political Code, and if the
charge be proven, conviction and punish
ment should follow. In nearly all cases
tried during the last two years, prosecutions
have resulted in convictions, and the guilty
offenders have paid the fines imposed. One
or two convictions in any locality will pre-
vent future Violations
A communication was received from S.
A. Brooks, of San Francisco. asking what
size mesh can be used in this State for SEM
ing salmon, and what months constitute
the close season. He was referred to Sec
ton 634 of the Penal Code, which. among
other things, says: Every person who |
shall, for the purpose of catching shad or |
salmon in any public waters of this State,
hsh with or use any seine or net, the |
meshes, when drawn closely together and |
measure, inside the knot, less than seven |
and one-half inches in length, is guilty of |
a misdemeanor." The same section also |
says Every person who, between the |
thlrty-first day of August and the first day |
OF October of each year. takes or catches. |
buys, sells, or has in his possession, any |
fresh salmon, is guilty Of misdemeanor."
This section also makes il misdemeanor
to take salmon or shad by means of nets or
,eineS from Inc puDilc waters OF the State,
: at any time between sunrise of each Sat- |
Irday and sunset of the following Sun
lay"
COMPLAINT FROM MoDoc
w. ID. Washburn. of Willow creek. Mo-
Zoe county, says in letter to the Commits
'ion that in that county is . one of the
incest lakes in the world, abounds in ex-
,ellent trout. but they have no protection
The lake is fed by five fine streams. but the
awmills on the latter are fast killing off
III the fish. He wants to know if the saw
Mill men cannot be prohibited from dump
ng their sawdust into the stream.
In reply, Secretary Dibble wrote him as
ollows: "Assemblyman Henley. on the
9th dav of January. 1885. introduced into
be last Legislature bill making the de-
'osit of sawdust, or any other deleterious
ubstance. in any of the waters of the State
misdemeanor. As TO sawdast the bill
allied to pass. There is no statute law to