The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-27

herring fishing; provided, also, that thu
meshes of nets used for catching shaC
shall not be less than three inches il
width, or one and one-half inches from
knot TO knot, above Trentoa falls: pro-
vided, also, that it shall not be lawful to
fish for shad or herring with nets, either
shore, drift, gilling or dip-nets, or with
any appliance whatever from June fit
teenth to December thirty FIRST of any
year, In the Delaware river above Trenton
Tails; any person or persons violating any
Of the provisions of this section shall for
felt or pay the sum of one hundred dollars
with all costs of suit, together with the
forfeiture Of boats, nets and all appli-
ances.
q And be it enacted, That hereafter no
person or persons shall cast, set, draw,
hasten or 9th erwi6e make use of any fyke-
net, or nets of any kind, or device made
from cotton or Hax, Irvine, or wire net
ting, similar to fyke-net, for the pur-
pose of catching fish in the Delaware
river above Trenton falls at any time n
any year: every person so offending shall
be guilty of misdemeanor and on con-
viction therefor shall be punished by a
fine not exec eding one hundred dollars or
Dy Imprisonment in the county jail for a
term not exceeding six months. or both,
at the discretion of the magistrate or
court before which such offender or
offenders shall be convicted, and the net
be destroyed by the officer making the ar
rest.
3. And be it enacted, That it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to
cast. draw, drift, anchor, set, stake or
otherwise make use of any gilling-net,
seine, shore-net. drift-ner, eel-pots, or any
Kind OF net for the purpose of catching
fish in the Delaware river from sunset on
Saturday night until twelve O'Clock on
Sunday night of each and every week;
and the person or persons SO offending
shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hmm
dreG dollars, together with the costs of
su1t for each and every offence.
4. And be it enacted, That 1t shall be
unlawful for any person or persons TO
place, build erect, fasten or use any fish
baskets. gill-nets, pound-nets, fyke-nets,
eel-weirs, Riddles, brush or facine-nets.
or any permanently set means for taking
fish in the river Delaware above Trenton
falls; nor shall any person at any time
affix any nets, flsh-baskets, fyl1e-nets. eel
racks, or any kind of appliances or set
means OF taking fish, to any wing-walls
ia the river Delaware above Trenton
falls; nor shall any person or persons
erect, build or place. or cause to be
erected, bulltor placed, any wing-walls,
or walls OF stone or of any other sub
stance or material, IN the river Delaware
above Trenton fails, for the purpose of
affixing, adjusting, placing or setting
thereto, or adjacent thereto any of the
above mentioned Illegal devices, contri
yances or appliances for taking fish, any
person violating the provisions of this
law shall be fined fifty dollars for the
first offence and be liable TO imprison-
for one month in the county Jail or both,
at the discretion Of the magistrate
before whom the offender is convicted,
and any person or persons so offending a
second time shall be liable to a fine of one
three months in the county Jail
8. And be it enacted, That it shall not
be lawful to catch or kill, by any means
whatever, any rock bass or wall-eyed
pike, otherwise called Susquehanna sal
mon (species recently introduced in the
river Delaware), within two years from
the passage OF this act, under a penalty
of ten dollars for every fish caught or had
in possession.
g. And be it enacted, That no person
shall by any means or device whatso-
ever, catch or kill in the Delaware river
any black bass. rock bass or walI-eyed
pike, commonly known as Susuuehanna
salmon, between the first day of January
and the thirtieth day of May in any year,
nor shall catch or kill any of said species
of fish at any other time during the year,
save with rod, hook and line, any VIOLA
ton OF this section shah subject the of
fender to penalty of ten dollars for each
fish so caught
Z. And be it enacted, That no person
shall catch or kill in the Delaware river
any black bass or wall-eyed pike under
six inches in length, or any rock bass
under five inches III length, under a pen
atty of ten dollars fine for every fish so
caught; but should any such fish be taken
of less size than the above, or should any
wall-eyed pike or rock bass of any size be
taken within two years from the passage
of this act, it shall be the duty of any
one taking or capturing the same TO re-
turn the fish Immediately to the water
from whence taken; any violation of this
law shall subject the offender to a pen
atty of ten dollars for each and every fish
SO caught
8. And be it enacted, That nothing in
this act shall be construed as to prevent
the catching of bait fish, other than game
fish, by means of hand or cast nets for
angling or scientific purposes, or the
catching of game fish by order of any
member of the state fish commission of
any state having jurisdiction in the Del
aware river for the purpose of stocking
other waters; provided, that nothing in
this act shall prevent the catching of
suckers between the first day of March
and the first day of May in each year.
9. And be it enacted, That any fish
commissioner, fish warden, deputy
warden, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable,
policeman, or any special officer of this
commonwealth, is hereby authorized to
destroy any f1sh-basket, eel-weir, fyke-
net, pound-net shore-net, dTift-net, dip
net, wing-wall or wing walls, or any
devices named in any section of this act,
and they are hereby authorized to arrest
forthwith any person placing, erecting,
using or fastening them; any person or
persons interfering with any of the
above officers in tine discharge of their
duties, or resisting arrest, shall pay q