The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-07

| of the law may at any time seize and take
into his custody any game or fish or any car
cass thereof, or any portion OF same which
he may find at any time In the possession of
any person or corporation during The period
when the capture of such game or fish Is not
permitted by the laws Of this state: provided
that this section shall not apply to any
stuffed carcass, or stuffed heads or skins of
animals, which was taken or captured dur
ing the season allowed therefor.
SEC. 25. The wanton destruction or the
wasting of the game and fish Of this state
during any period Of time when the taking
or capture of such game or fish IS permitted,
is hereby prohibited and declared misde.
meanor: ana any person who shall st any
fish in excess of the number or quantity there.
OF which he can immediately use for food
purposes shall be deemed guilty of misde.
meanor and. upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than ten (l0)
nor more tnan fifty {50) dollars and costs of
prosecution for each and every animal, bird
or fish which he may take or destroy COLI
trary to the provisions of this section; pro-
vided, that not more than twenty-five (25)
birds shall be killed by any ono gun in one
day.
SEC. g. In any prosecution or judicial
proceeding under the provisions of this law
or any other law OF this state for the protec-
ton and preservation of the game and fish
thereof, any participant in any violation of
such law shall be allowed to testify as Il wit
ness therein against any other person with
SEC. 81 All tshways heretofore or here
after erected in any dam or dams across any
of the streams for this state shall be at all
times under the supervision and control Of
the board of game and fish commissioners.
SEC. %. Every artificial obstruction built
upon and across any river, stream or water
course i'll this state in which, before the
building of such obstruction, fish were i'll
the habit of passing between the waters be-
low and The waters above the location of
such obstruction, shall be provided by the
owner or occupant OF such obstruction with
durable and suitable fshway for the pas
in such location as may be determined by
the board of game and fish commissioners
who. when they shall have determined upon
the form, capacity and location of any such
tishway, shall give written notice thereof to
one OF the owners OR occupants OF the OBJ
struction over which such fishway is to be
built and require the same to be built within
time to be therein specified.
SEC. 90 After the completion of any fish
way to the satisfaction of the board OF game
and fish commissioners, the owners or occu.
pants thereof shall change, alter or repair
the same whenever so required by said board
and shall keep The same open and free from
distractions to the passage Of fish, in such
manner aud during such period as the said
board may require; ana if no period shall be
specified by such board, every such ti>hway
snail pc Kept open and free from the first
QsD day. of April TO the first Qst) day of
shall fail or neglect TO comply with any Of
the provisions of this or the preceding sec
tons. or with any lawful requirement of the
board of game and fish commissioners in the
premises or shall neglect to build and COM
plete TO the satisfaction of said board. within
the time specified by him. any fishway
| which may be required by said board, shall
lie tined not less than five (5l nor more than
twenty-five (25) dollars for each day of such
neglect.
SEC. 30. Every person who shall at any
time take or capture any fish from any stream
or water within four hundred (40o) feet of
any tiShWay, shall be guilty of INSIDE
meanor, and. on conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than twenty-five (25) or more
than one hundred GOD dollars together with
the costs OF prosecution.
SEC. 81. All fines collected under the pro-
visions of this act shall be paid into the state
treasury. and be placed to the credit of the
board of game and fish commissioners, to be
expended by them in the discharge of their
duties and the enforcement Of the provisions
OF this act.
SEC b. The board of game aud fish COM
missioners shall have the right at any and all
asons 70 9tafS S Or or SPAWN AMY per- or
eggs that may, in their Judgment, be
required for the purpose of stocking any
OF the fields or waters of this state. anything
in this act to the contrary Notwithstanding.
SEC. 35. The sum of ten thousand (l0,-
001) dollars annually is hereby appropriated
for the purpose OF the maintenance and en-
forcement by the board of game and fish
commissioners CT the provisions Of this act,
to be paid for such purpose out Of the mon
eys in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated.
SIC. 81. Sections one hundred and three
Qo3l, one hundred and four (10i), one hun
dred and five UG5), and one hundred and
six (l06) of chapter six co. Of the General
Statutes of eighteen hundred and seventy
eight lS7Sl, and chapter twenty (2)) of the
General Statutes of eighteen hundred and
sserenty-eight ISIS, and chapters two hun
dred and five (2l5), two hundred and six
(sJ6) and two hundred and seven con- of the
eighiy-nine (lsSo) are hereby repealed.
Sec. 81. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20, 1891.
CHAPTER 1O--H F. No. 304.
An Act to prohibit pools and trusts in the
state of Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
SECTION /. If any corporation organized
under the laws of this state Or any other
state or country for transacting or con-
Quoting any kind Of business in this
state, or any partnership or individual
shall create, enter into, become a member
of or party to any pool. trust, agree
ment, combination or Confederation with
any other corporation, partnership or indi-
vidual to regulate or fix the price Of oil. lum
Der. coal, grain, flour. provisions or any other
commodity or article whatever, or shall Gre
ate, enter into, become a MEMBER of a party
to any pool, agreement combination or cou-
federation to fix or limit the amount or guam
tlty of any commodity or article to be manu-
featured. mined, produced or sold in this
state. shall be deemed guilty of a conspiracy
to defraud, and be subject to Indictment and
punishment, as provided in the next section.
SEC. D. Any person OF. corporation found
guilty of violation of this act shall be pun
ished by a fine Of not Less than one hundred
QOO) dollars, nor TO exceed five thousand
(5,oD) dollars. and stand committed until
such fine is paid.
SEC. 3 Upon the trial of an indictment
against a corporation or a copartnership for
violation of the first section of this act all
officers and agents of such corporation or
copartnership shall be competent witnesses
against the defendant on trial. aud such Of
ticers and agents may be compelled to testify
against such defendant and produce all
books and papers, i'll his custody or under
his control, pertinent to the issue in suchs
trial, and shall not be excused from answer
ing any SUCH question. or from producing
any BOOKS aud pdpers becaus the same
might tend to crimlnate such witness: but
nothing which such witness shall testify to,
and no books or papers produced by him
shall in any manner be used against him in
any suit civil or criminal, to which he is a
party.
SEC. I. All acts and parts of acts in con-
flct with this act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SEC. $. This act shall take effect and be in
1Orce from ana a1ter us passage.
Approved April 20, 1891.
CHAPTER lis. +. NO 467.
An Act relating to the sale of imitation
butter.
Be it enacted blythe Legislature of the State
of Minnesota:
SECTION 1. Whoever by himself or his
agent shall sell. expose for sale, Or have in
his possession with intent to sell, any article
or compound made in imitation of butter or
as a substitute for butter, and not wholly
made from milk or cream, and that is of any
other color than bright pink, shall be subject
to the payment of penalty of fifty (50) dol.
lars, and for second and each subsequent
otfense, a penalty of one hundred (lOO) dol
lars, to be recovered with costs in any court in
this state of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 2. Samples or specimens of any articles
in imitation of butter, suspected of being of
a spurious character. shall be analysed or
otherwise satisfactorily tested as to color ana
compounds: and a certificate of the analysis,
sworn to by the analyzer, shall be admissible
as evidence in all prosecutions under this act,
SEC. 3. The having i'll possession by any
person or firm Of any articles or substance
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