Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-01
THE NEW FISHING LAW.
Full Text of the Bill Regulating
Fishing and Fees for License.


Fishing and Fees for License.
SECTION |. Hereafter it shall be un
lawful to construct, own, operate, ant
maintain within any OF the rivers of lhi
state flowing into Puget Sound, or Gray.
Harbor, and within said bodies of waite,
a distance OF three miles from the moutl
OF any such river, and also within thai
arm of Puget Sound known as Deception
Pass, or within one.half mile of the wes
entrance thereof, and in any of tn,
other salt waters OF this state OF greater
depth OF sixty feet at low tide, any pounc
net, trap, weir, fish-wheel or other fixed
appliance for the purpose of catching
salmon. And for the purpose of enforc
ing the provisions of this section, the fish
commissioner shall Indicate the mouths
OF said rivers by driving piles therein
between which piles an arbitrary line
shall be drawn. 1t shall also be unaw.
ful hereafter to use any purse net, drag
seine, or other seine within three miles
from the mouth OF any said rivers, OF
within said rivers.
Sec. 2. Any person violating any Of
the provisions of section one of this act
Shall upon conviction thereof, be pun.
ished by fine Of not less than one hun.
dred dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars. Any such fishing appliance OF
part thereof found in any Of the waters
OF this state, wherein the same are pro.
hibited by the terms of said section, the
same being placed therein for the pur-
pose of illegal fishing, is hereby declared
to be public nuisance and shall be sub
Ject to abatement as a public nuisance,
and it shall be the duty OF the fish COM
missioner to enforce the provisions OF
this section
Sec, 8. The use of pound nets, traps,
weirs, fish wheels, and other fixed appli-
ances, and purse nets, drag seines and
other seines for catching salmon, is
hereby authorized in all the waters OF
this state wherein the same is not pro-
hibted by section one OF this act, sub
ject to the regulation and license herein
provided for or otherwise required by
law, and the use OF set nets and gill or
drift nets, subject to said license and reg
ulaton for said purpose, is authorized in
all the waters of this state, except as
otherwise provided for by law: PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, That none OF said appliances
shall be constructed, operated or main
tanned upon any Of the waters of this
state or the Columbia river anl its trib
utaries by any person whomsoever, with
out such person shall have first obtained
a license so to do from the fish commits
sioner of this state of the proper district
who is hereby authorized to issue said IL
censes under the regulations provided by
law. A separate license shall be le-
quired for each trap, pound net, weir,
set net, fish wheel or any other fixed APP
pliance, and for every purse net, drag
seine or other seine, gill net or drift net,
which shall be designated by said COM
missioner, and it shall also contain the
name of the person to whom such license
shall be granted. No license shall! be
issued to any person who is not clizen
of the United States, unless such person
has declared his intention to become
such, one year prior thereto, and is and
has been for one year Immediately prior
to the time of the application for license
an actual resident OF the State Of Wash
ington, or to any corporation, unless such
corporation shall be authorized to do
business in this state: PROVIDED, that
nothing in this act shall be construed to
prevent the issuance of licenses TO women,
minors or Indians, who are residents of
this state, and who have resided in this
state for one year next preceding the APP
plication for license, nor the renewal of
any licenses by any persons now holding
the same.
No more than three licenses shall be
issued to any one person or corporation.
Licenses may be assigned or transferred
to any person or corporation entitled to
hold licenses under the provisions OF this
act when any of the aforesaid mentioned
appliances for fishing are sold or trans
ferred, but notice must be given to the
fish commissioner Of said transfer or as
signment. No person or corporation
shall own, operate or construct or cause
to be constructed any pound net, trap,
weir, fish wheel or other fixed appliance
for the catching of salmon on the waters
of the Columbia river or its tributaries,
or in any of the waters OF the State OF
Washington, the meshes of which are
less than three inches stretch measure.
Any person violating any Of this section
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars for
each and every oilonse.
Sec. 1. Any person operating or using
any pound net, trap, weir, fish wheel or
other fixed appliance for taking salmon,