The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-12
THa NEW FISH LAW.


The new fish law took effect last
Friday, by publication in the official
State paper, and there has been so
much interest in it that the REGISTER
publishes it in full, emitting only the
formal parts of the act
SEcTIor l. The fish commissioner shall i'm
mediately after the passage of this act appoint
one hsh warden in each county OF this state
where there are streams, lakes. ponds or other
bodies of water Of sufficient size to propagate
fish of any kind, or where there are kept or
maintained private fish farms for the raising OF
fish, whose duty 1t shall be to aid such commits
sioner In stocking the streams and waters of
this state with food fish. and in carrying out the
provisions of this act such warden shall receive
no compensation for his services other than is
provided in this act
SEC 2 The fish commissioner and each of
the wardens appointed by him shall have the
arrests. and when he has information of the
violation of this act he shall make complaint
as provided by law in other criminal cases,
whereupon warrant shall issue and arrest
made as now provided by law in cases of INSIDE
meanors, and he shall have the compensation
allowed other officers for like services.
SEC g. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
catch or take, or attempt to catch or take, from
any lake, pond, river, creek. stream or waters
within or bordering on the state any fish OF
whatever kind by means of any trap, frearm.
BlBt spear OF snare or III any OlUtI luhil
by the usual mode Of angling with rod. line and
tish-hOOk, or hand line, set line either OF the
last two having attached thereto no other de
vice with which to catch fish. than the plain
baited hook.
SEC 4 1t shall be unlawful for any person
to capture or TO take from, or iDjure or worry in
any manner, any black bass in any OF the
waters aforesaid between the first day of April
and the first day in July in any year, or at any
time to take any black bass Of less than eight
inches in length; and it shall be unlawful for
any person to sell or have in possession any
black bass of less than eight inches in length.
SEC. 8. The possession of any trap, gill net.
seine, or net or trap of any kind except m1now
or any particular fish pond, shall be prlma facie
evidence OF violation Of this act
SEC. G. The foregoing sections shall not be
construed as to prohibit the catching of min
nows for bait but for no other purpose, in a
minnow net or sein not more than twelve feet
long; and any minnOws or fish so taken, other
than such as are to be used for bait shall at
once be returned to the water alive, neither
shall the foregoing sections be construed as to
prevent the fish commissioner or warden from
having in possession or catching fish at any
time from the public waters Of the state by any
such means as he may adopt for the purpose of
/ propagating fish and restocking the waters OF
the State, but for no other purpose:
SEC. Z. Any person who shall violate any oil
the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction,
| be fined in any sum hot less than ten dollars
Hor more than one hundred dollars and costs OF
prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail
/ not InOTe IMAM unity ulyt, lOr edCu OutuCe VI
punished by both such fine and imprisonment
at the discretion of the court and every fish
unlawfully caught. taken or possessed, and
every trap or net unlawfully used shall consu-
tute a separate offence, and upon conviction of
the owner or pOssessOr of such unlawful traps
or nets, or on the failure of any person to claim
| the same, said traps or nets shall be burned or
destroyed by the officer taking the same.
SEC. s. 1t shall be unlawful for any person 10
empty or throw into, or place in any lake. pond
river, creek or stream or other water bordering
on or within this state any acid, drug lime or
other deleteriOns substance or tishberr1es or
dynamite or giant powder or other explosive
matter of whsteyer kind, or any material or
| liquid which may kill, stun, poison or craze
| fish; Provided, That nothing in this section
shall prevent the use of explosives for the ex-
elusive purpose of improving navigation or
blasting lock in preparing foundations, or other
important Improvements, but for no other pur-
pose.
SEE. Q. The provisions of this act shall not be
construed TO prohibit the owner OF any private
lake, pool. reservoir, or pond from taking hsn
therefrom.