The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-25

game warden by June 4. He accepted
Mr. Shoots amendment to the amend
ment to require the appointment to be
made at the first session of the COM
missioners after the passage of the act,
THE latter motion prevailing.
Mr.. Murdoch moved to strike out
section 8, requiring persons operating
irrigation bitches in which are game
fsh, to notify deputy warden at
least two days before turning
the water out of such bitches or
canals. On division the motion was
lest IS to 16.
Mr.. Larsen moved to strike out sec
ton 10, requiring fish ways to be built
in dams The motion was lost.
Maughan's motion to. prohibit saw
mill owners from turning saw dust into
streams, provoked considera BILE debate
on the subject of the effect of saw
dust on fish, DR. Condor and others
contending that the saw dust got in
the gills of the fish and killed them.
Mr.. Smoot said that mill men had
represented to the committee that such
a provision would work inconvenience
and mill mems interests were as great
as the fish interest.
Mr.. Murdoch had never heard of fish
being killed by SawduSt and the pro-
vision would be against the interests
of the mill men who he thought were
entitled to some cons deration.
Mr.. Vaughan said he had been in
formed by his constituents who I'M
derStood the question, that SaWdJlSt
drove the trout out of the stream.
Mr. Ferguson of Salt Lake moved
the previous question and the motion
to amend was lost.
Mr.. Larsen moved to eliminate the
provision prohibiting the catching OF
trout less than eight inches long. He
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smaller than that had been hooked and
thrown out on the bank, then put back,
they were pretty nearly as good as
dead. The motion was lost.
Mr. Morrison moved to reinsert the
section formerly stricken out, to pro
hibit the sale or offering for sale OF
game fish. The motion was lost after
some debate in which Mr.. Smoot de-
Tended the interests of Utah county.
Mr. Larsen's motion failed, which
had for its intent striking out that
provision requiring persons fishing
with seins to have a deputy warden
present.
Mr.. Neber of Rich moved to strike
out the provision to prohibit the TAX
ing of carp chub, suckers and otner
fish not game, by other means than
hook and line He said these fish were
considerer good for nothing and he
thought such fish should be allowed
to be taken in any way The motion
prevailed.
Mr.. Sevy moved to. reconsider the
vote by which the retnsertion of sec
ton IA was defeated. The motion car
ried and Mr. Slsvy then moved to re-
insert.
Mr.. Smoot spoke very feelingly
against the motion, saying it was only
in the interest of perhaps 500 people in
the state and was against the interests
of the man who went out to catch suf-
fcient fish to sell and pay his taxes.
The section was reI.nstated upon di-
vision, 20 to II.
Mr. Shoots motion was lost, to strike
out section Is requiring screens to be
put in irrigating bitches to prevent fish
from getting in them
Sneakers amendment was adopted
substituting for section Is, require
ment that county commissioners pro-
vide a device for keeping fish out of
irriga ting bitches, either than a screen
which keeps the water from flowing
freely.
Mr. Murdock's motion to exclude deer
from the opera ton of the provision to
prohi bit killing game animals for three
years, was lost by a heavy vote.
Mr.. Beard proposed an additional
section to prohibit any person from
having in his possession in one day,
more than fifteen birds, during the
open season.
Mr. Nye moved the previous ques-
ton and insisted upon it when Mr..
Beard wished to be heard. The previ-
Gus question was defeated and Mr..
Beard given the floor. He spoke ear
nestly upon the manner in which the
game of the wes- had been destroyed
till from the almost limitleSS herds of
a few years ago, one must now hunt
diligently to find one head. He would
have game protected by the most strln-
gent measures.
Mr.. Clark moved to amend the motion
to make the amount. fifty pounds, Mr..
Lewis moving an amendment to the
amendment to make it thirty pounds.
Both motions were lost and Mr.. Boards
original motion carried
Mr. Smoot moved to strike out sec
ton 29, prohibiting the shipping of
game or fish out of the state. He spoke
at length and in tones which admitted
of no misunderstanding of his mean
ing or determination to protect the in
terests of the people of Utah county.
The people of that county had appro-
priated their money for the benefit of
the fishing interests of the state and
had done more to protect fish than any
or all the other people of the state. It
was undoubtedly due to Mr.. Shoots
eIoquence that the motion to strike out
prevailed upon the vote being taken.
Mr.. Morrison considered the object of
the bill Killed, and moved to strike out
the enacting clause, the motion being
voted down.
Mr.. Larsen's motion prevailed, chang
ing the end of the closed season from
July 1 to July Is.
Mr.. Sevy moved to reconsider the
vote by which section 20 was stricken
out
Mr.. Harris took the floor to contend
that the fish and game of the state
should be preserved for the people of
the state and that the section should
stand prohibiting the shipment out of
the state.
The motion prevailed when Mr.. Lew
is moved to amend the section to permit
carp, clubs, suckers and mullet to be
shipped, which motion prevailed.
Mr.. Smoot insisted on a roll call on
the motion to strike out which this
time failed by this vote:
Ayes-Andrus. Bernheisel, Ferguson
of Salt Lake. Gibbs. Gibson, Howard,
Larsen, Lennon, Monson. Vaughan,
Murdoch, Mansfield, Snedaker, Shafer,
Smoot, Sorenson, Thompson of Sanpete
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Noes-Beard, Bolitho, Condor, Cur